The Cavalier can be sporty and agile and certainly wants to be part of any activity going on.
The Cavalier has little time to make enemies, he’s far too busy making friends and sampling your affection.
For many centuries, small breeds of spaniels have been popular in the United Kingdom
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Some centuries later, Toy Spaniels became popular as pets, especially as pets of the royal family. In fact, the King Charles Spaniel was so named because a Blenheim-coated spaniel was the children's pet in the household of Charles I.
In the 1920s, an American named Roswell Eldrige offered twenty-five pounds as a prize for any King Charles Spaniel "of the old-fashioned type" with a longer nose, flat skull, and a lozenge.
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Active, graceful and well balanced, with gentle expression.
CHARACTERISTICS: Sporting, affectionate, absolutely fearless.
COLOURS: Recognized colours are:
Black & Tan: Raven black with tan markings above the eyes, on cheeks, inside ears, on chest and legs and underside of tail. Tan should be bright. White marks undesirable.
Ruby: Whole colour rich red. White marks undesirable.
Blenheim: Rich chestnut markings well broken up, on pearly white background. Markings evenly divided on head, leaving room between ears for much valued lozenge mark or spot (a unique characteristic of the breed).
Tricolour: Black and white well spaced, broken up, with tan markings over eyes, cheeks, inside ears, inside legs, and on underside of tail.
Any other colour or combination of colours most undesirable.
