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Size isn’t everything

OK, I ADMIT IT. I HAVE always been a fan of big, old-fashioned springers, chunky cockers and labradors with substance, but I’m beginning to think that size doesn’t really matter after all. Dogs aren’t like cars, where a good big ’un will invariably beat a great little ’un. When it comes to performance, small dogs can perform as well as, and sometimes better than, bigger, more powerful animals.

I have a friend, Peter, who has owned and worked English springers for more than 50

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