toy spaniel

Toy spaniels were given as gifts to European royalty.

More likely tuck one of Charles's toy spaniels under my arm and mince about the court."

The earliest toy spaniels resembling the papillon are found in Italy.

In 1903, the Kennel Club combined four separate toy spaniel breeds under this single title.

English Toy Spaniel - occurs at two to five years of age and has a crystalline, circular appearance.

English toy spaniels remained popular enough during the 18th century to be featured frequently in literature and in art.

The disadvantage of the breeds of toy spaniel was that their long coats required constant grooming.

The dolls are approximately 9 inches tall and are modeled after the English toy spaniel dog breed.

The breeds of toy spaniel often rivalled the Pug in popularity as lapdogs for ladies.

By 1830, the toy spaniel had changed somewhat from the dogs of Charles II's day.

Thought to have originated in the Far East, toy spaniels were first seen in Europe during the 16th century.

Continental Toy Spaniels may refer to:

Picture to yourself a tiny little toy spaniel pursuing a captain of the King of Prussia's grenadiers!

"Ruperta had trained her toy spaniel to provide intimate 'French' caresses," is about all that's printable here.

By the 1840s, "Comforter" had dropped out of use, and the breed had returned to being called Toy Spaniels.

Toy spaniels and Pugs were featured in both group portraits and satirical works by William Hogarth.

The family became enchanted with a type of toy spaniel called the bichon frise, which, they agreed, looked like a poodle, only cuter.

These Italian toy spaniels may have been crossed with local small dogs such as the Maltese and also with imported Chinese dogs.

In the 18th century, spaniels were split into three categories: land spaniels, water spaniels and toy spaniels.

Cruft himself became secretary of the Toy Spaniel Club and the Pug Dog Club.

One of the oldest of the toy spaniels, it derives its name from its characteristic butterfly-like look of the long and fringed hair on the ears.

In 1904, the American Kennel Club followed suit, combining the four breeds into a single breed known as the English Toy Spaniel.

It is thought that the toy spaniels that eventually became the King Charles Spaniel originated in the Far East, primarily Japan.

Further paintings featuring these toy spaniels were created by Palma Vecchio and Paolo Veronese during the 16th century.

Toy spaniels continued to be popular in the British court during the reign of King James II, through that of Queen Anne.