Clumber Spaniel

Clumber Spaniels have an intelligent playful, usually sweet nature. As with other spaniel breeds, the Clumber Spaniel is used in hunting, which puts to use its keen sense of smell and retrieving abilities. Clumber Spaniels are usually very food motivated which facilitates learning and training as well as bonding with their families.

They have a good reputation as a family dog which means they are good around children. As with all dogs, however, extremely close supervision is needed to prevent accidental injury to the dog or it subsequently developing fear-based defensive aggression. Food rewards for giving up (relinquishing) items can help limit the Clumber Spaniel's tendency to retrieve or guard items not intended for play.

Clumber Spaniel History:

The Clumber Spaniel is the heaviest of all spaniels having been developed by the Duke of Noailles in the mid to late 1700’s, in France. They were bred so they could hunt under dense cover and retrieve prey. During the French Revolution, the Duke of Noailles felt that his life, and the lives of his dogs, might have been in danger. Because of this, he sent his spaniels to live with the 2nd Duke of Newcastle in England in Clumber Park near Nottingham. It was here that the breed was perfected and gets its name from. Over time, the Clumber Spaniel became popular with the English Royalty and with many aristocrats.