English Springer Spaniel
The English springer spaniel is a medium-sized British flushing spaniel bred to spring game birds from cover and retrieve them for the gun. It is larger and longer-legged than the English cocker spaniel, with an eager expression, strong body, and a coat usually seen in liver and white or black and white, sometimes with ticking or tan points. Field-bred and bench-bred springers can differ sharply in build, coat, and intensity.
Springers thrive when they have regular work with people, whether hunting, retrieving practice, scent work, agility, or active family routines. Their enthusiasm needs channeling through recall, steadiness, and polite greetings from a young age. Feathering should be brushed to prevent mats, and ears deserve routine checks because moisture and debris collect after swimming or cover work. Buyers should ask about hip and elbow evaluations, eye testing, and temperament, especially when choosing between a high-drive field puppy and a calmer show-bred companion.
Colors: Apricot, Bicolor, Black, Black and Tan, Black and White, Black Mask, Black White and Tan, Blue, Blue and Tan, Blue Merle, Blue Roan, Blue Tick, Brindle, Brown, Brown and Tan, Brown and White, Chocolate, Cream, Dapple, Domino, Fawn, Fawn and White, Gold, Gray, Harlequin, Irish Marked, Liver, Liver and White, Liver Mask, Liver White and Tan, Mantle, Mask, Merle, Mottled, Parti-Color, Piebald, Red, Red and White, Red Merle, Red Roan, Red Tick, Reverse Brindle, Roan, Sable, Saddle, Silver, Speckled, Spotted, Tan, Ticked, Tricolor, Tuxedo, White, Yellow
