Obama dog? Grooming

Two questions

1) Is the Portuguese Water Dog the Obama's dog?

2) What kind of cut do the Obamas have on their dog?



Stunning breed

Bo is indeed a Portie. The Obamas now have 2 PWDs, the other called Sunny. This cut is the pet retriever cut. Note that Portie's coat varys from tight curly to loose wavy. Bo is relatively curly. My Crusoe is very loose wavy. Pics on another of these threads. Have a look but Ic'll also try to post another.x

More of Crusoe...

As above they are PWD and both curly and both in the retriever /pet clip..
You can also get a worly, that's somewhere in-between the curly and wavy .

My boy is in the lion clip , p.s he is a wavy ...

Thank you for the replies and pictures, what beauties they are
This does lead me on to another question, is one type more sought after than the other?

I`m not sure about that, in the UK the curly coats are few and far between, due to the show ring preferring the wavy coat, you wont see many curly in the ring, in the US I think it may be different,

I would imagine curly coats have become more popular since the Obamas got one and I just wondered whether that made them like gold dust , as often happens with celebrities.

I only know my breeder said she always has more requests for wavy.

They are both beautiful Anne .. I am in love with yours and Jackies

Note also that wavy coats are significantly easier to look after than curly coats. You still need to invest time and money on grooming in order to avoid matts but curly curly coats hold all the debris they pick up and matt quicker and more viciously. All ok of course if you want to brush every day! Think you'll find wavy coats are still more sought after here in the UK.

Thanks! Both Jackie's and mine are wavy, for what it's worth. They're all amazing(I'm biased, of course! )

Aint nothing girly about these guys, Azz. The KC spec calls them brave and they are...x

I don't think that's the case, the curly is more common in the US, so it's more likely to get one there than here, most breeders here have wavy, so it's more likely to get a wavy ...thinking of those in the ring, only a few will be curly, I think you can get both in a litter depending on the sire and dam.

Personally I like the wavy over the curly, but love em all.....

Who did you get him from, out of interest ?

He's a Gemson too, Jackie! His Dad is Eric...(Figo too?)

Oh right....Figo is " Austwell" , his sire us "Alfie " CH Bregantia the X-Factor at Winterkloud,

I thought you had said he was Gemson - got that wro ng! Be interesting to compare their characters. Richard Curtis once said to methat the Gemson line was known to be "calmer" Wonder if that's true? Must say Crusoe's extremely chilled at home and in cafes etc. Just a live wire when out off leash. Howz bout Figo?