tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31769252091835366112012-01-22T07:30:49.799-08:00Welcome to the world of Tess the Welsh Springer Spaniel with stories about Tess and articles about the Welsh Springer Spaniel. The Welsh Springer Spaniel, or Welshie as they are often referred to by their owners, are wonderful dogs with a beautiful red and white coat and a lovely temperament and Tess is certainly a true Welsh Springer Spaniel – as you will see!SJRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11485655935193815207noreply@blogger.comBlogger801100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176925209183536611.post-81219306151351396962012-01-22T07:28:00.000-08:002012-01-22T07:30:49.812-08:00

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Well, we are getting very bad at updating you with our Welsh Springer Tales!Another year has just flown by and as usual we celebrated Tess’s 6th Birthday with her brother Wilby. Much fun was had by all with a lovely long walk in the grounds of Sandringham, followed by chocolate cake for the humans and doggy cup cakes for the Welshies! But as we told you, after our break with tradition, holidaying

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Another year seems to be flying by and Tess has been too busy to write her blog!!!!We should have told you about our wonderful snowy Christmas which we spent in the Yorkshire Dales in a village called Askrigg. You may have heard of it as it was used in the tv programme, All Creatures Great and Small, and recently mentioned in The Dales. We stayed in a beautiful cottage right in the heart of the

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Its December again! This year has flown.Tess has started opening her advent calender and counting down the days to Christmas!She was five last month. Where have those five years gone? She celebrated as always with her brother, Wilby, with a cake I made out of liver, with a yoghurt and chocolate drop topping Delicious! I think liver must rate as a Welsh Springer Spaniels favourite treat, closely

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You might remember I mentioned Tess had put on a little weight while she had a limp – understandable but just like humans its so easy to put it on and so difficult to loose!!!! Anyway we have switched her food to Joe and Jacks, a vet devised complete food, which she loves, cut down amounts and tried to be careful with treats. Our biggest downfall too!!!!! But I think

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On one of Tess’s stays with our friend Laura a funny thing happened. Well it could have been disastrous, but alls well that ends well, as they say!She hadn’t been there long when I received a phone call – ‘’nothing to worry about but Tess has been attacked by………the tortoise’’!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well once I have established no lasting harm had been done I laughed at the ridiculousness

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Well life for our Welsh Springer Spaniel Tess is still eventful!Since her last blog she’s had lots of visitors to stay.First Maddie the English Springer Spaniel, mad loopy dog that that she is, although I must say she was on her very best behaviour. She really responds to a man’s touch and did everything to please, including watching the FA Cup with Steve!!!!!Her brother Wilby was here in June,

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Thought you might like to see this photo we took of Tess.It was during all that snowy weather and we tried a new walk and she shot to the top of this mound, scaring the life out of us both!!!!It reminds us of a very similar shot of this wonderful breed on the front of Anne Waltons must have book, The Welsh Springer Spaniel.What a very special breed they are!!!!!

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As we’ve already said, Steve celebrated a big birthday in January and as a surprise present I had a picture painted of Tess, as an everlasting memory of our little Welsh Springer Spaniel. Well, what do you give a man who has everything!! He was stunned by the likeness and we hope you agree, it is a superb portrait of this wonderful breed. It was painted in pastels by a very talented artist,

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HELLO ALL!!! Bet you’re wondering where we’ve been since September.Tess is still alive and kicking but life just seemed to get in the way.Here we are again though. And what a busy few months it’s been.First Tess developed a limp. Nothing to worry about we thought, it would soon sort its self out. NOT! After a visit to the vets he assured us it was probably just a sprain and gave her an injection

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Well yet another adventure for Tess. We went to visit friends in Marlow and spent the day on the River Thames. We’ve done this before, but this is the first time we tried it with Tess. Thankfully the sun was shining and as usual she was very excited. Most of the dogs we saw sat patiently on their owners’ boats enjoying the scenery and smells, but not our little Welsh Springer Spaniel! She wanted

