History of
the sporting spaniel breeds, the current breed standards, personalities, training, exercise, and grooming requirements, as well as breed - specific health concerns.
Not exact matches
Also more sensitive than some
sporting breeds, the American Water
Spaniel has a high desire to please and gets easily crushed by harsh words or rough treatment.
These include most
sporting breeds, such as pointers - Weimeraners and Vizlas - water dogs, some
spaniels, and herding
breeds - such as Australian Shepherds or Border Collies.
These dogs are the smallest of the
spaniels and the smallest among all
sporting dog
breeds, weighing only 24 - 28 pounds when full grown.
Among the most low - keyed and easygoing of
sporting breeds, the clumber
spaniel is nonetheless a hunter at heart, ever ready for a day in the field.
Noted as being the tallest, and one of the rarest
breeds of
Spaniels, the Irish Water
Spaniel is in the
sporting group.
Smallest of the
sporting breeds, the Cocker
Spaniel is a gentle, playful and sweet - natured dog.
Field
Spaniels enjoy competing in dog
sports such as hunting tests, obedience trials, agility courses and the
breed ring.
Breed Type The Brittany Spaniel is a sporting b
Breed Type The Brittany
Spaniel is a
sporting breedbreed.
The Cocker
Spaniel is a
sporting breed and should maintain good muscle tone, although the
breed is not one that needs a lot of exercise for the purpose of discharging an abundance of energy.
It would take many generations of careful, purposeful
breeding before such
sporting spaniels as the English Springer
Spaniel, English Cocker
Spaniel, and Field
Spaniel could be sorted into the distinct
breeds we know today.
[1] To assist in the hunting of birds and small game, various
sporting types of dogs were developed, which became the ancestors of today's pointer, retriever, setter, and
spaniel purebred dog
breeds.
Cocker
spaniels are a small to medium
breed that stands about 14 inches at the shoulder, smallest of the
sporting breeds.
You can identify most members of the
sporting group by a
breed name that includes the word pointer, retriever, setter, or
spaniel.
UKC's 55 gun dogs are the setters, retrievers, and all - around hunting dogs in the AKC
sporting dog group plus many European
spaniels, pointers, and retrievers as well as
breeds with exotic names such as Stabyhoun, Pudelpointer; Barbet; and Kooikerhondje.
Breeds that make good hunting dogs include those in the «sporting» group of the American Kennel Club, such as numerous breeds of Spaniels, Retrievers and Poi
Breeds that make good hunting dogs include those in the «
sporting» group of the American Kennel Club, such as numerous
breeds of Spaniels, Retrievers and Poi
breeds of
Spaniels, Retrievers and Pointers.
This
sporting spaniel was one of the founding
breeds in the American Kennel Club (AKC).
This
breed owes its existence to a Dutchman named Edward Korthals, who started in 1870 with a Barbet dog and mixed her bloodlines with various setters,
spaniels, and pointers to create a new,
sporting dog.
Cocker
Spaniels are one of the smallest
sporting dog
breeds in the world and have been blessed with most the most expressive dark eyes.
Both parent
breeds however, are long - time members of the AKC dating back to 1910 when the English Springer
spaniel first gained recognition and joined the elite club's «
sporting» group and to 1917 when the Labrador retriever was also admitted into AKC's «
sporting» group.
The American Kennel Club says this about the
breed: «An active
sporting dog, the English Cocker
Spaniel's compact, solid body practically vibrates with energy and enthusiasm, particularly when at work in the field.
These
Spaniels are not a toy dog and enjoy having something to do, so treat them as a
sporting dog even if you keep them groomed like a toy
breed.
The Cocker
Spaniel is a
sporting breed skilled at hunting waterfowl and upland game birds.
The
sporting group comprises some of the most popular
breeds, including pointers, setters, retrievers and
spaniels.
Breed Type The English Springer Spaniel is a sporting b
Breed Type The English Springer
Spaniel is a
sporting breedbreed.
Among the first
breeds exhibited in dog shows, Irish Water
Spaniels were the third most popular
sporting breed in England in 1875.
Those breeders sometimes advertise in all -
breed publications such as the AKC Gazette (http://www.akc.org/pubs/gazette/), Dog World (http://www.dogchannel.com/dog-magazines/dogworld/), or
breed or
sport magazines such as
Spaniels in the Field (http://www.spanielsinthefield.com/) or Hunting Retriever (http://www.ukcdogs.com/pubhuntingretriever.htm), and may occasionally place an ad in the local newspaper.
This
sport is the perfect choice for
breeds that include Labradors, Springer
Spaniels, Golden Retrievers, Flat coated Retrievers, Irish Water
Spaniels and Weimaraners.
Field
Spaniels, like other accomplished
sporting breeds, can have an independent streak which can sometimes present training challenges.
Dogs in the
sporting group include the setters, pointers,
spaniels, retrievers, and a handful of others, all
bred to hunt game birds.
Despite the fact that the Cavalier King Charles
Spaniel is a little
breed, they're fairly intelligent and may participate in dog
sports for example agility, tracking, and compliance as
sport.
Recognition The American Cocker
Spaniel is recognized by The Kennel Club in the United Kingdom and The American Kennel Club in the
sporting breed classification of dogs.
While traditional
sporting breeds such as retrievers and
spaniels shaped public perception of a «gun dog», there have always been a number of fanciers who continued to use Airedales as bird dogs.
When this Association was» formed in 1924 there were few Springers in the United States and no field trials for the
breed, Since that time, under the wise and benevolent leadership of the Parent Association there are now many thousands of Springers used as gun dogs each autumn and there were in 1946 some twenty» two trials herd for the
breed where championship points were awarded, Thus the Springer
Spaniel, youngest of all gun dog
breeds in this country, has made rapid strides and established itself as a leading contender for the title of all around gun dog, under the leadership of the Parent Association, This first National Field Trial meeting for English Springer
Spaniels is ~ a sincere attempt to establish by equitable and
sporting means the National Chaffi..
Epilepsy was more prevalent within the herding, hound, and
sporting, particularly the
spaniel breeds, groups.
Standard poodles are in the AKC non-
sporting group but in the working dog 1 haplotype association scheme, Havanese are in the AKC toy group yet are categorized as haplotype working dog 1, and the AKC
sporting group includes retriever and
spaniel breeds while the haplotype sharing approach splits those into two distinct groups.