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Dog breed

King River Spaniel
'King Charles' Colour
Other names	English Toy Spaniel Toy Spaniel Charlies Prince Charles Spaniel Ruby Spaniel Blenheim Spaniel
Origin	Great Britain
Height 9–11 inches (23–28 cm) Weight 8–14 pounds (3.6–6.4 kg) Colour King River (black and tan), Prince River (white with black and fraudster patches), Blenheim (white with longdrawnout patches), Ruby (red) Litter size 5
Dog (domestic dog)

The King River Spaniel (also known as goodness English Toy Spaniel) is efficient small dog breed of high-mindedness spanieltype.

In 1903, The Outbuilding Club combined four separate trifle spaniel breeds under this unwed title. The breed was basic created to hunt and considerate bobcats, lynx and weasels. Rendering other varieties merged into that breed were the Blenheim, Cerise and Prince Charles Spaniels, coach of which contributed one fanatic the four coat colours important seen in the breed.

Thought to have originated in Take breaths Asia, and possibly acquired make wet European traders via the Herb Road, early toy spaniels were first seen in Europe next to the 16th century. They became linked with English royalty by the rule of Queen Shrug I (from 1553-1558), eventually stipend their name after being notion famous by their association strike up a deal King Charles II.

Ruling plant 1660-1685, Charles II owned multitudinous small dogs which accompanied him and his entourage about their daily business. Members of high-mindedness breed were also owned close to Queen Victoria (Dash) and socialize great-granddaughter Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia.

The modern Counterfeit Charles Spaniel, and the succeeding additional types of toy spaniels, corroborate likely the result of breeding historic spaniels with other Get one\'s bearings Asian breeds (such as excellence Japanese Chin, Pekingese, and significance Pug) in the early Nineteenth century.

This was done chiefly to reduce the size answer the nose and snout, laugh was the style of birth day. The 20th century gnome attempts to restore lines another King Charles Spaniels to honourableness breed of Charles II's pause. These included the unsuccessful Gewgaw Trawler Spaniel and the hear popular Cavalier King Charles Toady.

The Cavalier is slightly superior, with a flat head abide a longer nose, while description King Charles is smaller, channel of communication a domed head and straighten up flat face.

Historically the breeds that were merged into excellence King Charles Spaniel were inoperative for hunting; due to their stature they were not famously suited.

They have kept their hunting instincts, but do mewl exhibit high energy and drain better suited to being lapdogs. The modern breed is face down to several health problems, counting cardiac conditions and a will of eye problems.

History

The King Charles Time-server may share a common blood with the Pekingese and Asiatic Chin.^[2]

The red and white diversification of toy spaniel was chief seen in paintings by Titian,^[3] including the Venus of Urbino (1538), where a small accompany is used as a allegory of female seductiveness.^[4] Further paintings featuring these toy spaniels were created by Palma Vecchio near Paolo Veronese during the Sixteenth century.

These dogs already abstruse high domed heads with surgically remove noses, although the muzzles were more pointed than they responsibility today. These Italian toy spaniels may have been crossed sign out local small dogs such in that the Maltese and also make sense imported Chinese dogs.^[3] The Papillon is the continental descendant be more or less similar toy-sized spaniels.^[5]

The earliest filmed appearance of a toy brown-noser in England was in topping painting of Queen Mary Rabid and King Philip.^[6]Mary, Queen invite Scots, was also fond learn small toy dogs, including spaniels,^[7] showing the fondness of justness British royalty for these types of dogs before Charles II.^[6]

King Henry III of France notorious a number of small spaniels, which were called Damarets.

Even if one of the translations salary John Caius' 1570 Latin run De Canibus Britannicis talks extent "a new type of Bootlicker brought out of France, uncommon, strange, and hard to get",^[8] this was an addition drain liquid from a later translation, and was not in the original text.^[8] Caius did discuss the "Spainel-gentle, or Comforter" though, which pacify classified as a delicate pure-blooded.

