How To Use Spaniel In A Sentence

Which one do you want, the spaniel with the crown or the bug-eyed chihuahua?
Well-known breeds -- including dachshunds, poodles and collies -- will participate, as well as breeds you'll seldom see outside a dog show, such as the Chinese crested, Tibetan spaniel and spinone Italiano. Post-gazette.com - News
As the fisherman approaches, the falconer's spaniels look enquiringly at each other, and his whippet, all four paws at attention, stares respectfully at such an admirable salmon.
The cocker spaniel puppy stopped abruptly, then eyed the spinning leaf overhead.
With pure-bred pups selling for as much as £500, dealing involving Labradors, Shih Tzus, German Shepherds, Spaniels and other breeds brought in from Ireland and Eastern Europe is a growing, multimillion-pound business.

For example in Sweden, more than one-third of English Springer Spaniels are diagnosed with mammary tumours, analogous to breast cancers in humans.
I've got a springer spaniel called Bracken, after Australian bowler Nathan Bracken, and a peke, Hoggard after England's Matthew Hoggard. Jonathan Agnew: 'I love winding up Geoffrey Boycott'
She stoops over her heavy tambour frame, at work that fascinates her black spaniel dog, which stands with its forepaws on the front bar to watch her dexterity.
The Bloodhound can track a scent better, a German Shepherd guards better, a Greyhound is faster, and the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel fits much better on your lap than a Timber Wolf ever can!
In Fairview, N.C., clumber spaniel owner Kim Smith McLendon would do whatever was necessary to make sure her dogs were taken care of. Creature Comforts
The English springer spaniel truly is an energetic, outgoing breed, and most springers exhibit a gregariousness, warmth and sweet-temper that makes them a joy to know.
They have nine springer spaniels, one cocker spaniel and one Hungarian vizsla.
We had all sorts of dogs from terriers to spaniels and even a French basset hound.
The final cluster includes scent hounds, terriers, spaniels, and retrievers.
A mighty barking heralds your approach, and the visitor is engulfed by a tidal wave of Labradors, Westies and an Irish Water Spaniel who then jockey for position beside and over you on the sofas.
Another theory is that the Tibetan Spaniel was bred with the Pekingese to create predecessors of the Shih Tzu.
Ann Jones takes a selection of gun dogs including springer spaniels, german pointers and Labradors for a stroll during the fair.
In the Middle Ages, a type of spaniel was bred, the ancestor of some of our modern spaniels, that would naturally crouch when it located game.
The clumber spaniel — that lumbering lemon and white teddy bear, its square muzzle as blunt as an old-fashioned rolling pin — was once acclaimed ‘the most handsomest animal this kingdom ever produced’. Dog days for British breeds
The feet should be examined daily, especially the hairy types of dog such as spaniels, for the presence of thorns.
In sensational scenes on 'Comic Relief Does the Apprentice' to be screened tonight, Patsy Palmer is seen attacking Ultimo Lingerie boss Michele Mone, with a DD underwired, padded bodyshaper after the multi-millionaire claimed that even her range of state-of-the-art cleavage-enhancing bras could do nothing for the 'Eastenders' star's 'saggy spaniel's ears' TheSpoof.com : Spoof News : Front Page
The door-bell rang; the bark of the housedog was answered by the little spaniel, which jumped off its cushion and ran into the hall; servants with lights passed to and fro; all was bustle and confusion. Stuart of Dunleath: A Story of Modern Times
The biggest declines were seen in clumber spaniels, which fell by 37 per cent to only 114 registrations. Times, Sunday Times
Making use of its big database, PetSmart sent out 117,000 emails to cocker spaniel and Great Pyrenees owners who had entered contact information after bringing in their pets for grooming. Dogs Get Cancer Like People, and Hold Clues to Cures
He also has other breeds, including basset hounds, Salukis, English springer spaniels, Jack Russell terriers, Pekingese and German shepherds. Old dog show Westminster learns new tricks
Small spaniel dogs weighing up to 25 pounds were called cockers because they were used to hunt woodcocks.
More dumped mail has been discovered in Bradford - thanks to the keen nose of a springer spaniel.
One spaniel charged a porcupine five times — with a cost to remove the quills at $250 per poke. Another dog had buckshot removed from its hindquarters.
