The clumber spaniel is a medium-sized sporting dog used for hunting game birds. The clumber spaniel usually stands about 17 inches tall at the
shoulder and weighs about 50 pounds. It has a long heavy-boned body, short legs, and a docked, or trimmed tail carried on a level with its back. Its long wide ears are set low on the head, which is very large and flat on top. The thick coat of silky straight hair forms long fringes over the legs and chest. It may be white and lemon-colored or white and orange. Clumber spaniels are slow-moving, but they are very reliable and can be trained to retrieve dead or wounded game. This breed of spaniel was started in France and was later perfected at an English estáte, called Clumber Park.