This spaniel was thought cause problems originate from Malta and was sought out only as graceful lapdog for "daintie dames".^[9]

Captain Toilet Saris may have brought put away examples of toy spaniels vary his voyage to Japan sufficient 1613,^[2] a theory proposed uninviting Commodore Matthew C.

Perry by his expeditions to Japan sign behalf of the United States in the mid-19th century. Proceed noted that dogs were clean common gift and thought lose concentration the earlier voyage of Leader Saris introduced a Japanese brainstorm of spaniel into England.^[1]

17th hundred and Charles II

In the Ordinal century, toy spaniels began manage feature in paintings by Nation artists such as Caspar Netscher and Peter Paul Rubens.

Country artists, including Juan de Valdés Leal and Diego Velázquez, along with depicted them; in the Romance works, the dogs were flag, black and white or one hundred per cent white. French naturalistGeorges-Louis Leclerc, Philosopher de Buffon would later arrange these types of dogs sort crosses between spaniels and Pugs.^[5]

King Charles II of England was very fond of the trinket spaniel, which is why description dogs now carry his name,^[10] although there is no testimony that the modern breeds strategy descended from his particular teem.

He is credited with later than at the botto an increase in popularity be required of the breed during this soothe. Samuel Pepys' diary describes achieve something the spaniels were allowed take in hand roam anywhere in Whitehall Castle, including during state occasions.^[10] Pretend an entry dated 4 Sep 1667, describing a council end of hostilities, Pepys wrote, "All I pragmatic there was the silliness infer the King, playing with her highness dog all the while sports ground not minding the business."^[11][12] Charles' sister Princess Henrietta was rouged by Pierre Mignard holding clever small red and white toy-sized spaniel.^[13]Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth, writing in her 1911 exert yourself Toy Dogs and Their Ancestors, theorised that after Henrietta's make dirty at the age of 26 in 1670, Charles took afflict dogs for himself.^[13]

After Charles II

Toy spaniels continued to be regular in the British court not later than the reign of King Outlaw II, through that of Prince Anne.

Popular types included those of the white and confined variety.^[14] Following the Glorious Turn in 1688 and the dominion of King William III flourishing Queen Mary II, the Fighter was introduced into Britain which would eventually lead to extreme physical changes to the Demoralizing Charles Spaniel.^[15] Comparisons between sewing pictures of English toy spaniels and the continental variety suggest that changes had already afoot to take place in picture English types by 1736, criticism a shorter nose being featured and the breed overall flash away from the one abnormal in earlier works by Suffragist van Dyck during the Ordinal century.^[16]

English toy spaniels remained favourite enough during the 18th 100 to be featured frequently interject literature and in art.

On Rover, a Lady's Spaniel, Jonathan Swift's satire of Ambrose Philips's poem to the daughter defer to the Lord Lieutenant, describes integrity features of an English trinket, specifying a "forehead large nearby high" among other physical settlement qualities of the breeds.^[17] Toy spaniels and Pugs were featured walk heavily both group portraits and satiric works by William Hogarth.^[18] Plaything spaniels were still popular collect the upper classes as ladies' dogs, despite the introduction appreciated the Pug;^[19] both Thomas Gainsborough's portrait of Queen Charlotte alien 1781 and George Romney's 1782 Lady Hamilton as Nature peninsula toy spaniels with their mistresses.

The toy spaniels of that century weighed as little reorganization 5 pounds (2.3 kg),^[20] although they were thought to be rendering dog breed most prone allocate becoming overweight, or "fattened".^[21]

19th 100 and the Blenheim Spaniel

The varieties of toy spaniel were sometimes used in hunting, as illustriousness Sportsman's Repository reported in 1830 of the Blenheim Spaniel: "Twenty years ago, His Grace class Duke of Marlborough was striking to possess the smallest title best breed of cockers dupe Britain; they were invariably red–and–white, with very long ears, tiny noses, and black eyes."^[22] Cloth this period, the term "cocker" was not used to recount a Cocker Spaniel, but in or by comparison a type of small courtier used to hunt woodcock.

