Karma Portuguese Water Dogs

Our dogs

The bloodline

Every Karma breeding begins with the dogs — and every one of those dogs begins with Mika.

For more than 35 years, our Portuguese Water Dogs have been thoughtfully bred with an unwavering commitment to health, temperament, structure, type and preservation of the breed.

What follows is that line in order, from the dog who started it to the dogs carrying it now. Names in the pedigrees marked CH are Champions; GCH is Grand Champion.

2007 Where Karma begins
Mika in the show ring, stacked beside her handler

Mika

CH Wayfarer CNSand Pure Karma RN THD CGC

  • Whelped 2 September 2007
  • Registration WS23375907
  • Breeder David A Gault / Erika Griesbach

Mika came into our lives on 2 November 2007, and since then nothing has been the same. She is not only our beloved dog but my best friend and trusted Registered Service Dog. Mika, which means “gift from God” in Hebrew, was named by my son Mason — and she truly is.

At just six months she earned her Canine Good Citizen from the American Kennel Club, and at sixteen months her certification from Delta Pet Partners as a Therapy Dog. I began showing her as an owner-handler across New England, where she earned many ribbons including our very first Best of Breed. She was finished by PH. Rick Krieger and awarded Champion status with three straight Majors in under two months. In the summer of 2009 we competed at the Portuguese Water Dog Club of America’s National Specialty at Rend Lake, Illinois, where she earned her Rally Novice title.

Her most remarkable work has been with children, as a Reading Rover companion listening patiently to stories, and in nursing homes, where she and I served as a Pet Partner team with Rhode Island Home & Hospice.

Mika was AKC’s number two ranked PWD in Rhode Island, and Anat’s first AKC Champion. Her story and Anat’s are the same story →

Pedigree — three generations
Sire
CH CNSand Bass AckwardsWS11224602
CH CNSand Cat In The HatWP98513403
CH Windruff CNSand Got Milk?WR05977902
Dam
CH Akire Gotta Lotta MoxieWS02043305
CH Watermark Toby's Black JackWP86378301
CH Sun Joy's Akire Supa Du PaWP83468106

AKC Certified Pedigree, compiled 7 October 2009 · view the certificate

Mika, photo 1 of 4Mika, photo 2 of 4Mika, photo 3 of 4Mika, photo 4 of 4
2011 The first Karma generation
Seal in the show ring after winning Best of Breed

Seal

GCH CH Karma Queen of Kings Can't Touch This Royal Seal

  • Whelped 28 April 2011
  • Registration WS37358201
  • Breeder Anat Cunha / Kristen L Cofiell
  • Dam Mika — the first Karma-bred generation

Seal is Mika’s daughter, and the point where the Karma line becomes Karma’s own. Born 28 April 2011, she was number seven of ten healthy puppies — an absolute sweetheart with a great deal of attitude and drive.

At eleven months old she won her first Best of Breed, rising out of the puppy class to defeat a Special — a dog that had already achieved Champion status. Less than two months later she finished her Championship at the tender age of eighteen months, and went on to be awarded Grand Champion. She was once AKC’s number one ranked PWD in Rhode Island, ranked third for Best of Opposite Sex in the 2012 Top Ten conformation standings, and is a CGC and service dog.

Pedigree — three generations
Sire
CH Floodtide's Meet Me At Dockside CD RAE MX MXB MXJ MJB MXFWS03193903
CH Del Sur's Pacific WizardWP97545203
CH Del Sur's Windruff Gin FizzWP85091203
Dam
CH Wayfarer CNSand Pure Karma RN THDalso belowWS23375907
CH CNSand Bass AckwardsWS11224602
CH Akire Gotta Lotta MoxieWS02043305

AKC Certified Pedigree, compiled February 2014 · view the certificate

Seal, photo 1 of 3Seal, photo 2 of 3Seal, photo 3 of 3
Since Champions carrying the line
Epi, a black Portuguese Water Dog, head raised

Epi

Karma's What Happens in Vegas… Epi!

  • Title Grand Champion Bronze (GCHB)
Epi, photo 1 of 3Epi, photo 2 of 3Epi, photo 3 of 3
Phelps wearing a blue rosette from a sanctioned agility test

Phelps

  • Title Champion (CH)
  • Dam Seal
Rin stacked in the show ring beside a handler

Rin

  • Title Champion (CH)
Rownan stacked beside his handler after a Puppy Group placing at Greenwich

Rownan

KarmaPWD Perfect Storm Rownan at Snug Harbor

  • Title Grand Champion (GCH)
  • Registration WS59386704
  • Breeder Anat Hayon
Rownan, photo 1 of 1
Family Dogs
Rain, a Karma Portuguese Water Dog

Rain

Gaia, a Karma Portuguese Water Dog

Gaia

Nava, a Karma Portuguese Water Dog

Nava

Via, a Karma Portuguese Water Dog

Via

Form & function

Bred with purpose

A beautiful Portuguese Water Dog should also be a sound, athletic, intelligent and confident Portuguese Water Dog.

We carefully consider pedigree, structure, movement, temperament, health and genetic diversity when planning every breeding. No decision is based on a single trait or accomplishment. We look at the whole dog — and what that dog can contribute to generations yet to come.

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