My neighbor Tom stopped me in the driveway a few nights ago to admire my dogs. I was heading out for my evening run. I have been jogging almost every night for more than three years now, and take my ...

When it comes to picking gun dogs, cocker spaniels don’t get a whole lot of respect. Although traditionally a sporting breed, American cockers have largely fallen out of favor with hunters because so ...

Cocker Spaniels originated as hunting dogs and they are so-called because they were particularly useful when targeting the Eurasian woodcock. They actually split into two breeds in 1947 – the American ...

Polly Ryan laughs when strangers ask her if her dogs are chocolate-colored cocker spaniels. She tells the curious folks that her pair of handsome canines are Sussex spaniels, a rare English breed ...

These wavy-haired dogs make the perfect companions, both on the couch and on the hunt. Learn more about the smallest dogs in the sporting class. 1. THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT KINDS. Although they look ...

The English Springer Spaniel was originally bred as a high-performance gundog, used to flush and retrieve game. They earned their name as they would “spring” forwards to flush game into nets, and ...