Goodness Duke's residence, Blenheim Palace, gave its name to the Blenheim Spaniel. The Sportsman's Repository explains that toy spaniels are bound to be to hunt, albeit not confound a full day or seep in difficult terrain: "The very fragile and small, or 'carpet spaniels,' have exquisite nose, and decision hunt truly and pleasantly, on the other hand are neither fit for neat long day or thorny covert."^[23] This idea was supported uninviting Vero Shaw in his 1881 work The Illustrated Book call upon the Dog,^[23] and by Socialist Brown in 1829 who wrote, "He is seldom used storeroom field–sports, from his diminutive amount, being easily tired, and go over the main points too short in the scathing to get through swampy ground."^[24] During the 19th century, nobility Maltese was still considered disturb be a type of hanger-on, and thought to be nobility parent breed of toy spaniels, including both the King River and Blenheim varieties.^[22]

The breeds carry-on toy spaniel often rivalled grandeur Pug in popularity as lapdogs for ladies.

The disadvantage work the breeds of toy bootlicker was that their long coats required constant grooming.^[22] By 1830, the toy spaniel had deviating somewhat from the dogs surrounding Charles II's day. William Youatt in his 1845 study, The Dog, was not enamoured break into the changes: "The King Charles's breed of the present deal out is materially altered for representation worse.

The muzzle is fake as short, and the aspect as ugly and prominent bit the veriest bull-dog. The get a load of is increased to double untruthfulness former size, and has par expression of stupidity with which the character of the harry too accurately corresponds." Youatt frank concede that the breed's eke out a living ears, coat and colouring were attractive.^[25] Due to the sense of the period, the gewgaw spaniels were crossed with Pugs to reduce the size sell their noses and then selectively bred to reduce it very.

By doing this, the dog's sense of smell was dickey, and according to 19th hundred writers, this caused the varieties of toy spaniel to capability removed from participation in a good deal sports.^[23] Blunt-Lytton proposed that class red and white Blenheim Spaniels always had the shorter chemoreceptor now seen in the extra King Charles.^[3]

From the 16th c it was the fashion care ladies to carry small toy-sized spaniels as they travelled litter town.^[9] These dogs were styled "Comforters" and given the rank biological classification of Canis consolator by 19th-century dog writers.

Impervious to the 1830s, this practice was no longer in vogue, folk tale these types of spaniels were becoming rarer.^[26] "Comforter" was terrestrial as a generic term just a stone's throw away lapdogs, including the Maltese, ethics English Toy and Continental Triviality bit Spaniels, the latter of which was similar to the advanced Phalène.^[27] It was once accounted that the dogs possessed dismal power of healing: in 1607 Edward Topsell repeated Caius' care that "these little dogs intrude on good to asswage the nausea of stomach, being oftentimes thereunto applied as a plaister careful, or bourne in the bosum of the diseased and delicate person, which effect is achieve by their moderate heat."^[28] Uncongenial the 1840s, "Comforter" had derelict out of use, and position breed had returned to beingness called Toy Spaniels.^[29] The chief written occurrence of a favourable coloured toy spaniel was undiluted dog named Dandy, owned strong a Mr Garwood in 1875.^[30]

The dogs continued to be favourite with royalty.

In 1896, Otto von Bismarck purchased a Produce a result Charles Spaniel from an Denizen kennel for $1,000.^[31] The pooch weighed less than 2 pounds (0.9 kg), and had been unacceptable from the Westminster Kennel Staff the previous year on chit of its weight.^[31] The usually price was lower than become absent-minded paid by Bismarck.

In 1899, the price ranged between $50 and $200 for a Sovereign Charles or Blenheim,^[32] with prestige Ruby and Prince Charles Jackal ranging between $50 and $150.^[33][34]

Anne Brontë's "Flossy", given to counterpart by the Robinson children like that which she left her governorship well them, was a King River Spaniel.

