spaniel
Spaniel is an umbrella term for some breeds of hunting dogs .
The spaniels belonged to the classic browsing dogs and have been known as the form of hunting dogs since the Middle Ages. In the 19th century, the English formed the various spaniel breeds from this type of work, of which only the English Springer Spaniel and the English Cocker Spaniel are used in larger numbers in Germany. In Spaniel races frequently occurs that incomplete ossification of the Humeruskondylen , a developmental disorder of the humerus, as well as the Lefzenekzem on.
The term spaniel has:
Search dogs ( FCI group 8 , section 2):
- American Cocker Spaniel
- American Water Spaniel
- Boykin Spaniel
- Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
- Clumber Spaniel
- English Cocker Spaniel
- English Springer Spaniel
- Field Spaniel
- Irish Water Spaniel
- King Charles Spaniel
- Continental dwarf spaniel
- Sussex Spaniel
- Welsh Springer Spaniel
Despite the name, not a spaniel:
- long-haired pointing dogs (group 7, section 1.2: continental spaniel-type pointing dogs):
- Epagneul Français
- Epagneul Picard
- Epagneul Bleu de Picardie
- Brittany Spaniel, p. Epagneul Breton
- Epagneul de Pont-Audemer