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Dog yelping in pain but can't identify why?
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Dog yelping in pain but can't identify why?
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http://www.essfta.org/health_research/aggression.htm When Springers were first imported to the U.S., they looked much like the Springers in the U.K (which, of course, makes sense). Then a specific breeder, Julia Gasow of Salilyn Kennels, decided that she wanted to make their look more uniform. She did not care for either ticking or the irish spotting found in Springers at the time, and instead bred to set the recessive Boston markings, which is a solid sadddle of color along with a solid head with (usually) a white stripe between the eyes. No ticking. Salilyn was, and still is, the best known kennel name in American show-lines Springers. Gasow succeeded so well that today the coat color pattern of American Springers is extremely Uniform. http://www.essfta.org/images/Connor.jpg Unfortunately, this emphasis on a specific coat color type came at a cost. And one of those costs is temperament abnormalities, most frequently aggression issues. Part of it is genetic, part of it is that they really do switch on and off, and part of it is mishandling by breeders and owners, mistaking that soft beautiful expression and coat for the dog it's supposed to be (sweet, merry, outgoing) rather than the dog it too often is (edgy, easily aroused, hair-trigger, unstable). In all the years I spent with my first mentor, doing the circuit, helping her with dogs, showing, I was never once able to look one of her Springers in the eye for any long period of time. They would go red-eyed and hot. It was a trigger. The British-style Springer Spaniel is quite different in coat to the American style: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:En...aniel_show.jpg It has also retained much of the proper sweet, happy Springer temperament. However, even though this coat is specifically allowed in the Standard, many American breeders and judges despise it and will not put such a dog up at a show or breed to one. Thus, the breed has a real problem. |
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