English Toy Spaniel Club of Western Pennsylvania, Inc.

01/18/2024

Milo is settling in. Taggart is giving him a lot of room but they are starting to greet each other. Milo likes to stay in his kennel next to my desk.

03/16/2022

Posted in 2019. Thanks Shelly Hepler

06/12/2019

New Group English Toy Spaniel Club of Western Pennsylvania. Please use the search to find us.

06/02/2019

History connects the past with the present. History matters because it helps us to understand ... History is inescapable. It studies the past and the legacies of the past in the present.

From time to time an article on the history of the English Toy Spaniel - the dog and the people - who have brought the breed to the resent day will be uploaded to the group page. My thanks to Royal Spaniels and Rick LeBeau for printing and writing the article.

05/08/2019

Enjoy

05/02/2019

A few years ago, I went out to dinner with a group of breeders I did not know well. I love talking with people from other breeds: sharing thoughts on type, whelping tips, or the excitement of their young special. Unfortunately, that night’s dinner conversation revolved around petty vendettas, pass...

04/28/2019

A note from Patti Caldwell:
Patti Branch Caldwell

While this was one of those humbling days at the dog show, I must give kudos to the English Toy Spaniel Club of Western Pennsylvania. This small club should give seminars on how to put on a Specialty!! Last night there was an impressive spread of food and members are so friendly to everyone. Today they provided welcome bags, more food, a big raffle, and beautiful trophies!! This is all in addition to three other days of supported entries. Thank you to all the hard-working members of ETSCWP for making everything so special!!

04/12/2019

Two articles of interest in the Canine Chronicles:
The first is an article on ETS breeders, Doug Johnson and Jamie Hubbard, http://caninechronicle.com/?p=161163

The second is an article is Lessons to be Learned from the Doodle Debacle by Lee Connor

03/31/2019

This article by Allan Reznik. If you don't have time to read the entire article please read one sentence from the article When he was walking with a media crew:
" Many exhibitors appreciated the value of media exposure and happily chatted with reporters for a short segment. Others—and not always those with coated, time-intensive breeds—had meltdowns at the very thought of setting down the brush and the can of hairspray to talk about their dogs for a few minutes. What a disservice they did to their breeds—and what a bad impression they made on spectators who were in the vicinity to observe the breeds that interested them. Surely they wondered if those same breeders would be just as inhospitable to them, inquiring about a puppy, as they were to the crew of a national TV show."

All the judging at a dog show doesn’t happen in the ring. It also happens when the public observes us interacting with spectators, reporters, and stewards.