The English Springer Spaniel (The Terra Nova Series)

This is a great book. My husband and I are thinking of getting an English Springer Spaniel for our kids and wanted to learn about the breed first. We took a chance on this book since we pre-ordered it and didn't get a chance to "look inside" the book first. We ordered it anyway and are very pleased with our purchase. It covers all aspects of having a dog of this breed. Training, feeding, health concerns, behavior, playtime...you get the point. By the time I was done reading the book, I knew that a springer would fit very well into our family. Plus, it covered topics that will be very helpful to me like training them to go to the bathroom outside and follow commands. I've never had to do that before. The book also comes with a DVD to help with training! I haven't had a chance to watch it yet though. You'll be very pleased with this book. It is clear that the author has a love for this breed and a great deal of knowledge.

If you cant be bothered to look up English Springer Spaniels in Wikipedia, or watch a segment on Dogs101, this might be a useful book. It has some general dog education (a few suggestions on crate training, basic obedience, housebreaking, etc), and numerous pictures of the author's spaniels (all black and white, no livers or tri). I found nothing in it that is truly specific to spaniels.It doesnt even mention that there are field and bench lines (book seems to assume they are all 'bench' variety), yet doesnt even give AKC standards for the breed.I had been looking for an updated equivalent of "The New Complete English Springer Spaniel" by Charles Goodall and Julia Gasow (first copyright 1958, my copy printed 1989). Half the book is devoted to actual specifics of field ESS, the other half to the bench. The bench portion has instructions on grooming, references of "great" dogs, examples of good and poor conformation. The field section has similarly relevant information regarding the working lines of these dogs.This book fell far short of the older book. :( And lacked the personal humor of Marley and Me, to make it at least interesting.

Very generic. It could apply to any breed. Not worth it if you have ever owned a dog , let alone an English Springer.

Great book. Very informative with lots of detail and pictures. I've never owned an ESS before. This book provided lots of useful info regarding health, temperament, training and other details. I'd highly recommend this book for first time owners of ESS.

Loads of practical information about the breed.

Condition as described; fast delivery; good price; cannot ask for more.

Not detailed enough, very general information.

Good book.

Great book, great quality. I only ordered it 2 days ago and I got today, speedy delivery :) the DVD works fine too!