The population Spanish Waterdogs in the Netherlands

Dutch Pedigree studbook

The Spanish Waterdog is a breed that is in the Netherlands since 1996. The first dogs have been imported from Spain in 1996.
The development of the population according to the Dutch studbook is given in the table beneath.

At this moment there are 843 Perros de Agua Español in the Netherlands registered (*puppies and imported dogs).
The Dutch pedigree studbook, does not take into account the dying dogs, all dogs are taken from the list after 10 years. 
Now, 66 dogs are longer then 10 years registered in the stud book. So these dogs are not taken in account anymore.
So now, there are 777 Perros registered in the Dutch stud book officially.
At this moment, there are 106 imported Perros de Aguas Español which are registered in the Netherlands (13 are older then 10 years).

Population development

The growing of the Dutch population is to be seen as followed.

The litter distribution

In the pedigree studbook, the litter sizes are given as well. The distribution as as followed:

figure: the graphic of the distribution of the littersizes of the Spanish Waterdog (n=99)

The average littersize from 599 pups in 99 litters is 6,051