Working Certificate Tests may be offered by an English Springer Spaniel club, or a club for other
flushing spaniel breed (s).
Not exact matches
Gundogs are divided into three primary classes: Retrievers,
flushing spaniels, and pointing
breeds.
Again, some
breeds of dog like Irish Setters were developed for their
flushing ability, or Cocker
Spaniels for their skill making birds spring into the air and startling the bird or critter to run.
The
Spaniel is a moderately active
breed that is happy
flushing birds from thick cover or lounging around the house.
Hunting dog clubs (i.e. gundog, bird dog clubs) are eligible to hold any of the three types of hunting tests: Pointing
Breeds, Retrievers and
Flushing Spaniels.
The Sporting Group includes
breeds that assist in hunting, either by locating game (pointers and setters), moving /
flushing game (
spaniels), or retrieving downed game (retrievers).
A very popular
breed, the cocker
spaniel was developed as a gundog for
flushing woodcock in particular.
English Springer
Spaniels are still used as
flushing dogs, and today breeders that
breed these dogs for hunting train the dogs to retrieve to hand, quarter, scented, follow hand signals, blind retrieve, and steady.
Spaniels were especially
bred to
flush game out of dense brush.
Unlike other
spaniels, this
breed was not developed to
flush birds but rather to jump into the frigid waters of Ireland to retrieve dead or wounded wildfowl.
Bred as a hunting dog that could
flush game from the field, the springer
spaniel is lively and athletic.
Everyone who trains or shows a dog; everyone who works with a herding dog, a search and rescue dog, a therapy dog, a retriever, a pointer, a
flushing spaniel, or a livestock guard dog; everyone who competes in sled dog races or weight pulls or draft dog tests; and everyone who
breeds dogs must learn to speak with a single voice that says «Stop.
The English Springer
spaniel was
bred around the turn of the 19th century as a hunting dog with an expertise at «springing» to
flush out game bird — hence his practical moniker.
The cocker
spaniel was originally
bred as a hunting and gun dog capable of
flushing out game as well as retrieving it.
Obviously Labrador Retrievers,
Flushing Spaniels and the Pointing
breeds of dogs are best suited to be called a genuine gun dog.
Long and low, with a unique golden liver color, the Sussex
Spaniel dog
breed was developed in Sussex County, England, to
flush birds into the air for hunters.
The English Springer
Spaniel is a
breed of gun dog in the
Spaniel family traditionally used for
flushing and retrieving game.