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What a busy summer we’re having and how fast is it racing by?It all started in June when we had our annual visit to Blakeney on the North Norfolk coast. We had the best time and picked probably the best week of the year weather wise, so spent the whole time in the sun. We visited all our usual haunts – Sherringham Park for a woodland walk, making sure to catch Tess before she did her favourite

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We have just joined the South East Welsh Springer Spaniel Club and enjoyed our first event at the weekend. Leaving home at the crack of dawn in torrential rain we arrived in sunny Sussex to a ‘’Pick and Mix’’ Day, spent in beautiful blue skys and sunshine. The day consisted of obedience sessions, gun dog training, ringcraft and, if you wished, you could enter to your pet in the

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As if one Welsh Springer Spaniel was enough of a handful, how about two!!!!!Our good friend Laura has Tess to stay so often we were pleased to be able to return the favour and have Nesta to stay for a couple of weeks. Well, how hard could two of these adorable dogs be???!!!!!We didn’t have a very auspicious start when our visitor managed to escape through a tiny hole in the fence (never

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We’re having a new kitchen fitted so decided to send Tess to stay with Nesta for the week to keep her out of the way of all the chaos. She’s such a nosey little girl she’d drive the kitchen fitters mad! She’ll be back on Friday then Nesta is staying with us for a couple of days. I came across these wonderful photos of them together which proves they really are the best of friends and don’t mind

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Tess recently had a visit to the vets and had to have blood taken. He took her into his surgery and emerged minutes later and said she was a very brave girl. She looked such a picture with a bandage wrapped round her leg but as you can see from this photo, did look like she needed a big hug!What a brave little Welsh Springer Spaniel!!

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I like this photo of Tess as it shows the Welsh Springer colours and markings really well.

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"Its not cold!" Well this is one Welsh Springer Spaniel who really enjoyed the recent snow falls. Any excuse to go out in the garden and run around or, as you can see, just sit down and rest in it. There was one day where all the snow had stuck to her fur like snow balls and froze. Took ages to remove them all but Tess did try to help by eating them!

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"No more wine!"Well that’s it over for another year, but what a wonderful Christmas Tess had.It all started when Grandma No 1 gave her an advent calendar. Yes, that’s right, a doggy advent calendar, so every day Tess opened her window and retrieved a doggy choc. Yum. Such fun!We’ve avoided putting up a full size tree since Tess arrived, but decided this year she was old enough to cope, so down

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"A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." Tess - The Welsh Springer Spaniel

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Happy 3rd birthday to Tess just the best Welsh Springer Spaniel - OK so we're slightly biased!!

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"two against one is not fair!!"Tess has the best social life and we get to go along too, which is always fun!While we were on holiday we visited our lovely friends we met just because we all have dogs. You’ve heard stories about Tess’s favourite boy, Flash. Well now he has a little sister and its all our fault!!!!Last time we visited, Flash’s owners noticed how much their young boys loved Tess as

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"You're not taking another photo!!"So sorry you haven’t heard from us for so long – life just seems to get in the way sometimes!!!!And we’re just back from another week in our favourite Norfolk, which Tess just adores. It’s a very dog friendly county and we were so lucky with the weather, which makes all the difference when your whole week revolves around walking a dog. There were lots of lovely

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"Eat your heart out David Beckham!!" Well as you can see this Welsh Springer Spaniel has developed a new skill - football. It would seem that Tess much prefers playing at goalkeeper so any teams need a goak keeper let me know. Perahps the Welsh national team are looking for a goalkeeper :-)ps. Hi to Duke in Philadelphia - thanks for giving me a wave

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Tess was bored this evening so being a clever dog she thought she would look at youtube and searched under Welsh Springer Spaniel and found this great set of photo's.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtX-PW4M9hY&NR=1Great sound track to go with it as well!

