Send Us Your #FormFollowsFunction Photos!

All dog breeds were bred to perform a specific purpose. We want to see our readers’ dogs doing the work they were bred to do to be shared on The Canine Chronicle!

Thank you Jenny Wadhwa for sharing these Form Follows Function photo of your Irish Water Spaniel, “Oscar,” (CH Poole’s Ide Dark Knight) doing what he was bred to do. Oscar enjoys hunting duck, pheasant and woodcock in the great state of Maine. Please also enjoy the baby photo of Oscar below!

According to the American Kennel Club, “The tallest of the AKC’s spaniels, the Irish Water Spaniel is instantly recognizable by its crisply curled coat and tapering ‘rat tail.’ Among the champion swimmers of dogdom, the alert and inquisitive IWS is hardworking and brave in the field, and playfully affectionate at home. Among its distinguishing characteristics are a crisply curled, liver-colored, waterproof coat; a tapered ‘rat tail’; and a cleanly chiseled head crowned with a topknot of long, loose curls. The IWS moves with a smooth ground-covering gait, enabling him to put in a long day’s work in the field. The Irish Water Spaniel as we know it began in the 1830s, when sportsman Justin McCarthy set the breed’s type with his famous dog Boatswain. Since McCarthy’s day, the IWS has gained a reputation on both sides of the Atlantic as an incomparable retriever of waterfowl.”

Was your dog bred to hunt? Bred to herd cattle? Was he bred to rescue or guard? Was he bred to hunt rats? Please share your best Form Follows Function photos with us! We want to see them! Email Gia at Gia.Garofalo@caninechronicle.com with your photos!

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Posted by Gia on Oct 15 2025. Filed under Current Articles, Featured, The Buzz. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.