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The Boykin Spaniel is a versatile hunting spaniel that can be found

duck hunting in the morning, pheasant hunting in the afternoon and

light goose hunting in the early evening all in the same day. He has

strong drive and an excellent nose. He quarters the field within gun

range at a steady moderate pace enabling him to hunt all day. Rather

than charge into a flush with reckless abandon the Boykin will

hesitate until it locates the bird through sight or scent and then force

the bird into flight with an aggressive flush. This has been described

as a soft or hesitation flush. Blinking, sitting when a bird is located, pointing or a dog that needs encouragement or commanded to flush

is not in character with the Boykins’ hunting style and is

unacceptable. As a truly versatile hunting spaniel trained for water fowling as well as upland hunting, the Boykin readily takes to water

 and is a strong swimmer. He should show willingness to enter

the water for retrieves across water on land or in the water.

 

 

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