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"Last one to the top is a sissy!" I’ve been in quite a lot of trouble lately, but I can’t see what all the fuss is about.I am a Welsh Springer Spaniel, after all!It all started with a visit to my brother, Wilby. We love getting together and playing, but we have slowed down a little now we are older. I’m told I’m still a bit of a minx, but my bro has become quite the gentleman – he stood back

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It's not staying in here!Well what funny behaviour. We had another welsh springer spaniel come to stay last weekend called Nesta who Tess goes to stay with when we go away. They get on very well together and in the past Nesta has been very protective of Tess when they were on a walk together and met a rather large, overexcited Alsatian.So last weekend Nesta arrives and we put her bed along sides

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"Thought you said the sea was over this dune"Tess met her brother Wilby at the seaside recently and as with all Welsh Springer Spaniels they love playing on the beach and if possible in the water. Unfortunately this time the tide was well and truely out, probably half a mile, so they had to make do with playing in the rock pools and sand dunes.But they still enjoyed themselves and cannot wait for

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Even had a lovers tiff !!!

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We first mentioned Flash back in February 2007. He is a very powerful, muscular black and white English Pointer and has the sweetest nature.Tess has made many friends but without doubt her heart was lost to Flash from the moment she met him. Understandable as he is easily the most handsome dog on the block. What taste! And the feeling was instantly reciprocated.When his family moved away she was

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"Bet you can't lick your nose!!"Another outing and sometimes you can’t help but think all these invites have a little to do with having a dog!!!!This time we were visiting our friends with Florrie, their little West Highland White Terrier. She and Tess have met many times before. In fact it was naughty little Florrie who introduced Tess to armchairs. When our Welsh Springer Spaniel first arrived

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Copy and paste the following link into your browser to see a great video of Welsh Springer Spaniel puppies.www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPxKS1IRPyM

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"I know you're in there somewhere!!" Here's a picture of Tess playing in the dune's near Sizewell in Suffolk where we had gone on a walk with friends and their English Pointer but more about that in the next post. Like all Welsh Springer Spaniels Tess likes nothing more than a game of hide and seek when she is out on her walks and the dunes gave us plenty of opportunities to play.

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I guess it must be a bit like having children. Once they reach a certain age their social lives become busier than your own!!!Take this week………………………Monday was an unusually warm sunny day. We had a lovely walk at our favourite spot and met many of our regular friends, which means lots of play.On Tuesday we arranged to meet a new friend who has an 8 month old, Welsh Springer Spaniel pup called

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Another fun, well wet actually, Sunday, visiting friends with Millie, the 9 month old retriever puppy. They live near a National Trust Forest so we planned sometime ago to take the dogs for a nice long walk followed by a leisurely Sunday roast, but we didn’t reckon on the weather being quite so dreadful. Anyway, not ones for fair weather dog walking, off we plodded, well wrapped up to

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Hope you like the picture of Tess in full stride. Like all Welsh Springer's she is very focused on what she is doing and where she wants to get to.

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"Does this remind you of anyone" As you can see this little Welsh Springer Spaniel loves to run and this picture caught her in mid flow, unfortunately she does remind me of a certain cartoon character, look at the ears. Have you worked it out yet?

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I just like the picture! And has our favourite Welsh Springer Spaniel grown out of the habit of chewing sticks? Of course not they just get bigger!!!

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Frisbee - my favourite game !!!Well what a day on Sunday.Our trainer had mentioned that Tess’s breeder would be judging at a local dog show so we thought it might be nice to take our little Welsh Springer Spaniel along to meet her. After all it is over 2 years since she’d seen any of the litter.We’ve never seen so many different breeds of dogs in one place and Tess was rather overwhelmed. If you

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Its hard to believe that this weekend was the second anniversary of when we brought Tess, our Welsh Springer Spaniel, home to live with us and how she has grown as you can see from the two photo's above. From a cute little puppy to a beautiful adult dog. We have done the obedience classes and been to agility classes, both of which she loves and helps to keep her active. She has been on holiday

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Found a fairly new blog about the life of a Welsh Springer Spaniel called Coco Bean Chanel who is an adopted Welshie, I think in the US. Do have a look, some cute pictures, http://cocobeanchanel.blogspot.com/

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Fence - what fence?I’ve just been looking back at the early days of Tess’s blog – to remind myself what life with a Welsh Springer Spaniel pup was like – and read about the 2006 Christmas Party our obedience class teachers put on every year.How could I not have told you all about this years party I wondered????It was the same format as usual – lots of very excited dogs of all ages and every breed

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"I want it now!"As you can see Tess is not a very patient Welsh Springer Spaniel. She loves to play with her frisbee constantly running after it and bringing it back to be thrown again but she does need to learn to wait for it to be thrown sometimes!!!!

