Cuardach Irish Water Spaniels

From left to right - Glider, Scout, Clark, and Ryan - December 2011 - photo by Cindy Knowlton

Welcome to Cuardach Irish Water Spaniels

Temperament, Trainability and Type

We hope that you will enjoy this site with its pages of information on the wonderful Irish Water Spaniels loved by us and learning more about this fantastic breed that we are devoted to. Bringing a dog into your home is a very important decision and as with any breed, the IWS may not be right for everyone, so please learn and enjoy.

As you explore this site, you will find a lot of information about our IWS, their accomplishments and lots of pictures. There is information on:

Scout, my foundation bitch
Clark, the son of Scout from her first litter
Glider, Scout's daughter from her second litter
Ryan, grandson of Scout and the newest member of our family
"Dogs of Cuardach" which has individual pages with pictures and information of the dogs that have come from our kennel. We are very proud of these dogs!
"Puppies" tab which has information about how we raise our puppies, our past litters, and potential future litters.
In Memory has information about our beloved family members who are no longer with us, Drake and Maggie.
Lots of information under the "General Information" tab including training, health care, socialization, crate training, feeding, and helpful links.

Please explore our site and if you have any questions, my email is in the contact section.

Latest News!!

Ryan won Best of Breed/Winner's Dog on Saturday, January 21st and he won Winner's Dog on Sunday, January 22nd for 2 more breed points. Brick won Reserve Winner's dog both days at the shows for his first time in the ring.

Clark finished 2011 as the #1 IWS in agility and Glider was #5.

Scout earned her PACH4 agility title on December 31, 2011.

Ryan earned his first title (NF) January 1, 2012 by qualifying 3 days in a row in novice Fast.

Clark competed in the AKC agility invitational in Orlando December 17-18, 2011. He had 3 out of 4 runs clean and ended up highest scoring IWS for a second year in a row.

Glider earned her Master Excellent Agility (MX) title on November 20, 2011.

Clark earned his MACH3 agility title on November 13, 2011. He is the first IWS to achieve this level.

Liberty earned her agility warrant (Silver) title on October 30, 2011. She is the first IWS in the UK to have achieved this title. She earned it in only 3 months after earning her bronze warrant.

Clark earned his junior hunter (JH) title on Sunday, August 28th at the Keystone Retriever club.

Liberty earned her agility warrant (bronze) title on July 24, 2011. She is the first IWS in the UK to have achieved this title.

Ryan won Best of Breed July 16 & 17, 2011 for 2 points each day. Harp won Winner's Bitch/Best of Opposite July 16 & 17 for 2 points each day. Both were shown at the Nebraska Kennel Club show.

Scout earned her PACH3 and PAX3 agility titles July 16, 2011 at the Nebraska Kennel Club show.

Liberty won 2nd place in her agility standard run on May 1, 2011 and Buzz (her son) won Best Puppy at the Welks show in the UK on April 30th. Great weekend for the family.

Clark earned his MACH2 on Sunday, April 24th. He did this only 7 months after earning his first MACH. He is only the 2nd IWS to have earned his MACH2.

Scout and Clark competed at the 2011 AKC agility nationals in Lexington, VA April 2-3, 2011. Scout got 3rd place in her first round and Clark had 2 out of 3 clean runs and ended up 33rd with over 100 dogs competing in the 24 inch jump height.

Emma earned her first Junior Hunter leg at 9 months old on Saturday, February 19, 2011.

Glider earned her MXJ title on Friday, January 28, 2011 with a beautiful jumpers run.

Scout earned her PAX2 agility title on January 12, 2011.

The weekend of December 11th and 12th, 2010, Marion ran Liberty in agility and she got 7th place out of 240 dogs. Wow! She also showed both Liberty and her son Buzz in conformation and both did well and qualified for Crufts for 2011.

Clark earned his MACH on September 11, 2010 with a double Q to finish the points he needed.

Scout earned her PAX agility title on Sunday, August 15, 2010 only 1 year after starting back in novice preferred classes.

Byrd earned her CDX on May 6, 2010 with a 1st place win.

Megan finished her breed championship by going winner's bitch/best of breed at the Western Pennsylvania Kennel Association in Pittsburgh on Saturday, March 27, 2010. This championship also makes Scout an IWSCA top producing bitch.

Scout earned her MACH on Saturday, July 11, 2009 with a beautiful standard run at the Southern New Jersey Agility trial.

Scout earning her PACH4 (12/31/11) and her grandson Ryan with his first agility ribbons and title, novice Fast (1/1/12)

Mia, Shea, Scout, Glider, Clark and Ryan in our backyard for a mini family reunion - July 2, 2011

From left to right - Clark, Scout, Glider, and Ryan - November 2010