Customer reviews

Reviews and experiences of our customers

Our family consists of 2 adults and 3 adolescent girls aged 8, 10 and 13 years old. In February 2014, we welcomed our second man in the house (PWD Nous) with open arms. Nous is a wonderful, happy, sweet dog. He loves to play and also needs that challenge, as well as sufficient exercise. With three children at home this is not a problem, but we also had to protect him for himself not to overdo.nous-standJust like a young child, he needed his rest as a puppy, and when he did not take it himself, we put our sweet boy in his crate. He also saw our youngest daughter really like playmate / litter mate, but with patience and clarity we now see that he also listens to her.
Meanwhile, several speeches have already been given at school about the Cao de Agua. When school is out our children and Nous are always very happy to see each other again!

Lonneke, Roel, kids & Nous


He’s doing really great! He’s very relaxed!
Tonight was great. He just cried a little when he was in the bench, but in fact if I put my hand on the bench, as you advised, he sniffed and lay down against my hand. And this morning he slept through until 7am !!! This morning, walked around with Ollie in the trailer behind the bike. He was all ok with this. He even went into hibernation lol …
Ollie
You really did an amazing job for his base socialisation. We can really experience this !

Today Ollie was confronted with “”live fireworks” during the puppy course. He was not impressed and just calmly watching it…
Thanks to Luc and Ellen for the noise-training with the CD.

Ron, Jet, the kids & Ollie


At our first meeting with you and your dogs we immediately had a familiar feeling. We got an expert explanation of the breed and the cost involved of having a PWD. We got plenty of time to ask questions and to experience the adult dogs. During our drive back to Belgium we were already convinced to buy a puppy from you. The fact that your puppies are growing up in house and your socialisation was very positive for us.Spike
The possibility to follow our puppy both through pictures and video, we also found of added value, as well as the warm welcome during puppy visits. Our puppy was already well socialized by you ..

Briefly summarised: In case we would like to get another dog in the future it will certainly again be a PWD from the American Dancer’s kennel.

Marina, Erwin & Spike (Belgium)


We were already dubbing a while about purchasing a dog, but because of an allergy to cats and dogs, this did not seem possible. Until we accidentally stumbled over the Portuguese Water Dog. Upon seeing the photos we melted away. What a cute dogs! We have directly contacted Ellen and were promptly sent a questionnaire. Then we were invited for an interview. This is what we appreciate with this breeder; they really want to know where their dogs go. We have pleasantly received, but the main thing was, how would the reaction be to the dogs in terms of allergy. We hugged, cuddled and stroked and after an hour still no allergy symptoms. So we decided to go for it and were placed on the waiting list. Fortunately, we heard after a few weeks that there was a dog available for us. We really had to answer a lot of question what our experience, preferences and plans were. Again, this in fact is important to make the right choice. Nine weeks later we could pick up our NOLA. Now, almost two years later, we are still very happy with our new family member.NolaInside she is quiet, while she is really active outdoors. Nice runs through the forest, loving to play with other dogs and if she sees a lake, she plunges in. Furthermore, Nola is a true Portuguese. She hardly sheds when you brush her almost daily. As soon as we sit down on the sofa, she slides in cozy with her head on your lap and she enjoys counter surfing, which of course is not allowed 🙂

Werner, Petra, Resa & Nola


Our first dog:
After many years of talking about it we now finally have a petRumour . After spending a lot of time on Internet to find out what breed we would really like, we ended up with the PWD. We looked for breeders and found Ellen & Luc. We called and to qualify Ellen sent us a questionnaire in which we had to give an impression about our experience and how we deal with the dog and so on. In fact a lot of questions that force you to think over again whether you are ready for a dog. Anyway, we completed and submitted and then visited for an introduction. Later, when the pups were born, we said in unison that we wanted the black and white female. Ellen answered, we’ll see about that, because it has to be a dog that suits you (in this case no dominant dog). Ellen eventually chose another one for us and it turned out so well. Rumour really fits in and we are delighted with this beautiful animal, friendly and very good with kids, happy that Ellen made the right choice for us !

Dick & Rumour