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It's in there somewhere!I am sure it will come as no surprise to anyone that Tess our Welsh Springer Spaniel got herself into trouble over the Christmas break.We went to friends over Christmas and they have a pond behind the house but being the perfect hosts our friends had put up a fence to stop Tess going into the water. For most of Chrismas Eve she was happy to run around the garden and

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I'm the oldest - I want it!This is Tess getting to grips with a young Golden Retriever called Milly. Good friends of ours unfortunately lost their previous Golden Retriever and despite our best efforts to convince them they should get a Welsh Springer Spaniel they got Milly instead and she is adorable.In true Welsh Springer style Tess was happy to play for ages and they had a great time together.

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"The birthday twins" You haven’t heard from us for a while as it’s been a busy summer, but on Monday it was a big day for Tess – she celebrated her 2nd birthday.Gosh has that time flown by. And when I think what hard work the puppy months were and now she’s a big girl, all grown up. Well almost!!She’s still a lively little thing with lots of character, but is so much more mature and manageable,

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Of course I haven't been digging.............Great picture of Wilby the Welsh Springer Spaniel doing what all good Welshie's love to do - help with the gardening!!Watch this space for more stories about Tess's summer!

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What an exciting life Tess leads.Only just back from her holidays in Norfolk and her brother, Wilby, comes to visit. Wilbys owners, who have become our good friends, were on their way to Norfolk house hunting and dropped him off en route.We will never know if dogs sense they are siblings but our two instantly recognise each other and do not pause for breath all day. They went completely mad this

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"tiring work these holidays!"TESS - Mum and Dad are a bit cross. It’s raining! Goody, I can curl up on the chair and carry on with my sleep.No way! We can wrap up and go for a nice walk on the quay and see who we meet. Then back for coffee and papers before heading to Wells next the Sea. We’re not going to let a little rain spoil our holiday. Terribly British but we sit on the Quay in our car and

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Thank goodness the weathermen always get it wrong. Another sunny day. We’re right on the quay so have a nice leisurely walk on the marshes and bravely let Tess off her lead. This place must be doggy heaven. Meet friends, who moved to Norfolk a couple of years ago, for lunch in a local pub (another crab salad!) then head to Holkham Bay. Surely the most stunning beach in Norfolk. This was one

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"anyone for a swim?"Can’t believe we’re lucky enough to wake up to sun so off to buy supplies from the superb local deli for tonight’s supper and then to Salthouse, a pebble beach not far away. Tess adores the beach and was quickly in the sea chasing a stone and running in and out of the surf. One wet pup and lots of great photos! Lunch at the famous Cookies Crab Shop and back to the cottage to

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"I saw it a minute ago!"We’d been looking forward to this holiday for so long – A week in Norfolk with our Welsh Springer Spaniel.Thank goodness we have an estate car as it was loaded to the brim – travelling with a dog is worse than packing for a child. How could such a little thing need so much stuff? Various leads, bowls, food, toys, throws and towels – something for every eventuality.We had a

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"Butter would'nt melt!"They say things come in threes and this weekend it has already happened.One - It's lunch time and I leave my plate with some food left on the coffee table. Tess is asleep so I think it is safe for a few minutes before clearing up. Wrong! This Welsh Springer Spaniel can smell food at 50 paces and is up in a shot and downs the piece of pate in one go, not even a savour or

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"Long Walks With Friends"It was with mixed feelings we dropped Tess off at her holiday home on Sunday night. She was going to stay with our friends and their Welsh Springer Spaniel, Nesta, while we were away for a few days. On the one hand we were looking forward to having a 'grown up' time away, on the other hand we knew how much we

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Well, Tess is now back from her summer holidays and as you can see, in true Welsh Springer Spaniel style, she could not wait to go into the sea. Watch this space for stories from her stay with her friend Nesta, who is also a Welsh Springer Spaniel and her trip to Blakeney in North Norfolk coming up over the next few days.