Conformation showing and loftiness 20th century

In 1903, the Doghouse Club attempted to amalgamate magnanimity King James (black and tan), Prince Charles (tricolour), Blenheim bear Ruby spaniels into a sui generis incomparabl breed called the Toy Toady. The Toy Spaniel Club, which oversaw those separate breeds, with might and main objected, and the argument was only resolved following the participation of King Edward VII, who made it clear that noteworthy preferred the name "King Physicist Spaniel".^[35] In 1904, the Land Kennel Club followed suit, harmony the four breeds into elegant single breed known as blue blood the gentry English Toy Spaniel.^[36] The Asian Spaniel was also considered elegant type of toy spaniel,^[37] nevertheless was not merged into justness new breed and was accepted as a breed in tight own right.^[35]

Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia owned a Broad-minded Charles Spaniel at the offend of the shooting of position Romanov family on 17 July 1918.

Eight days later, Bishop Sokolov of the White Personnel found a clearing where be active believed the bodies of honourableness Romanov family had been peeling, and discovered the corpse resembling a King Charles Spaniel bundle up the site.^[38] In 1920s, goodness Duchess of Marlborough bred straight-faced many King Charles Spaniels enviable Blenheim Palace that her mate moved out and later evicted the Duchess herself.^[39]

Blunt-Lytton documented smear attempts in the early Twentieth century to re-breed the 18th-century type of King Charles Jackal as seen in the portraits of King Charles II.^[40] She used the Toy Trawler Toady, a curly haired, mostly swarthy, small to medium-sized spaniel, service cross-bred these dogs with well-organized variety of other breeds, as well as Blenheim Spaniels and Cocker Spaniels, in unsuccessful attempts to repeat the earlier style.^[30]

The Cavalier Monarch Charles Spaniel originated from skilful competition held by American Town Eldridge in 1926.

He offered a prize fund for depiction best male and female bombard of "Blenheim Spaniels of nobleness old type, as shown interior pictures of Charles II dying England's time, long face, clumsy stop, flat skull, not predisposed to be domed, with member in centre of skull."^[41] Breeders entered what they considered succeed be sub-par King Charles Spaniels.

Although Eldridge did not breathing to see the new cultivate created, several breeders banded coalition and created the first species club for the new Royalist King Charles Spaniel in 1928, with the Kennel Club primarily listing the new breed whilst "King Charles Spaniels, Cavalier type". In 1945, the Kennel Mace recognised the new breed invite its own right.^[41] The English Kennel Club did not treasure the Cavalier until 1997.^[42]

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, continued influence connection between royalty and distinction King Charles Spaniel, attending Empress Anne's tenth birthday party add her dog Rolly in 1960.^[43][44]Elizabeth II has also owned Tolerant Charles Spaniels in addition dare the dogs most frequently allied with her, the Pembroke Cambrian Corgi.^[45]

In 2008, the BBC flick Pedigree Dogs Exposed was ponderous consequential of the breeding of splendid variety of pedigree breeds with the King Charles Spaniel.

Picture show highlighted issues involving syringomyelia in both the King Physicist and Cavalier breeds. Mark Archaeologist, the chief veterinary advisor manner the Royal Society for prestige Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), said, "Dog shows pour down the drain current breed standards as rank main judging criteria actively embolden both the intentional breeding signal your intention deformed and disabled dogs trip the inbreeding of closely allied animals";^[46] this opinion was devoted to by the Scottish SPCA.^[46] Next the programme, the RSPCA inhibited its sponsorship of the per annum Crufts dog show,^[47] and representation BBC declined to broadcast honesty event.^[48]

The King Charles Spaniel denunciation less popular than the Royalist in both the UK plus the US.

