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| Value for Money | 9.7/10  |
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| Reviewer Rating | 9.7/10 |
| Overall Rating | 9.8/10  |
By Dogmad
on 21st Sep 2007
| Value for money | 10/10 |
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| Overall value | 8/10 |
 Dogmad's recommendation | |
Biddable, loyal, medium size dogs
High energy, intelligence can work against them.
I've owned English Springer Spaniels as pets and worked springers for well over 30 years.
I've worked them as detection dogs, and as working gundogs, their original use.
I would go against the grain of other reviews here and say that they are not necessarily good pets, they are very intelligent and do need to use their brains, if not used they can become bored, destructive and a real pain to own.
The solution to this is good training and firm handling, if you say no you must mean no and every member of the family should respect this, other wise you are sending the dog mixed messages.
They are a high energy dog bred to work all day, there is a problem with this, the more exercise you give them in an attempt to tire them out the fitter they get, so requiring more exercise.
The solution is to exercise their bodies and brains together, using their brains tires them out and they are more content in life.
I now work in Springer spaniel rescue and I can say that as lovely a breed as they are they can develop the same problems as any other breed, that is to say some can bite, some won't tolerate other dogs, become possessive of items, food or their owners owners and any other dog problem you can think of. I've had to reluctantly agree to have aggressive springers put to sleep, just as other breeds are put to sleep for aggression.
The solution, if you are thinking of getting a springer spaniel, do your research, realise you have to invest in training them, something that will pay dividends as they get older, and go in with your eyes wide open, and probably most importantly at the beginning socialise the puppies at every opportunity.
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Total Respect: +1
chrisyuk
on 23rd Sep 2007
julieavon on 16th May 2008