The Clumber spaniel is not a common breed. Clumbers have been part of the British sporting scene as a pure breed, for more than 200 years. By repute, a kennel of them was sent over to the Duke of Newcastle at Clumber Park in Nottinghamshire by a French Duke facing the guillotine. In time they spread to other estates, and became a favourite of the King Edward VII and George V. Happily they are established in Royal kennels again.
There has been a move to restore this ancient breed of spaniel back into the shooting field. This has been led by the Working Clumber spaniel society formed in 1984 by a group of passionate people only interested in working their dogs. Their aims are to promote selective breeding, from work proven dogs, training events, mock field trials, shooting days, and field trials, to get these dogs back in the right working homes.
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