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Boykin Spaniel History A brown spaniel-type dog was found outside a church in Spartanburg after service by Mr. Alexander Lawrence White (1860-1942) sometime between 1905-1910. The dog was named "Dumpy", but showed some aptitude for hunting. Mr. White took the dog to his friend, Mr. Lemuel Whitaker "Whit" Boykin (1861-1932) for training. Whit Boykin lived in the the Wateree River basin located in the midlands of South Carolina. The post-Civil War economy lead well-to-do Northerners to make the Camden area their winter home. Whit Boykin provided dogs to the vacationers to hunt the Wateree swamp areas using "section boats". Dumpy filled a roll sought after; he was an excellent hunting dog in a size smaller than the current retrievers that were available at that time. Thus the Boykin Spaniel became known as the breed that wouldn't "rock the boat". Whit Boykin bred Dumpy with a female dog described as a small curly, reddish-brown spaniel-type found in an unclaimed crate at the Camden railroad station. Whit named the female "Singo" and thus the Boykin Spaniel breed was created. Speculation on this female's breed has continued to this day; it is reasonable to believe she was a hunting breed since shipping dogs to this area of the country would be limited. About 6 decades after Dumpy was first found
in Spartanburg a breed registry was formed. Their mission was to
document the breed in a registry to encourage breeding of purebred
Boykins, and ultimately obtain national recognition in a recognized
organization such as UKC and AKC. January 1, 2008 the Boykin Spaniel is eligible to compete in the Miscellaneous Classes at conformation shows. More information about the AKC Miscellaneous Group can be found here- www.akc.org/breeds/miscellaneous_class.cfm
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AKC Event History
Earning a "title" is a sign of the love and devotion that is shared between a dog and handler. All of the rules and regulations for all AKC events & how to record your Boykin Spaniel to be allowed to compete are located on their website.
The American Kennel Club offered Spaniel Hunt Tests to Boykin Spaniels starting on January 1, 2006. The SHT offers 3 levels & corresponding titles which are Junior Hunter (JH), Senior Hunter (SH) and Master Hunter (MH).
The AKC offered the Companion Events to Boykins on July 1, 2006. The Companion Events are Obedience (OB), Tracking, Rally and Agility. Each event has 3 levels of difficulty in which a dog may earn a title. Agility offers several titling classes; Standard, Jumpers With Weaves (JWW) and as of 01/01/07 the FAST class. OB, rally & agility offer an additional title at the highest level by qualifying at that level a specified number of times. OB, tracking and agility offer Championship level titles (Obedience Trial Champion (OTCH), Master Agility Champion (MACH) and Champion Tracker (CT) and yearly invitational nationwide competitive events.
The AKC issues the National Parent Clubs a monthly report of new titles earned by their breed. . Pictures will be in order of the date the title was earned. You MUST be a BSCBAA member to submit your dog's title or picture. Please submit:
· a picture of the dog (we reserve the right to crop for size and content)
· recorded/registered name of dog
· call name of dog (nickname)
· title earned
· date title earned
· Sex of dog
· owner
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