Brass Lite Arabians & Sussex Spaniels

06/21/2024

06/19/2024

06/09/2024

Another little boo off to new family. Be good my little nubs 

06/08/2024

Pet Puppy girl avaiable

05/28/2024

What a Weekend in New Castle, PA
3 New Champions, a Group Placement in OH and Regular Group and Fun Match Puppy Group 2

04/29/2024

Josie is doing fabulous and will be looking to try out fast cat this summer. Josie is a retired AKC Champion, will be a great Preformance dog! Spayed. Just 3 yrs old, a lot of life to live and love to give

04/29/2024

Survived our maiden voyage to DE.

04/29/2024

Gracie Lou picked her second major (5 points) over three lovey specials and just needs 2 points to finish

04/29/2024

Sonia got RWB at her first dog show weekend and a fun match puppy group 2 in sporting

04/29/2024

Libby picked up another major over the weekend only 3 points to go

04/01/2024

Weekend, everyone got a major

04/01/2024

Getting that last bite of un-packing and laundry done 

03/23/2024

One female sussex spaniel girl puppy available 

03/22/2024

One of the last imported dogs of this breed was reportedly rescued from a ship that had been torpedoed by a German U-boat during WWII, a time that nearly saw the demise of the Sussex Spaniel. Joy Freer, a breed enthusiast, is credited for having virtually single-handedly saved the Sussex from extinction during this time.

By then, the Sussex was already among the rarer of the British spaniels, a low-slung breed created to be a specialized hunter particularly suited to pe*****te thick, heavy undergrowth to reach and flush game birds. With its quirky trait (for a spaniel) of “giving tongue,” at least one observer wrote, “He is a noisy, babbling sort, that will rouse a c**k from the densest covert. So natural does this babbling seem… that no matter how young, down go their heads and out comes the music.”

Hunting styles changed over time, and British sportsmen came to prefer a more all-around hunting dog with longer legs for speed in the field. That was not the Sussex Spaniel as it had been developed by Augustus Elliot Fuller, and so the breed suffered during the 1920s. By the late 30s, however, a few dogs of the old type began to reappear and were imported into America, including the one saved from the torpedoed boat. It was Joy Freer who kept eight Sussex Spaniels during this difficult time, and it’s believed that her dogs are the predecessors of all Sussex Spaniels today.

Image: Sussex Spaniel in pastel by Howard Proctor (American, 1862-1956)

03/18/2024

Ummm can someone take me where there ISN’T Snow in MARCH

03/11/2024

Two girls Available, where held back by breeder to let them grow up some They are available

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