Recognized by:	AKC - American Kennel Club, ANKC - Australian National Kennel Council , CKC - Canadian Kennel Club, FCI - Federation Cynologique Internationale, KC - The Kennel Club (UK), NAVHDA - North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association, United Kennel Club.
Breed organizations:	Irish Water Spaniel Club of America The Sporting Irish Water Spaniel Club
Web sites of interest:	The Hoflin IWS page IWSCA stats and pics A nice page by Morgan Conrad
VersatileDogs listings:	Kennels and Photos
Owner Input: What can I say about "Molly"--she was the all-around dog. My favorites are: 1. One of the 40 times it took her to get her CDX--she laid down on the retrieve on the flat and preceeded to just lie there and chew on the end of her dumbbell; 2. The time Kent took her hunting and shot a very large Canadian Goose. Molly went out for it....looked it up and down several times and decided it was just too big to pick up, so she sat there and guarded it until Kent hiked out to get it. She loved agility, she loved people, she loved entertaining the entire populace...and was the premier hostess at all the "get togethers" we had at the dog shows. She could do it all....and is sorely missed by all who knew her. This is a wonderful breed. Kent and Karen Shaver (Then there was the time she was entered in a WC test...and refused to get out of the water to do the land retrieves....sigh.)