Comparison: Drentsche Partridge Dog and English Springer Spaniel

Drentsche Partridge Dog and English Springer Spaniel are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

	Drentsche Partridge Dog	English Springer Spaniel
FCI group	7. Pointing dogs	8. Retrievers, flushing dogs and water dogs
Country of origin	Netherlands	United Kingdom
Category	Large	Medium
Height at withers	55–63 cm	46–51 cm
Weight	25–35 kg	18–25 kg
Life span	–	12–14 years
Recognition features	White with brown markings and brown ears, roan not permitted Longer hair on neck, chest, ears and legs, and a richly feathered tail that circles while searching Wedge-shaped head with a brown nose and amber eyes	Medium dog with a medium-length coat, often liver-and-white or black-and-white Long drop ears and feathering Square athletic build, shortened tail
Coat	Dense, straight coat with a water-resistant undercoat that appears long due to longer hair on neck, chest, ears, legs and tail. White with brown markings, with or without spots or ticking; roan is not permitted.	Medium-length flat or slightly wavy coat.
Purpose	A versatile pointing dog of the spaniel type for field and water, hunting within gun range, pointing, retrieving and finding lost game.	A spaniel used to flush (´spring´) game within gun range and retrieve.

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