Portuguese Water Dog In 413 CE, the Visigoths invaded Iberia before being settled in Aquitania north of the Pyrenees in 418, ultimately extending their rule to most of Iberia after 470 CE. A Portuguese Water Dog is first described in 1297 in a monk’s account of a drowning sailor who was pulled from the sea by a dog with a "black coat, the hair long and rough, cut to the first rib and with a tail tuft". These theories explain how the Poodle and the Portuguese Water Dog may have developed from the same ancient genetic pool. At one time the Poodle was
American Dog Breeders Association supporter of the ADBA, as he registered his dogs exclusively with ADBA. The association continues to grow in the USA and other countries. The ADBA is the largest registration office of the American Pit Bull Terrier and is now accepting other purebred dogs, usually working breeds. Beginning 27 October 2006 the registry is opening its stud book to accept other purebred dogs. American Dog Breeders Association The American Dog Breeders Association (also known as ADBA) was started in September 1909 as a multiple breed association. The residing president, Guy McCord, was an avid fancier and breeder of the American Pit