Sussex Spaniel

Low, long and golden liver, the Sussex is the family's slow and steady thinker: only 38 to 41 cm tall but a solid 20 to 23 kg. It is the one spaniel that gives tongue, howling once it finds scent, which is useful in the field and less welcome next door. At home it is calm and clownish, though often stubborn in training. Hip dysplasia, ear infections and spinal disc trouble are genuine risks in a breed that nearly vanished during the Second World War and still registers few puppies.