After choosing the English Springer Spaniel breed for my next dog, I found a breeder in nearby Oklahoma and arranged with him to get a puppy from his next litter. In the meantime, I put in a request to the Humane Society that if they were to get an English Springer Spaniel, I wanted him. […]
Waiting at the Door… I was just a pup when we first met,I loved you from the start,you picked me up and took me homeand placed me in your heart. Good times we had together,we shared all life could throw,but years passed all too quickly,my time has come to go. I know how much you […]
The English Springer Spaniel is the founder of all the English hunting spaniels. During the Renaissance, it was considered the ideal companion for the European hunter. Its popularity in America began in 1700. The Clumber, the Sussex, the Welsh Springer, the Field, the Irish Water, and the Cocker Spaniel all developed out of the English […]
“But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.” – Philippians 3:20-21 Everyone goes through a different process when […]
I don’t know what it is, but dogs seem to like sticking their heads out the window when driving. Trixie was no exception. She always “expected” me to roll down her back window so she could feel the wind in her face – or rain sometimes. During wintertime when it was cold outside, she still […]
The English Springer Spaniel belongs to the Gun Dog or AKC Sporting group. They are a compact, hearty medium-sized dog with long pendant ears. They should be sturdy and neither too light nor too heavy. Trixie weighed about 35 pounds as an adult. The tail is generally docked (and wagging!). The dog should have a […]
I liked taking Trixie with me just about everywhere I went and introducing her to new adventures. One summer we went to the lake in Oklahoma with my sister Janet who chauffeured Trixie around on the golf cart. It was heart warming when they parked quite a distance away and when Trixie saw me calling […]
I don’t know if Trixie just liked looking out the window or if she seemed intrigued with the “other” dog she watched in the glass door. Regardless, she spent allot of her time looking out that window.