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English Springer Spaniel.

What is inside the English Springer Spaniel

This edition combines three parts in one file. The total page count includes general content, the breed-specific section and the planner; it does not refer only to breed-specific text.

1. General foundations

A reading foundation covering home preparation, everyday care, nutrition, training and life together. These chapters are shared across the collection and provide context before the breed-specific section.

2. A section devoted to the English Springer Spaniel

History, profile and breed-specific care topics organized into ten chapters. Browse the list below and read a short history excerpt to get a feel for the writing style.

3. Printable planner

Pages for your records, details, dates and memories within the same PDF. Print only the sheets you need. This is not an app, and fillable form fields are not advertised.

Your breed-specific chapters

1. Breed history and origins
2. Breed profile and characteristics
3. Health predispositions discussed in the guide
4. Feeding by life stage
5. Energy and activity
6. Temperament and life together
7. Physical care and coat
8. Care calendar
9. Observations organized by body area
10. Training and socialization

A short excerpt to begin

From the history chapter in this edition: a short reading sample.

Few breeds carry their working purpose as literally in their name as the English Springer Spaniel — the word 'springer' refers directly to the act of 'springing', or flushing, game birds from dense cover into the air for falconers or waiting guns. The breed descends from the Norfolk and Shropshire Spaniels of the mid-19th century, two strains of large land spaniel that were shown under the unified name 'Norfolk Spaniel' by the 1850s. Before any formal separation of types existed, size alone determined a puppy's destiny within the same litter: the smallest were called 'Cockers' because they hunted woodcock, the medium-sized were 'Fields', and the largest — those powerful enough to push through dense bracken and spring game — were called 'Springers'.

Excerpt from chapter 20 · History and origins