Comparison: English Cocker Spaniel and Sussex Spaniel

English Cocker Spaniel and Sussex Spaniel are marked as similar in our database. The table compares only the data we have on the breeds.

	English Cocker Spaniel	Sussex Spaniel
FCI group	8. Retrievers, flushing dogs and water dogs	8. Retrievers, flushing dogs and water dogs
Country of origin	United Kingdom	United Kingdom
Category	Medium	Small
Height at withers	38–43 cm	38–41 cm
Weight	12–16 kg	23 kg
Life span	12–15 years	–
Recognition features	Long silky ears and a silky coat in many colours Longer muzzle than the American Cocker Square build, about 40 cm tall	Rich golden-liver coat with hairs shading to gold at the tips Strongly built, low spaniel with a characteristic rolling gait unlike that of any other spaniel Wide skull with pronounced stop, liver nose and thick lobular ears
Coat	Silky coat with feathering, many colours.	Abundant, flat coat with no tendency to curl and ample undercoat for weather resistance; ears covered with soft wavy hair, fore- and hindquarters moderately feathered. Rich golden liver with hairs shading to golden at the tip, gold predominating; dark liver or puce undesirable.
Purpose	An English gundog for flushing and retrieving woodcock in dense cover.	A flushing dog.

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