Animal Shelter Daily Pet Tip Archive

Epagneul Pont-Audemer

Alternative Names: Point-Audemer spaniel

Country of Origin: France

History: This pointer/retriever was developed in the nineteenth century, probably from poodles and spaniels such ...Read More...

Epagneul Picard

Alternative names: Picardy Spaniel

Country of Origin: France

History: This all around hunting dog breed was developed in the French region of Picardy. It is related to the French ...Read More...

Epagneul Bleu de Picardie

Alternative Names: blue Picardy spaniel

Country of Origin: France

History: The epagneul bleu de Picardie is a pointing dog that was only classified as separate from the epagneul Picard in ...Read More...

English Springer Spaniel

Alternative names: springer

Country of Origin: Great Britain

History: The English springer spaniel is the largest of the land spaniels and is closely related to the cocker spaniel. It was ...Read More...

English Setter

Country of Origin: Great Britain

History: The English setter is at least four hundred years old. The breed is descended from various spaniels and possibly ...Read More...

English Cocker Spaniel

Alternative Names: cocker spaniel (outside U.S.)

Country of Origin: England

History: The English cocker spaniel was developed to hunt woodcock. It is descended from other field spaniels and is ...Read More...

Drentse Patrijshond

Alternative Names: Dutch partridge dog, Drent

Country of Origin: The Netherlands

History: This breed is believed to have been bred in the sixteenth century from a Spanish dog, the spioenen. It was ...Read More...

Deutsher Wachetlhund

Alternative Names: German spaniel

Country of Origin: Germany

History: The Deutscher wachtelhund has a long history in Germany, where it is believed to have existed for centuries. ...Read More...

Curly Coated Retriever

Alternative Names: curlie

Country of Origin: Great Britain

History: The curly-coated retriever was probably developed from the Saint John’s Newfoundland, the Irish water spaniel, ...Read More...

Cocker Spaniel

Alternative Names: American cocker spaniel, cocker, cocking spaniel

Country of Origin: U.S.

History: The cocker spaniel is the smalles of the hunting dogs and was developed from early imports of the English cocker ...Read More...