Weimaraner

The Weimaraner, "grey ghost" of the dog world, is a big, grey, short-haired dog with remarkable attributes, perhaps as…

Sussex Spaniel

The Sussex Spaniel has been retarded in the favor of American sportsmen by his lack of speed. That very slowness may be a virtue…

Welsh Springer Spaniel

A neglected breed, the Welsh Springer has a keen scent and la a rugged worker on water and land. Sometimes a breed of sound virt…

Irish Water Spaniel

The Irish Water Spaniel is, of course, a native of Ireland. The assumption is that he goes back about 2,000 years, although ther…

English Springer Spaniel

The English Springer Spaniel, although successful in bench competition, is a hunting dog who remains within gun range, quarters …

Field Spaniels

There was a time when the Field Spaniel was long and low, heavy-boned, and looked rather like a caricature of a Spaniel. The typ…

English Cocker Spaniel

The English Cocker Spaniel is the ancestor of the American Cocker. Once in America he almost lost his identity through interbree…

Cocker Spaniels

Qualities of beauty, showmanship and companionship make the Cocker Spaniel the most popular dog in the United States, perhaps in…

Clumber Spaniel

Heaviest of the Spaniel breeds and one of the first to become an American citizen is the Clumber. The breed history in America g…

Brittany Spaniel

The Brittany Spaniel is a French hunting dog of rare excellence tracing originally to the Spaniels of Spain and can be classifie…

American Water Spaniels

One of America's few native breeds is one of the nation's foremost aides to the hunter seeking waterfowl and upland game…

Irish Setters

There has been so much concentration on breeding beauty into red Irish Setters that their gun-dog abilities almost have been fo…

Gordon Setters

The Gordon Setter, black and tan paragon of faithfulness to his master, owes his name to the Duke of Gordon. an Eighteenth Centu…

English Setter

The English Setter once enjoyed a tremendous vogue in the field and today, although surpassed in numbers at the average trial by…

Labrador Retrievers

The Labrador Retriever, strongly built dog of medium size with a short-haired coat that is usually but not always black, is not …

Golden Retrievers

A versatile member of the dog family, of great value in the field and glowingly handsome in the show ring, is the Golden Retriev…

Curly Coated Retrievers

The Curly Coated Retriever in a paradox. He has beauty, brains, and ability but, if not unpopular, is at least almost unknown in …

Chesapeake Bay Retriever

That the Chesapeake Bay Retriever is the only native American sporting breed is generally accepted, but when you try to find its …