SPANIELS AND THEIR TRAINING THEIR BREEDING AND REARING BENCH SHOW POINTS
AND CHARACTERISTICS By Freeman Lloyd A VINTAGE DOG BOOKS CLASSIC REPRINT
Originally privately published in the early 1900s, this scarce work on
the Spaniel is both expensive and very hard to find in its first
edition. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS have republished it, using the original text
and illustrations, as part of their CLASSIC BREED BOOKS series. The
author was a highly respected expert on many breeds of dogs, but freely
admitted that his favourite would always be the liver and white spaniel.
He was Kennel Editor of "Field and Stream" for a number of years and
also contributed numerous articles to the dog and sporting press of that
era. The book's seventy two pages cover the origins and history of the
Spaniel from the 17th Century up to around 1930. Detailed chapters deal
with: - Spaniels of Yesterday and Today. - Naming the Young Puppy. -
Rearing Puppies. - Yard Training. - Training to the Gun. - Field
Trials. - Shooting over Spaniels. - The Spaniel and Water. - Irish Water
Spaniels. - American Water Spaniels. - English Springer Spaniels. -
Welsh Springer Spaniels. - Cocker Spaniels. - Clumber Spaniels. - Field
Spaniels. - Sussex Spaniels. - English Water Spaniels. This is a
fascinating read for any sportsman, Spaniel enthusiast or historian of
the breed, but also contains much information that is still useful and
practical today. "The fearful Partridge being Sprung by quest Of
Spaniells, from their pleasant foods and rest. Again: The Feasant cock
the woods do most frequent Where spaniels spring and search him by the
sent". Anon. 1671. Many of the earliest dog breed books, particularly
those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and
increasingly expensive. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS are republishing these classic
works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original
text and artwork.
