Sentences with phrase «from toy spaniels»

The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is descended from toy Spaniels like the ones you occasionally see in paintings from the Middle Ages.
While this breed originated from a toy Spaniel, there is no toy version of a Cavalier King Charles.

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Originally bred in Great Britain 400 years ago, the toy spaniels were pets of royalty and named because of a children's pet in the household of Charles I. King Charles II decreed that the spaniels could not be banned from any public place, including Parliament, and they're commonly seen in British historical paintings.
(9) In 2007, 13 of the top 20 breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club were toys or small dogs, and several other small breeds (French Bulldog, Havanese, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and Papillon) have climbed from relative obscurity in 1997 to appear in the top 40.
This toy breed is thought to have orignated from the larger King Charles Spaniel and was named after King Charles who perpetuated the breed.
The original Cavalier King Charles Spaniels were around and had been bred from other toy dogs and spaniels during the 16th century or so, but modern day breeders have been using other methods of breeding to bring a more pure version of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel back into exSpaniels were around and had been bred from other toy dogs and spaniels during the 16th century or so, but modern day breeders have been using other methods of breeding to bring a more pure version of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel back into exspaniels during the 16th century or so, but modern day breeders have been using other methods of breeding to bring a more pure version of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel back into existence.
From that information alone, you can guess that the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel has been around in Europe for several hundred years, although it has not always been the most popular of toy breeds.
They began as one breed, probably resulting from crosses of small spaniels with Oriental toy breeds.
Some evidence supports the theory that Mary, Queen of Scots, brought the first toy spaniels to Scotland with her from France.
Elegant in appearance, untouched by artificial grooming, and absolutely radiating its soul from its wonderful, loving eyes, the Cavalier is the epitome of the royal toy spaniel and a most glamorous addition to the toy group where it has fared very well in its first year of AKC competition.
It is from these old spaniels that land and water spaniels eventually evolved, as did the setters and the toy spaniels.
The Japanese chin is an old toy breed that most likely evolved from the Tibetan spaniel.
But other evidence points to crosses of the English cocker with even smaller toy spaniels (that nonetheless arose from the same ancestral stock).
The toy dog breeds have often been developed from breeds which originally had a job to do such as the terriers and the spaniels.
It is said they were bred down from hunting spaniels to produce a toy dog recorded at the time of England's Charles II.
One of the oldest of the toy breeds, the English Toy Spaniel probably has ancestors from Japan and maybe even China, which bred with European toy spaniels to produce a small, docile dog with a feathery coat and a pushed - in nose.
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