Erect - eared or drop -
eared Papillons occurred in the same litters and are still judged together in AKC shows today.
An overwhelming success, most certainly this process involved outcrosses of the King Charles Spaniel to the drop -
eared Papillon, known as the Phalene, and possibly crossbreeding with other small hunting or Cocker spaniels.
Not exact matches
The Phalène is a toy dog breed, the drop
eared variety of the
Papillon dog.
While the name
Papillon (French for butterfly) refers to the breed's erect, fringed, mobile ears, earliest examples of the breed, which has been known for about 700 years, were of the drop -
eared, or phalene, variety.
There are two varieties of
Papillon — erect -
eared (more popular) and drop -
eared.