This website is devoted to hunting dogs, and a main part of that will be categorizing the place of each of the breeds within the hunting dog types.

GUN DOGS (sporting dogs) are classified into the following FIVE GROUPS.

• Flushing Spaniels
• Water dogs
• Pointers
• Retrievers
• Setters

The previous blackdogoutfitters article discusses many of the wonderful characteristics of the spaniel. This article is mostly about defining the breeds that make up this unique hunting group.

You will notice that the majority of the group were created in England and France   ELEVEN out of the total of TWENTY TWO spaniel dogs.

There are many theories about the evolution of the spaniel suffice to say that at least the development of them was strongly practiced for hunting in England and France and that America only has three AKC recognized spaniels that are much newer than their European counter parts.

The MANY TYPES OF FLUSHING SPANIEL Hunting dogs

 

ENGLISH SPANIEL Dog

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Clumber Spaniel

English Cocker Spaniel

English Springer Spaniel

Field Spaniel

Sussex Spaniel

FRENCH SPANIELS Dog

Blue Picardy Spaniel

French Spaniel

Papillon

Picardy Spaniel

Pont-Audemer Spaniel

Netherlands Spaniel Dog

Drentse Patrijshond

Stabyhoun

Kooikerhondje

AMERICAN Spaniel Dogs

American Cocker Spaniel

American Water Spaniel

Boykin Spaniel

OTHER COUNTRY Spaniel Dogs

German Spaniel (Germany)

Irish Water Spaniel (Ireland)

Phalène (Belgium)

Russian Spaniel (Russia)

Welsh Springer Spaniel (Wales)