Clumber Spaniel (Pet love) - Hardcover

Ricky Blackman

9781902389233: Clumber Spaniel (Pet love)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1902389239 ISBN 13: 9781902389233

Publisher: Interpet Publishing, 2000

This Special Rare Breed Edition dedicated to the Clumber Spaniel is the only book of its kind on this lesser known Gundog breed. Given the limited amount of information available in print on this breed, this much needed book offers owners and potential owners of the Clumber Spaniel specific instructions on rearing, caring for and training the breed. Prized for his hunting acumen and his weather-proof silky coat, the Clumber Spaniel excels as a home companion, ever charming with his clown-like personality and unerring sense of fun. Surely new owners discover a well-kept secret in the delightful sportsman known as the Clumber Spaniel. Written by long-time breeder Ricky Blackman, Clumber Spaniel provides chapters on the breed history, attributes and characteristics and the official breed standard, as well as puppy acquisition, training, health care and showing. This book combines the expertise of breed specialists, veterinary surgeons, trainers and behaviourists with a team of experienced book designers, photographers and illustrators to create a resourceful and accurate guide for all Clumber Spaniel owners. Illustrated with over 135 colour photographs, the book proves to be as attractive as it is informative. Innovations of modern science have enabled the publisher to present never-before-seen scanning electron micrograph images produced exclusively for this limited-edition series.

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The Clumber Spaniel as a distinct breed has been a part of the English canine tradition since the 18th century. Early examples of dogs that looked like Clumber Spaniels have been unearthed in countries over the years, but no actual independent or co-existent strain was found in France or elsewhere on the Continent. Therefore, fanciers are faced with an intriguing mystery when trying to trace the Clumber Spaniel's actual origin. We do know that the name for the breed came from Clumber Park, the seat of the Duke of Newcastle in the late 18th century. As was the custom with nobles proud of their dogs, he or someone associated with the estate named the breed after his hereditary estate. Though the grand house burned down in 1938, one can still visit the grounds of Clumber Park (which is now part of the National Trust) and find the graves of some of the Clumbers who lived on the estate. Though the Duke and his Clumber Spaniels shared the property, he was probably not responsible for the breed's evolution, or at least there is no definite evidence of it. He is shown in an early painting with dogs that are early specimens of the Clumber Spaniel, but some think that these were the dogs that he was given. Students of the breed have advanced many theories about the origin of this unique dog, but concrete evidence for any one theory is lacking.

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