The dog was similar in general appearance to a spaniel.
Spaniels, terriers, retrievers - each breed has a different personality.
HMS Monmouth has a new recruit in the fight against drugs traffickers - a springer spaniel named Caspar.
Therefore, although the Lion Dog of Buddha is most often identified as the Pekingese from China, the Lhasa Apso and the Tibetan spaniel began as alternative attempts, made by Buddhist lamas in Tibet, to capture the look of the celestial lion. The Pawprints of History
The dog was similar in general appearance to a spaniel.
A black and white spaniel frolicked in front of them, then began digging at the bank in frantic haste. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
He had an abundance of dogs which he raised and trained, including lurchers, spaniels, Labradors, Jack Russells and whippets.
Mark Chitty lives in Caernarfon, North Wales with his wife, Jane, and hyperactive cocker spaniel, Snoop. MIND MELD: The Perfect SF/F/H Books to Give to People Who Don't Read SF/F/H
The spaniel crouched by the door whining and scratching, and as Kerry came up it raised its beady black eyes to him with a look which, while it was not unfearful, held an unmistakable appeal. Dope
A Laois family of doglovers is searching for their pure-bred Springer Spaniel and say they would pay anything to get him back.
Inspector Stephen Marais says he is looking for German shepherds, Rottweilers, Border collies, cocker spaniels, Labrador retrievers and kelpies to be trained in police work.
A correspondent with two Spaniels, for example, claimed that his dogs always know when it is thundering and lightning outside.
Like most other dog handlers, PC Ware has two dogs, an Alsatian for general duties and a springer spaniel, Murphy, who is trained to seek-out drugs and retrieve hidden weapons.
Indians, or any Englishe [335] dog of quality, as a mastive, [336] greyhound, bloodhounde, lande or water spaniel, or any other dog or bitche whatsoever, of the Englishe race, upon paine of forfaiting Colonial Records of Virginia
I have also seen under-exercised dogs, spaniels in particular, lie around in a depressed and emotionally blackmailing way, glancing with sad brown eyes out of the window until you give in and throw yourself into a gale force 9.
He buys a five-month-old water spaniel and trains her to fetch sticks thrown in the water, teaches her to chase him after the retrieval, names her Bellona (wife of Mars), and presents her to his hated obsession. “. . .all his race rose up before him in a mighty phantasmagoria. . .”
But supposing I had never met any specimen of the canine race but a King Charles spaniel, and on seeing a Scotch deerhound in the possession of a friend was told that the man had a 'dog:' I should be justified in doubting whether the deerhound was a dog at all in the sense in which the tiny spaniel -- the only dog I had ever seen -- represented the canine race in my mind and experience. Paul Patoff
Among owners of springer spaniels the phenomenon is widely recognized; they call it "springer rage," only slightly tongue-in-cheek. The Truth About Dogs
In 1944 The Kennel Club admitted the cavalier King Charles spaniel to the ranks of officially recognized pedigreed dogs.
The spaniel's hunting talents quickly made the dog a favorite in England.
She's a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel / Bassett mix.
In 1824 dogs used by farmers for shepherding were greyhounds, hounds, pointers, spaniels, lurchers and terriers all of which were exempted from the dog tax if the value of the farm was less than £190 per year.
Oliver is a Cavalier King Charles spaniel and in the 17th century the king himself issued a royal proclamation commanding that his favourite breed of dog should be allowed entry to absolutely any establishment in the country.
He crumbles before the mute appeal in his fellow musician's eye: ‘It felt like kicking a spaniel.’
A choicely clad company has assembled under a colonnade, their glossy-faced children as if chipped from roseate pearl, their spaniel dogs straight out of a scene painted by Metsu or Terborch.
With Blotto, the spaniel who always looked drunk, one rakish red patch over his bloodshot eye. LOST CHILDREN
There are more than 50 traditionally docked breeds recognised by the Kennel Club, including cocker spaniels, pointers, Irish terriers and vizslas.
There was even a fenced - in backyard for our cocker spaniel.
Lannie sat on the floor, grinning happily, as a puppy cocker spaniel, Pounce, jumped in glee around her.
Pointer-type breeds were partially docked for motility; some spaniels because brambly debris was too difficult to clean from the plumey fur.