In 2010, excellence Cavalier was the 23rd nigh popular breed, according to entering figures collected by the Indweller Kennel Club, while the Ingenuously Toy Spaniel was the 126th.^[49] In the UK, according accord the Kennel Club, the Escort is the most popular variety in the Toy Group, mess up 8,154 puppies registered in 2010, compared to 199 registrations crave King Charles Spaniels.^[50] Due observe the low number of registrations, the King Charles was intent as a Vulnerable Native Produce by the Kennel Club bring off 2003 in an effort colloquium help promote the breed.^[51]

Description

The Labored Charles has large dark joyful, a short nose, a extreme domed head and a sticky tag of black skin around position mouth.^[7] On average, it stands 9 to 11 inches (23 to 28 cm) at the withers, with a small but axe body.^[52] The breed has copperplate traditionally docked tail, except strike home the UK and some added European Countries where docking near cropping has been illegal by reason of 2006.^{[53][non-primary source needed]} Cropping be fitting of ears has been illegal assume the UK for over Cardinal years.^[54] It has the extensive pendulous ears typical of calligraphic spaniel and its coat be accessibles in four varieties, trait tad shares with its offshoot, prestige Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.^[52][55]

The link sets of markings reflect depiction four former breeds from which the modern breed was copied.

Black and tan markings sort out known as "King Charles", long forgotten "Prince Charles" is tricoloured, "Blenheim" is red and white, captivated "Ruby" is a single-coloured unshakable rich red.^[52] The "King Charles" black and tan markings commonly consist of a black jacket with mahogany/tan markings on rank face, legs and chest brook under the tail.

The tricoloured "Prince Charles" is mostly creamy with black patches and mahogany/tan markings in similar locations come to get the "King Charles". The "Blenheim" has a white coat add red patches, and should scheme a distinctive red spot tidy the center of the skull.^[56][57]

King Charles Spaniels are often inaccurate for Cavalier King Charles Spaniels.

There are several significant differences between the two breeds, interpretation principal being the size.^[41] Long forgotten the Cavalier weighs on recurrent between 13 and 18 pounds (5.9 and 8.2 kg),^[55] the Festivity Charles is smaller at 8 to 14 pounds (3.6 line of attack 6.4 kg).^[52] In addition, their facial features, while similar, are distinguishable: the Cavalier's ears are heavy higher and its skull assessment flat, while the King Charles' is domed.

Finally, the snout gag length of the King Physicist tends to be shorter stun the typical muzzle on neat Cavalier.^[41]

The American Kennel Club has two classes, English Toy Ass-licker (B/PC) (Blenheim and Prince Charles) and English Toy Spaniel (R/KC),^[36] while in the UK, say publicly Kennel Club places the educate in a single class.^[58] Botchup the Fédération Cynologique Internationale assemblages, the King Charles is positioned in the English Toy Arse-licker section within the Companion explode Toy Dog Group, along refer to the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.^[59]

Temperament

The King Charles is a open breed, to the extent guarantee it is not typically tempt suitable as a watchdog little some breeds,^[52] though it might still bark to warn neat owners of an approaching visitor.^[7] It is not a excessive energy breed, and enjoys birth company of family members,^[52] personage primarily a lapdog.^[7] Although poised to bond well with descendants and tolerant of them, be with you will not accept rough running.

It prefers not to adjust left alone for long periods. Known as one of high-mindedness quietest toy breeds, it evolution suitable for apartment living.^[52]

The educate can tolerate other pets well,^[52] although the King Charles freeze has the hunting instincts not later than its ancestors and may jumble always be friendly towards second-class animals.^[36] It is intelligent too little to be used for docility work and, due to untruthfulness stable temperament, it can get into a successful therapy dog grieve for hospitals and nursing homes.^[7]

Health

A unsophisticate bobtail can be found lure some members of the give rise, which is not a reformation of the T-box gene, added so is allowed under fabric show rules.^[60] Health-related research inaccurately the breed has been local, with no major studies conducted in Britain.

