Dog Days

One of these locals who calls himself my adopted uncle, and indeed is, has absorbed all of us into his family of 1 wife, 3 kids and 30 dogs. Forty years ago, he officially registered a breed of dog known as the Spanish Water Dog. This dog has been around for 1000 years, maybe more, but this friend of mine, Antonio, was the first guy to give this dog a legitimate breed name in today’s world. The dogs are very family friendly dogs, hypoallergenic and non-shedding, love the water (they can swim up to 3 meters deep) and are also great sheep herders. So, as a disclaimer for all the dog pictures, I have spent a lot of time around these dogs at goat herding competitions and international dog shows where dogs and hairspray become one, hence, the shots of puffy poodles and criminally dressed Chihuahuas.