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We’ve now had 3 weeks of our advanced obedience class. It’s been a bit of a shock to the system going from being one of the best dogs in the class (thanks to all the new puppies!) to the ‘new girl’. Week one was a bit like starting a new job – you don’t really know what to expect and just keep your head down and try to take it all in.And did we have lots of new things to learn!The ‘sendaway’ was

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Not sure I will ever quite get to truly understand the Welsh Springer Spaniel breed. Tess, our Welsh Springer Spaniel, just loves playing in the river, jumping into puddles and running into the sea, but just like me she is not keen on the bad weather.We have had two days of almost non-stop rain this holiday weekend. We did manage to get a quick walk in yesterday morning before it really started

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I’ve been taking Tess to Obedience Classes now for about a year and was so excited when Arlene finally announced that she was ready to move up to the Advanced Class with her partner in crime, Willow, another lovely Welsh Springer Spaniel.We love going to the beginners class but for a while now I’ve felt Tess had progressed well and needed more challenging exercises. Welsh Springer Spaniels are

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We’ve already told you about our visit to friends in Norfolk and how Tess dominated poor Finlay, a mature Border Terrier, in his own home. There was also a little bit of jealousy showing itself too for the first time ever. Is this a Welsh Springer Spaniel trait??So we did chuckle this morning when Tess went up to wake up the Master of the house. We don’t usually allow visits upstairs but she did

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"Well it is cold in Norfolk!"Had a lovely weekend up in Norfolk with some old friends of ours, Tess as always had a great time in true Welsh Springer Spaniel style.Our friends have a lovely Border Terrier called Finlay who is a lovely, placid dog but then Tess arrived. First things first, she discovered Finlays dog flap and what a treat, I can go into the garden whenever I want to without

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Doing anything round the house with a Welsh Springer Spaniel is never easy. The post man knows this only too well as he gets barked at mercilessly as he quietly goes about his business.Last week the plumber came round to fix a tap and got jumped on. Luckily he has an equally exuberant Cocker Spaniel.so he wasn’t fazed.At the weekend we attempted some gardening. Anyone with a Welsh Springer

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What fun we had last week. I took Tess to her first agility class. We had a taste at the Christmas Party with a very small course which she loved. As Welsh Springer Spaniels have a mind of their own I thought it would both stimulate her and train her so off we went on Thursday.The course consisted of a number of jumps about a foot high, an A frame, see saw, walk way, poles to weave and finally, a

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What is it about dogs and postmen?We have a lovely man who delivers our post but every morning Tess goes completely mad, barking and running round in circles, then jumps up next to me as if to say ‘its ok - I’ll protect you’.Once she goes to the front door and sees the post has arrived she calms down. We can even be driving through the village and pass him on his bike and she goes mad. Could it

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Tess has so many "friends" that we can never walk far without stopping to say hello or her insisting on a quick cuddle with everyone and a play with the passing pooch. And she does love the boys!When we first ventured out to our local park she fell for a beautiful English Springer Spaniel pup called Sam. They adored each other but it was not to last! As they grew and needed more exercise we moved

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A guy is driving around the back woods of Cambridge and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: "Talking Dog For Sale."He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard.The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Welsh Springer Spaniel sitting there."You talk?" he asks."Yep," the Welsh Springer Springer replies. After the guy recovers

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Welsh Springer Spaniels are known to be very sociable dogs, sometimes they can even be clingy. Tess follows me everywhere, and I mean everywhere! But she is maturing so we felt it was time she had a spell away from home. Luckily the opportunity presented itself when Nesta, a 3 year old Welsh Springer Spaniel at our obedience class, invited her for a ‘sleepover’. Tess knows her and her family well

