English Springer Spaniel

About six months ago I rescued an English springer spaniel from a horrible situation. He is 3 years old and has never been inside a house. He had been abandoned by his family for about three months in their back yard with another lab puppy. I currently live in a tiny apartment in the city. He has been the most amazing dog I could ever ask for. I fell in love instantly with his compassion, brain, and eagerness to please. He always knows how I'm feeling and takes my cues better than any dog I have ever owned. Remi is constantly watching me to make sure I approve of how he is acting. He lays on my feet when I'm tired but will run and swim all day when I take him out. People always comment on how happy of a dog he is. Although, his situation has brought this amazing dog to me, I do not believe the breed is for everyone. He sticks to me like Velcro which works for me because I am able to bring him to work every day. He needs constant attention and reassurance from me, which may be from his past of abandonment by the people he trusted most. He has never shown an aggressive trait with any human, my chihuahua, and my two cats. His personality is very much like a typical springer. I would suggest this breed to people with plenty of patients, time, and the ability to exercise.

We have gotten 2 springers from Dakotaland Springers and loved them both!! Our first one passed away unexpectedly and when I contacted them about getting another pup they were great. It had been over 5 years and they remembered who we were and the pup that we got. So when we went to get our latest pup they were extremly friendly. Both the pups were got were very well mannered and healthy. If you are looking for a springer I would highly recommend the folks at Dakotaland Springers!!

We love our 1 year old Springer. His name is Daniel (The Spaniel). We just call him Dan. We have great fun walking him or cycling and he runs around like a nutter! He has 2 walks a day (and needs it) - 1 hour in the morning and another 1 in the evening - although he'd go all day if you let him. Always finds water / mud and generally rolls around in it.

I'm looking around for another springer puppy or very young adult mainly with lots of liver as the predominant colour. Dew clipped with a docked tail. if we get a bitch its our intention to have her spayed. As we have little money we can only go up to £200. I'm on early retirement and my partner soon will be. Springers have been part (24) years of our lives. You have to be careful with them don't take them for granted like i did. Penny was in her outside kennel one summer night and i tried to get her to come into the house she didn't want to come so i thought well i'm going to reach in and get a hold of her she took my thumb down to the bone. There you are i thought that's your own stupid fault for not listening to her growls. Guess what! i let her stay outside that night. It was my own stupid fault, so no i didn't admonish her.

Well i have an English Springer Spaniel and they are very fit always wanting to make you happy and a very pleasing dog will run until they drop to please you and are very fast amazing with children, very good dog better than most

This is my first ESS! Besides my wife she is the love of my life. Sometimes I feel like she knows exactly what I want. She has slept in bed with us since we got her at 8 weeks. One of her favorite things to do is ride in the car. She is one of the best friends I've ever had.

I love Springers. I've now got my second one, having first owned a springer as a teenager, and having spent a few dogless years in between. They're wonderful dogs. Smart, affectionate and the clowns of the dog world.

That sharp mind loves playing games, mine loves retrieving, and is ace at hunting out toys that have been hidden. Now he's older he's also started to learn to do controlled retrieves and is enjoying that as well.

They love mud and water, so perhaps not the best pet for a house-proud home. Also, as one of the other reviewers commented, they can get bored if left at home for long periods, and with their sharp mind boredom turns into naughtiness - my springer defrosted some bread from the freezer for a snack and raided the cooker when he was a young dog.

They need to have that intelligence and physical drive channelled - but they are great companions, I've owned several different breeds, but springers are my all-time favourites.

my english springer spaniel is called "fax" he was a x police dog and his owner had a nervous brake down they where going to be shot but we took them on. he came with a black alsasion and they get on soo well. he loves to play he will go for hours. he is inteligent and well behaved. he is the best dog ever...

My English Springer Spaniel is extremely loyal, happy, friendly with other dogs, excellent with puppies and children. My dog spent an idyllic five years from the age of four months, living with me in a boy's boarding house! A dear friend, Ted is now 15, although arthritic, his mind is still very active.

On a good, warm day, he likes a game of 'footie'.

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.