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The spaniel family is one of the most numerous among the groups of hunting dogs and, apparently, one of the oldest. The first image of spaniel-like dogs could be seen on the coins of Philip II, father of Alexander the Great. It is believed that Spain became the birthplace of the ancestors of spaniels, which is where the name of the whole group of these long-eared, nimble dogs came from.

Spaniels were most widespread in England, where, back in the XIV century, two varieties of these dogs were described: water and land. Water spaniels have long been known here and have been bred as an independent breed. In their appearance, they are quite different from the usual appearance of long-eared dogs. These are tall dogs with curly, curled hair, long tail and somewhat resemble a poodle. Their main purpose has always been to hunt waterfowl.

Land spaniels were initially divided into only two varieties: small and large. The first began to be called cockers, as they were most often used to hunt woodcock, the name of which in English sounds like "wood cook". The main purpose of hunting spaniels is to drive birds or small animals out of the thickets.

Before the advent of firearms, the task of spaniels was reduced to the urge to raise the bird on the wing under the falconer, a hunter with a hunting falcon, which he let on the raised game. In later times, these spaniel and falcon hunts evolved into whole lush outings of the nobility. At the same time, often the spaniels were brought to the hunting place by servants on horseback in toroks. It was very convenient. Later, with the advent of firearms, rifle hunters began to use spaniels, especially when hunting for waterfowl, since these dogs are unsurpassed masters of finding wounded animals and feeding a broken bird from the lining.

The history of the development and improvement of the spaniel is very rich, varied and interesting. The British did not stop at the limited number of varieties of dogs available at that time, but took concrete steps to improve these groups, highlighting and developing purposeful breeds. The efforts of many English amateurs, including the titled ones, such as the Duke of Norfolk, have been directed over the centuries to obtain a variety of spaniel breeds with their own exterior features and characteristic manner of work. Dogs with all the similarity in appearance have noticeable differences in height, size, color, coat, structure of the block and head. Each of the breeds, moreover, was created for specific purposes or specific hunting conditions. The improvement of the breeds of water spaniels went the same way. Currently, most breeds are officially recognized by international canine organizations and are kept clean. The greatest popularity and recognition among hunters in many countries was gained by large spring jumpers, woodcock hunters, cockers, passionate field spaniels, massive sussexes, American and Irish waterfishes.

Love for beautiful and cute dogs not only hunters gave rise to the emergence of spaniel breeds and purely decorative purposes. So, there were King Charles Spaniels, American Cocker and other breeds.

Spaniels The history of improving spaniel breeds is far from over. There are exterior changes in existing breeds, and completely new ones appear. The latter include the American Boykin Spaniel and our Russian hunting one.

The history of the Russian hunting spaniel is very short and is a little over forty years old. The year of his birth is usually called 1951, when the first standard was adopted for the dog.The breed is based on various spaniels imported into the country after the Second World War. Difficult hunting conditions, climate have left their mark on the requirements of our hunters for the breed. At first, the Cocker standard was taken as the starting parameters. Further, it became clear that the spaniel should become taller and more robust, much more enduring and at the same time not losing its original appearance. Now the maximum height of males is 44 cm, and bitches - 42 cm.

Spaniels The Russian Hunting Spaniel is a very energetic, strong and brave dog. This is an excellent companion and loyal comrade, ready not only to brighten up the hardships of everyday life in moments of rest, but also bravely rushing to protect the owner in moments of danger. At a halt, he will perfectly guard things, a gun and a car. It amazes with its intelligence and ingenuity. Having appeared once in the house, he will forever remain in the center of the family's attention and very quickly wins the hearts of all its members with his disinterested devotion. The main purpose of this dog is hunting. The spaniel is given to her with passion. However, before acquiring a puppy, you should, if only you take it for this purpose, make sure that it comes from working breeders with field diplomas.

Spaniels The Spaniel is a very intelligent dog and quickly learns all the tricks of home training. But for hunting, the most important thing is to impeccably work out the execution of the stopping command “sit” and serve the game. The first command is simply necessary to stop the dog after raising the bird on the wing. It should be performed by the dog simply automatically, otherwise the spaniel chasing all living things will ruin the hunt, and he himself may fall under the owner's shot. Sorting is an innate quality in the spaniel, but it needs to be developed. The puppy learns to bring you various things quite easily and quickly, but difficulties can begin with a bird, especially with a freshly shot one. For this reason, it is good to train your pet to feed the wings of any game, first from land and then from water. You can go directly to training at the age of 7 months, since the spaniel is a precocious dog. Before introducing him to the bird, you should train the dog to walk with a shuttle against the wind on an empty meadow, to the left and right of you at the distance of a rifle shot. To begin with, you can work with him for this purpose on a long leash-cord.

Spaniels Any hunting wading bird can be the best training target for a spaniel. However, more often than not, which, moreover, is easier to do in the spring, they begin to acquaint the dog with the corncrake, which makes itself felt by the cries of "kreks-kreks". With the delivered spaniel, you can perfectly hunt for all types of wading and upland birds, as well as ducks, of course. It is not a bad idea to train your spaniel to carry the transport in a backpack before going out into the meadows.