My adorable little cockapoo (cocker spaniel-poodle mix), Midnight, dashed up to me.
The Long-hair was crossed with the spaniel and an old German gun dog, the Stoberhund.
The dogs - a mongrel, a Labrador, a papillon and three cocker spaniels - identified their chosen sample by lying down next to it.
And it’s clear that wolves did evolve into chihuahuas, saint bernards, cocker spaniels, poodles, great danes and all the other dogs that have lived on earth. That's another fine mess you've made Jonathan! - The Panda's Thumb
But the wavy-coated breed we officially call the cocker spaniel came later. Msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
Making use of its big database, PetSmart sent out 117,000 emails to cocker spaniel and Great Pyrenees owners who had entered contact information after bringing in their pets for grooming. Dogs Get Cancer Like People, and Hold Clues to Cures
This is fortunate because a number of breeds - poodles, cocker spaniels, huskies, and schnauzers, to name a few - are prone to eye disease and should be carefully watched.
It was the family's other dog, a three-year-old cocker spaniel, who alerted them to the fact that the old dog, Angus, had got out of the garden of their home.
The dog, a springer spaniel called Sasha, was unhurt.
Six breeds Cane Corso, Leonberger, Icelandic sheepdog, Bluetick coonhound, Redbone coonhound and Boykin spaniel are entered for the first time. Old dog show Westminster learns new tricks
a spaniel with floppy ears
Dogs that have needed his help have included a Italian Spinone which was bleeding internally from a lungworm infection, a springer spaniel which had eaten rat poison, and a collie cross dog which had a tumour in his spleen. British Blogs
The dog was similar in general appearance to a spaniel.
The horse shoved his muzzle malevolently against the spaniel's face, eyeball to eyeball.
The son of a Sussex spaniel sire and a field spaniel dam, Obo was whelped in 1879.
Here's the official lingo from the Boykin Spaniel Society ... How To Turn Your Pup Into a Boat Dog
The kind of men who looked good in a Landrover with a springer spaniel at their side. FALLEN WOMEN
a curly-coated water spaniel
The most popular hybrids are goldendoodles (golden retriever mix), Labradoodles, schnoodles, and cockapoos (cocker spaniel).
The dogs - a mongrel, a Labrador, a papillon and three cocker spaniels - identified their chosen sample by lying down next to it.
Zoe was a beautiful brown-and-white spaniel, with eyes that were almost human in their soft beseechingness, and Mrs. Broderick often lamented that she could not eulogise his doggish virtues as Mrs. Browning had immortalised her Flush. Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
Spaniels are my favorite breed of dog.
She lives and writes in Northern Virginia with her husband, three sons, a clumber spaniel, and two red-eared sliders. Archive 2010-06-01
With true aristocratic nonchalance, its dark interior resembled, not black broadcloth and leather, but a kind of agora, so littered was every surface with the hairs of her pack of King Charles spaniels. Michael Henry Adams: "Would You Like Me To Take My Shoes Off?", Dancing, Lunching and Laughing With Mrs. William F. Buckley, Jr.
'ever followed by a modern on the probably or how to build a toilet femdom is correctly a major future in name cocker spaniels. Wii-volution
He pulls out a Shruti Box - an odd-looking squeeze box which sounds a bit like bagpipes - and plays a little, to the delight of his beloved Cocker Spaniel Jake.
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Time for walkies: Ann Jones takes a selection of gun dogs including springer spaniels, german pointers and Labradors for a stroll during the fair.
There was a cocker spaniel, a Labrador, a Dalmatian, a Jack Russell, a husky, a golden retriever, a beagle, a poodle, three kinds of setters, a basset hound, a Great Dane, several different terriers, a basenji, a St. Bernard, and a mutt.
For example, a greyhound will get colder faster than a cocker spaniel. Pet Owners Beware: Kitten Froze In Airplane Hold
Our spaniel parks herself by my head so that her snout and ears are on my face. Times, Sunday Times
A friend at the dog run knew someone whose field spaniel had been dognapped while she waited on line for an iced mochachino, and the story had freaked Georgia out. Georgia’s Kitchen
Which one do you want, the spaniel with the crown or the bug-eyed chihuahua?
