At first glance,
this short spaniel breed may look somber but the Sussex spaniel is known to have a joyful, even clownish personality.
Not exact matches
Restricted
short - nose dog
breeds that can travel as adults all year but require special carrier restrictions: Boxer *, Brussels Griffon, English Toy
Spaniel / Prince Charles
Spaniel, Japanese Chin, Lhasa Apso, Pekingese, Shar - Pei / Chinese Shar - Pei, Shih - Tzu.
Known as the «King Charles
Spaniel» or «Charlies» in Britain, they were
bred to the oriental
short - nosed
breeds in the 1800s to create the modern day King Charles
Spaniel which are only called English Toy
Spaniels in North America today (known as King Charles
Spaniel abroad).
After 15 years of
breeding cocker
spaniels, Gale Golden developed tendinitis in her elbow and had difficulty brushing them, so she decided to try the
short - coated Frenchie.
Clumber
Spaniels are deliberately
bred to have a deformed chondrodysplastic build (
short legs, long back).
There are some
breeds in which cleft palate is more common, including «beagles, Cocker
Spaniels, dachshunds, German shepherds, Labrador retrievers, schnauzers, Shetland sheepdogs, and brachycephalic (
short - nosed)
breeds.»
After becoming recognized as a separate
breed in the late 1800s, the field
spaniel succumbed to
breeding for exaggeration, and the repeated infusion of Sussex
spaniel blood resulted in dogs of excessive length, overly heavy bones and
short legs.
It was very important that the association with the name King Charles
Spaniel be kept as most breeders
bred back to the original type by way of the long - faced throwouts from the kennels of the
short - faced variety breeders.
This is another health issue that attacks
short nosed and flat faced dog
breeds like French bulldogs, Cairn carriers and Cavalier King Charles
Spaniels.
Country of Origin: The English Toy
Spaniel (called the «King Charles
Spaniel» in England) was created by crossing small
Spaniels with a
short snouted
breed such as the Pug or Japanese Chin.
Originally the King Charles
Spaniel and was
bred in the 1600's with Pugs to get the
shorter nose and was a popular lap dog of the time.
The
breeds most commonly affected include cocker
spaniels, bulldogs, Boston terriers, beagles, bloodhounds, Lhasa Apsos, Shih Tzus, and other brachycephalic
breeds (dogs with «squished» faces and
short limbs).
In the 1800s, those
spaniels were
bred with an oriental
short - nosed
spaniel to produce the modern King Charles Spaniel known in America as the English Toy S
spaniel to produce the modern King Charles
Spaniel known in America as the English Toy S
Spaniel known in America as the English Toy
SpanielSpaniel.
In 1926, a breeder of
short - faced King Charles
Spaniels, Miss Mostyn Walker, had
bred a dog called Lord Pindi to a bitch called Ann.
Other
breeds, such as Boxers and King Charles Cavalier
Spaniels also have
shorter life expectancies due to specific
breed related diseases.