perfect family dog (English Springer Spaniel)

Member Name: namtasha

Product:	English Springer Spaniel
Date:	20/10/08 (118 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: loving, friendly, energetic, soft natured, cute

Disadvantages: endless energy, need constant attention

I am a proud Springer Spaniel owner. Our female is almost 3 and the most fantastic doou could ever hope for, we have 2 small children and i work as a childminder so have a variety of children at home.
She is a clever dog and very affecionate (can be sometimes smothering though when she wraps around you like a scarf) needs stimulation e.g. walks playing with being fussed, but the rewards are great.
They were originally working dogs used to bring back birds shot down so have naturally soft mouths as they needed to carry the birds with out damaging them. This shows in their tempermant and how they act.
Our springer pulls on the lead so much so we had to buy a halti nose band which has resolved this but might not be suited to anyone with bad joints in shoulder as i imagine could be painfull.
Also when young are very bouncy and excitable, needs a firm hand to guide them into adulthood, but well worth the hard work!
Quite happy to play all day with kids, be pulled and pushed any which way too,
please remember dogs are like people and we are all differant our springer is fab but they come in all shapes and sizes

Summary: great for families where kids have lots of time to play