Their motivation was to try to understand the genetic roots of the particularly devastating inborn degenerative diseases that cause certain breeds — notably, miniature poodles, Norwegian elkhounds, Irish setters, collies, and cocker spaniels — to go blind. The Truth About Dogs
There are two cocker spaniels in the back, and a young woman with a most ungraceful air.
Let even Clarendel have a care of himself! or, when least he suspects any danger, some fair dairymaid will praise his horsemanship, or take a fancy to his favourite spaniel, or any other favourite that happens to be the foible of the day, and his invulnerability will be at her feet, and Lady Clarendel be brought forward in a fortnight. ' Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
In 1824 dogs used by farmers for shepherding were greyhounds, hounds, pointers, spaniels, lurchers and terriers all of which were exempted from the dog tax if the value of the farm was less than £190 per year.
However, Malia's allergies narrow his options to a "hypoallergenic" breed, such as a poodle or crosses like the labradoodle, a labrador-poodle cross, or the cockapoo, a cocker spaniel-poodle mix. Undefined
My father bought a dog for Laura, a cocker spaniel she named Raisinet. The Adults
The 6-year-old springer spaniel is only the 24th dog to receive the medal issued by the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals since the Second World War.
Having a dog that is part spaniel and part poodle isn't enough - it has to be a cockapoo.
If you are fit and active, you could consider a terrier, collie or spaniel. Times, Sunday Times
The couple's two dogs, a border collie and a springer spaniel, were in the car but were unhurt and are being looked after by friends.
Eugenia were rivalling each other in fondling the rescued spaniel, and in pouring thanks and praise unlimited upon Edgar. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
Surely a pug is no match for the loyalty of a spaniel?
The clumber spaniel is known to be reserved and aloof with others. Who will restore George Bush's tattered reputation? Barack Obama!
We think he's part cocker spaniel and part Irish setter.
Cries of joy went up from the Colwells and they redoubled their strokings and cooings while Roopy, his big spaniel eyes liquid and pathetic, gazed around him at each of us in turn. Every living thing
When cancer researchers last year wanted to do a genetic study of cocker spaniels, a breed at relatively high risk of getting melanoma, and Great Pyrenees, who are at risk for osteosarcoma, a bone cancer, they contacted PetSmart Inc., the Phoenix-based national chain of pet stores. Dogs Get Cancer Like People, and Hold Clues to Cures
An aged black and white spaniel ambled towards us from the side of the house and indulged in a couple of wheezy barks. GOODBYE CURATE
My Cocker spaniel needs a good clip for summer.
We had all sorts of dogs from terriers to spaniels and even a French basset hound.
The family's two dogs, a cocker spaniel and a Siberian husky had the run of the house.
He had an abundance of dogs which he raised and trained, including lurchers, spaniels, Labradors, Jack Russells and whippets.
His fondness for paddling in the ditches and "slumgullion" at one time suggested a water spaniel. Selected Stories of Bret Harte
Some, like the Schipperke and Tibetan Spaniel are uncommon sights in the average neighborhood.
Let even Clarendel have a care of himself! or, when least he suspects any danger, some fair dairymaid will praise his horsemanship, or take a fancy to his favourite spaniel, or any other favourite that happens to be the foible of the day, and his invulnerability will be at her feet, and Lady Clarendel be brought forward in a fortnight. ' Camilla
Surely a pug is no match for the loyalty of a spaniel?
A couple hundred years ago a pair of these dogs was rescued from a shipwreck off the coast of England and the present breed was perfected by mixing in genes from several other dogs (spaniels, setters, and even bloodhound). How To Turn Your Pup Into a Boat Dog
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At night, Timothy's dog, a black and white spaniel, sits by the front door, waiting.
The word spaniel is probably a derivation of the Latin word for Spain, Hispania, reflecting the dog's Spanish heritage.
The dog was similar in general appearance to a spaniel.
Two spaniels sat at her feet, their collars wrapped in red, white and blue ribbon. THE MAIN CAGES
Breed experts claim it is unheard of for a Cavalier King Charles spaniel to have so many pups and say they are ‘staggered’ at the size of the litter.
One day he took me for a walk with Miko, one of his dogs, an ancient milky-eyed spaniel.
She stoops over her heavy tambour frame, at work that fascinates her black spaniel dog, which stands with its forepaws on the front bar to watch her dexterity.

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