Comparison: English Springer Spaniel and Sussex Spaniel

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

	English Springer 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	46–51 cm	38–41 cm
Weight	18–25 kg	23 kg
Life span	12–14 years	–
Recognition features	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	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	Medium-length flat or slightly wavy coat.	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	A spaniel used to flush (´spring´) game within gun range and retrieve.	A flushing dog.

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