Clumber Spaniel
The heaviest of the spaniels and the slowest: it works a hedge methodically rather than quickly. Bred on an English estate for walking guns, not running ones.
Photo by Pets Adviser from Brooklyn, USA, CC BY 2.0
Overview
The Clumber is the largest of the spaniels, fifty five to eighty five pounds of low, heavy, deliberate dog, bred to work hedgerow slowly for walking guns rather than to range like a springer. It is named after Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire.
It is built long and low with a massive head, and it moves at a walking pace by design, which suited hunters on foot and makes it an unusually calm spaniel.
Temperament
Gentle, mellow and stubborn. Clumbers are affectionate with their families, good with children and generally quiet, and they are the most laid back spaniel there is.
They are also determined and slow to comply, and they respond to food far better than to pressure. They drool, they snore, and they shed. They are more independent than other spaniels and less frantic in every respect.
Care and grooming
A dense straight coat that needs brushing twice a week. They shed heavily.
The deep set eyes with loose lids collect debris and are prone to entropion and ectropion, and they need regular cleaning. Hip dysplasia is common in the breed, and so is intervertebral disc disease given the build. Obesity makes both considerably worse.
Living and exercise
An hour a day of moderate exercise. They are not endurance dogs and they overheat easily.
Weight control is the single most useful thing for this breed, because a heavy Clumber puts load on a long back and poor hips. Ten to twelve years is the expectation.
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