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The Springer Spaniel was bred as a hunting dog, specifically for hunting rabbits, birds and other game in the undergrowth and getting them to run or fly and this is how the term “Springer” came into being and hence the name. In the Principality the Welsh Springer was know as a separate and distinct variety of Springer Spaniel and it’s roots can be traced with certainty to the eighteenth century

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It was always my intention to take Tess to obedience classes. There’s nothing worse than a badly behaved dog or child!!Whether you train your dog yourself or attend a class it is imperative your pet is socialised with other dogs and understands some basic commands to ensure theirsand your safety. Welsh Springer Spaniels also need lots of stimulation so as soon as Tess was old enough we went to

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When we collected Tess her breeder suggested we might like to be put in touch by email with the other new owners. I loved the idea but for whatever reason not everyone wanted to join in. Maybe they had busier lives or plenty of canine experience but I did strike up a new friendship with Wilbys owners and what a lifesaver that proved to be! Maybe it’s because we share the same name (and as we

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Friday was ‘vet’ day. Not our favourite outing anymore.When we first brought Tess home we booked an introductory visit to our local vets. Our breeder had already had a vet check and gave us a signed declaration of Tess’s fitness but it was nice to meet our vet and introduce him to our new addition. Thankfully both loved each other. Everyone adores a puppy so a huge fuss was made of her with lots

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Have found a great blog which has got loads of pictures of Welsh Springer Spaniels, do have a look. http://www.flickr.com/groups/welshies/pool/

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Tess our Welsh Springer Spaniel had her first experience of snow today and absolutely loved it. She kept asking to go outside and on her walk she came across some children building a snowman and wanted to help!In typical Welshie style she just bounced around, chased the snowflakes and had great fun trying to catch the snowballs.

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Well Tess has been a typical Welsh Springer Spaniel and has decided she does not need her "toys" any more. Why? because she has decided that an old pair of sports socks, one stuffed into the other is much more fun.She has been chewing them, shaking them around as though trying to kill them and then thowing them up into the air and barking at them as if they were misbehaving.It just goes to show

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Well injections, worming and flea treatments all taken care of. Now we can venture into the big wide world!First stop Puppy Classes run by our vets. Socialisation with other dogs is so important so we enrol immediately. For such a feisty outgoing pup she behaved very unexpectedly, creeping into class she hid under my chair and left a puddle on the floor. She was the biggest puppy in the class but

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Let me introduce myself – I am the female human in this family and during the week the one who looks after Tess single handed. I let her out in the morning, feed her, play with her, attempt to train her, groom her and take her for long walks. We also go to obedience classes but that’s another story!!!!!! And boy have I found it a challenge bringing up a puppy!Tess is not only our first Welsh

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Well Tess is certainly one Welsh Springer Spaniel that likes water. Even today we have come back from a walk and she has found the muddiest puddle that she could and jumped straight into it!We first introduced Tess to water when she was about 6 months old. We had taken her on a walk that took us past a small stream that was very shallow and with very clear water. She walked to the edge and then

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AppearanceThe build of the Welsh Springer Spaniel should be slightly off square, meaning that the length of the dog should be slightly greater than the height at the withers. However, some dogs may be square, and this is not penalised in the show ring as long as the height is never greater than the length. In some countries the tail is generally docked and the dew claws are removed.Eyes should be

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It was with both a sense of excitement and nervousness that we set off to pick up our first Welsh Springer Spaniel. We had read the books, surfed the net and gathered as much information as we possibly could but we were doing it for real now.We had just over an hours drive in the car to reach the breeders house and had spent the morning getting our own house ready setting up her cage and bed.

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Our Welsh Springer Spaniel Tess is now just over one year old and is very much part of the family. She is our first dog and has proved to be both rewarding and challenging in equal measures.Tess is a very friendly and sociable dog who just loves to play with other dogs and introduce herself to people. Like all Welsh Springer Spaniels she has a lovely Red and White coat that is very soft to touch

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