King Charles Spaniel
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| Classification and breed standards
<tr style="text-align: left;"><th>FCI:</th><td>Group 9 Section 7 #128</td><td>Stds</td></tr><tr style="text-align: left;"><th>AKC:</th><td>Toy</td><td>Stds</td></tr><tr style="text-align: left;"><th>ANKC:</th><td>Group 1 Toys</td><td>Stds</td></tr><tr style="text-align: left;"><th>CKC:</th><td>Group 5 - Toys</td><td>Stds</td></tr><tr style="text-align: left;"><th style="white-space: nowrap;">KC (UK):</th><td>Toy</td><td>Stds</td></tr><tr style="text-align: left;"><th>NZKC:</th><td>Toy</td><td>Stds</td></tr><tr style="text-align: left;"><th>UKC:</th><td>Companion Breeds</td><td>Stds</td></tr> |
The King Charles Spaniel (known as the English Toy Spaniel in the U.S. and Canada) is a breed of small dog in the spaniel category. The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a different breed, although it is sometimes referred to as a King Charles Spaniel. The Cavalier is more closely related to cocker spaniels, while the King Charles Spaniel is more closely related to the pug.
[edit] History
The breed originated in Renaissance-era Great Britain as a companion dog for royalty, although in that era the breed more closely resembled the modern Cavalier King Charles Spaniel than contemporary English Toys. Crosses between long-snouted toy spaniels and short-snouted breeds such as the Pug or Japanese Chin in the 18th and 19th centuries led to the breed's current appearance. Weighs around 11 pounds.
[edit] Coat
Like its larger cousin, the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, the King Charles Spaniel has a silky, often slightly wavy coat. It tends to be shorter than that of Cavaliers.
This breed also comes in the same color varieties as the Cavalier: Blenheim (red-and-white), Prince Charles (tricolor), King Charles (black-and-tan), and Ruby (solid red).[1] Originally, each of these color patterns was regarded as a separate breed, but in the late 1800s the four varieties were consolidated into a single breed.
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