Ice cubes are good in summer, but beware the spaniel that likes them! My boy (Ted, Springer, 7) loves ice, to the extent that, in winter, he’ll eat any and all ice he finds. He gets full, then starts needing lots of wees. Not a good thing to happen at night in the dead of winter.

No one ever said gundogs needed to be clever.

Damn it, I’m trying to convince the wife that we shouldn’t get a second dog, and then you post pictures of a puppy! It’s a conspiracy! Absolutely cracking spaniel that!

My tip, as people have already mentioned, would be to socialise her as much as possible. People, dogs, cats, cars, bikes, postmen, get her used to be around everybody and everything!! Our collie was 15 months when we rescued him, he’d never been socialised, and we’re still having trouble with him being overprotective etc 3 years later. He’s improving, but if he’d been socialised as a puppy we wouldn’t have anywhere near as many issues with him barking/going absolutely mental at things.

Good luck!

from this:

to this:

in 2 years.

astoundingly great dog!

Millhouse, separated at birth? Mine is 13 months old