A
water dog is a type of gundog bred to flush and retrieve game from water.
Water dog, waterdog or water-dog may also refer to:
Animals
Dogs
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Cantabrian Water Dog
The Cantabrian Water Dog ( es, 1=) is a landrace breed of dog developed in the coast of Cantabria, northern Spain, as an assistant to fishermen. The breed was classified and recognized by the Breeds Committee of the Spanish Ministry of Environmen ...
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Lagotto Romagnolo
The Lagotto Romagnolo is an Italian breed of dog. It originates in the marshlands of the Delta del Po in the eastern part of the Romagna sub-region of Italy. The name derives from Romagnol ''can lagòt'', meaning "water dog". Its traditional ...
(a.k.a. Italian Water Dog)
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Moscow Water Dog
The Moscow Water Dog, also known as the Moscow Diver, Moscow Retriever or Moskovsky Vodolaz, was a little-known dog breed derived from the Newfoundland, Caucasian Shepherd Dog and East European Shepherd. It is now extinct, but was used in the de ...
, extinct breed
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Portuguese Water Dog
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Spanish Water Dog
The Spanish Water Dog () breed is used in Spain as a general purpose sheepdog and guard. It is also used sometimes as a gundog, and is skilled at retrieval from water.
Description
Appearance
The SWD is a medium size, athletic, robust dog that ...
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St. John's water dog
The St. John's water dog, also known as the St. John's dog or the lesser Newfoundland, is an extinct landrace of domestic dog from Newfoundland. Little is known of the types that went into its genetic makeup, although it was probably a random ...
, extinct
Other animals
* Waterdog, the gilled, aquatic larval form of the
tiger salamander, often sold as pets or fishing bait
* Waterdog, a common name for the genus ''
Necturus
''Necturus'' is a genus of aquatic salamanders native to the eastern United States and Canada. They are commonly known as waterdogs and mudpuppies. The common mudpuppy ''(N. maculosus)'' is probably the best-known species – as an amphibian wi ...
'', which can also be called mudpuppy
* Water-dog, a former colloquial term for the
giant otter
The giant otter or giant river otter (''Pteronura brasiliensis'') is a South American carnivorous mammal. It is the longest member of the weasel family, Mustelidae, a globally successful group of predators, reaching up to . Atypical of musteli ...
Other
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The Water Dog
''The Water Dog'' is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. The film primarily follows the attempts to rescue a young girl who has been stranded on a rock in the ocean as the Tide comes in, necessitating the i ...
'', a 1914 American film starring Fatty Arbuckle
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Water Dog Lake, Belmont, California
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