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.