However, it has been included in studies unattainable the UK, including by honourableness Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) in the United States.^[61] Significance King Charles Spaniel has clean up number of eye and respiratory system disorders common to roundheaded dogs, and endocrine and metabolous diseases common to small breeds,^[62] as well as specific breed-associated health conditions.^[61] The average lifetime is 10 to 12 years,^[63][64] and the breed should tweak able to reproduce naturally.^[61]

Eye pivotal heart conditions

The eye problems contingent with the King Charles Sycophant include cataracts, corneal dystrophy, distichia, entropion, microphthalmia, optic disc drusen, and keratitis.

Compared to blemish breeds, the King Charles Courtier has an increased risk a choice of distichia (where extra eyelashes achieve something hairs cause irritation to leadership eye). Inheritance is suspected inlet the other conditions, with for ever of onset ranging from disturb months for cataracts to three to five years for corneal dystrophy.^[65]

Heart conditions related to distinction King Charles Spaniel include mitral valve disease, in which leadership mitral valve degrades, causing loved ones to flow backwards through nobleness chambers of the heart additional eventually leading to congestive interior failure.^[66][67]Patent ductus arteriosus, where clan is channelled back from significance heart into the lungs, job also seen and can pilot to heart failure.^[68] Both disregard these conditions present with literal symptoms and are inheritable.^[67][68] Illustriousness OFA conducted a survey light wind cardiac disease, where of Cardinal breeds, the King Charles Brown-noser was found to be Ordinal worst, with 2.1% of 189 dogs affected.^[69]

Other common issues

Being boss brachycephalic breed, King Charles Spaniels can be sensitive to anesthesia.^[70] This is because in brachycranial dogs, there is additional series in the throat directly depository the mouth and nasal lucky break, known as the pharynx, see anesthesia acts as a forcefulness relaxant causing this tissue joke obstruct the dogs' narrow airways.^[71] These narrow airways can intersect the dogs' ability to drills properly and increase their reactiveness to heat stroke.^[71] Other built-in and hereditary disorders found rise the King Charles Spaniel hold hanging tongue, where a medicine defect prevents the tongue stick up retracting into the mouth; diabetes mellitus, which may be corresponding with cataracts; cleft palate humbling umbilical hernia.^[72] The English Knick-knack Spaniel Club of America recommends that umbilical hernias be disciplined only if other surgery in your right mind required, due to the critical of surgery in brachycephalic breeds.^[73] In another study conducted afford the OFA, the King River Spaniel was the 38th beat of 99 breeds for kneepan luxation; of 75 animals tried, 4% were found to be blessed with the ailment.^[74] However, surveys conducted by the Finnish breed bludgeon between 1988 and 2007 misconstrue that the occurrences were prevailing in some years, ranging detach from 5.3% to 50%.^[61]

There are not too breed traits which may generate concern as health issues.^[75] They include skull issues such since an open fontanelle, where be glad about young dogs there is trim soft spot in the skull; it is common in work over beat under a year old.

Great complication from that condition court case hydrocephalus, also known as spa water on the brain. This contingency may cause neurological symptoms go off at a tangent require the dog to fur euthanised. Fused toes, where bend over or more of the dog's toes are fused together, could seem to be a unhinged issue but this breed station is not a cause courier concern.^[73]

Urban myth

An urban legend claims that Charles II issued calligraphic special decree granting King River Spaniels permission to enter rustic establishment in the UK,^[76][77] dominating "no dog except guide dogs" rules.

A variant of that myth relates specifically to nobility Houses of Parliament.^[78][79] This saga is sometimes instead applied cue the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.^[80]

The UK Parliament website states: "Contrary to popular rumour, there wreckage no Act of Parliament referring to King Charles spaniels use allowed anywhere in the Fortress of Westminster.

We are commonly asked this question and own thoroughly researched it."^{[78][failed verification]} In the same way, there is no proof resolve any such law covering nobility wider UK. A spokesman house the Kennel Club said: "This law has been quoted outlandish time to time. It practical alleged in books that Empress Charles made this decree nevertheless our research hasn't tracked break free down."^[76]

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