TheFieldSpaniel newsletter will be a coverage of what is going on in the field spaniels around the world. It will be sent through email to all members on the site for free. (You will receive a download link in your email.) A printed version will be available in the future.

Newsletter Schedule

ISSUE 1/2009

Accepted with delight and gratitude:

Good photos - the higher the resolution the better.
News about field spaniels in your area - club shows, meet-ups, meetings, changes in local breed clubs etc.
Judge reviews - do you know a judge that knows fieldies? (Positive reviews only.)
Kennel news in a story form. Advertisements are accepted for payment.
Personal stories about your field spaniel, your relationship to field spaniels, why you love them, your personal opinion on something regarding field spaniels (for example, docking or no docking), and so forth!

Send your material to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Wondering if you should send it or not?

If you're unsure whether or not your story is interesting, why not let us be the judge? :) I'm sure we will be interested though. If it is written in good humour it is welcome. We will also proof-read it for you, so if you're uncertain about your language, that's fine. Should you happen to be Finnish, you can send your material as it is and it can be translated.

To receive the newsletter

Simply join the site or send me an email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it You can request an user account to be created for you, if you find it difficoult to do.

Languages

Can you translate things from your language to English? If so, I would be happy to have you in our team. You don't need to write perfect English, we have native speakers in the team who will clean things up. 

Suomeksi

Voit lähettää materiaalia myös suomeksi. Suomeksi lähetetty materiaali käännetään lehteen kahden ihmisen tiimillä, toinen kääntää suomesta englanniksi ja englantia äidinkielenään puhuva tiimin jäsen siistii kielen sujuvaksi.

This website is dedicated to Field Spaniels. No surprise there, I'm sure. The Field Spaniel is a fairly rare and unknown breed, in the Australian state of Tasmania, where I live, there is a total of two Field Spaniels - I've heard. Mine is the other one, of course. It is gaining popularity though, 20 years ago, when I got my first fieldie in Finland, people had no idea what breed it was. 10 years later, with my second one, the most enthusiastic dog lovers already knew what it was, even though they often added they had never seen one in flesh and fur.

The field spaniel is the oldest of British spaniels, or the youngest, depending which way you look at it, but non-the less, it has a special meaning to all spaniels. It is the left-over spaniel. In the early days of breeding in Great Britain, there was a show group for "field spaniels". It was a generic name for a spaniel that hunted birds on dry land (even though they swam to get them if necessary). One by one the other spaniel breeds got their own classification in the dog shows as they specialised in size, colouring and other aspects depending on which type of hunting was required, and what was left was simply named "the field spaniel", which is more or less what we've got here. A balanced, generic form of a spaniel.

Nowadays the Field Spaniel is most commonly a family pet, just like most spaniels are. They make excellent pets, as they are such docile, friendly creatures, and of course, they are lovely to look at. They are relaxed and happy dogs in general. Thanks to their lovely nature, they seem to steal the hearts of even the people who are not that keen on dogs in general.

There are several reasons why I decided to put up this website. This is not to replace official dog clubs and associations, but to add a different level of collaboration between fieldie people. These are some of the advantages a community of this kind of community has:

- It is owned by an individual, and as such free of stiff regulations of how things are decided and handled. This speeds things up.
- It gives more stability into the structure of the community, as the leadership isn't changed every year. If you like how things are going now, you're likely to like them in the future - and the other way around.
- It can function world wide without legal issues.
- Membership fee isn't required to participate in the community.
- It gives me some peace of mind, as I know I can trust the leadership to listen to it's members wishes, as I am the leader. :D

After working for several hobbyist clubs as the newsletter editor, I have found that it is always hard to find interesting content for them. Therefore I am collecting some articles here that are free to be used in Field Spaniel club newsletters and websites with the following conditions:

- The article is tagged as "Free Content"
- It is a non-profit field spaniel club publication.
- It contains the information given under each article, such as the names of the writer and photographers (if applicaple), possible bio of the writer and the link to / address for this website (thefieldspaniel.com).
- Faiure to meet these requirements will be treated as content theft. Please be adviced that all content on this site is copyright recorded, meaning that we will be able to prove ownership if required.

Please note. These articles are NOT FREE FOR:

- commercially published newsletters or magazines.
- websites other than mentioned above.
- newsletters of general dog clubs or breed clubs other than field spaniel -clubs.

If you wish to use this material for any other purpose than a publication of a non-profit field spaniel club, you must ask for a permission separately. It is very likely that the permission is granted, but please ask first.