Breeds Related to and Descended from Poodles

Poodles and their "water-dog" cousins are the original versatile hunting dogs. Water-dogs predate the use of firearms in waterfowling; to understand their behavior--what they were "bred to do"--we must examine what they did before 1600. Members of the European water-dog family, identified by the dense, curly, ever-growing coat, are closely related. (Source: Poodle History Project)

• Curly-Coated Retriever
• Portuguese Water Dogs
• Spanish Water Dogs
• Löwchen
• Barbet