Boykin Spaniel
United States · medium double coat
Next to the average dog it is independent, dog-friendly, child-friendly, and dry-mouthed. Day to day it needs a lot of exercise and sheds moderately.
Find out if a Boykin Spaniel suits youA good fit if…
- you have young children
- there is already a dog at home
- this is your first dog — the scores point to a manageable one
Think twice if…
- your days are mostly indoors
Trait profile
Scored 1–5. A blank means the trait is not recorded for this breed.
About the breed
The Boykin Spaniel is a medium-sized breed of dog, a Spaniel bred for hunting wild turkeys and ducks in the Wateree River Swamp of South Carolina, in the United States. It is the state dog of South Carolina, where it was discovered and further developed by hunters in the early through mid 1900s. September 1 is Boykin Spaniel Day in South Carolina, originally established in 1984.— English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
