Where Are The Long Legged Springers??

[patdahat 41]

year and a half rex.27kg

friend's dog 37kg

no trial breeding here, these dog's are built to last, this is my type of a hunting dog and it work's for the hunting we do.

 

[ftm 3,357]

nice strong looking dogs mate & if they work for you & your type of hunting your onto a winner no matter what -billy

[Swampy 147]

Interesting post and a fair question.

I can remember my great uncles springers all being long legged.
I believe that over the years dogs have been bred for certain characteristics and ove rthe years there is no doubt that some breeds have got smaller, springers being no exception.

Cockers have come back into "fashion" and its nice to see the working cocker claiming back its rightful place over the show cocker. The difference is quite extreme.

I don't know the answer to the postee but they're right Springers or some strains of them were without doubt longer in the leg. As to their working abilities I suspect you could keep the thread going forever with everyones opinions. It is each to their own.

But I for one will be digging through some old pics to see if the leg has got shorter over the years and will of course provide evidence if found.

Thanks for the task ahead.

Rgds

Swampy

old fashioned ning

[Bigchopper 36]

Why don't you try a munsterlander?

[harvey d 43]

Neither of those dogs were leggy type animals. I cannot remember that mating?, was your dog bred at rytex?.

i think rytex rex was by markdown muffin who was large dog, rytex ria she was the first of ian's rytex dogs when he took over from John McQueen, theres big spingers still about, its personal choice

[Bossie 90]

Why don't you try a munsterlander?

 

Good idea!

[waidmann 105]

It would be the small muensterlaender which is liver and white ( large muensterlaender is black and white )

But both are hpr breeds.

 

The German quail dog ( deutscher wachtelhund ) is more like our Spaniel, a Büsing dog with Great nose.

As a rule bigger than our spaniels.

 

Waidmannsheil !!!!