Blue Picardy Spaniel

The French Spaniel, ancestor of the Blue Picardy Spaniel, seems to have appeared on French territory after the crusades of the 11th century.

Moreover, in the "Livre de Chasse", the 14th century work of Gaston III de Foix-Béam, the French Spaniel is very well described.

Later, after he was introduced in France and following the French Revolution, commoners were allowed to breed their own hunting dogs, and it's then that the French Spaniel began to separate into different breeds according to their own breeding region.

The mouth of the Somme River in France, at the dawn of the 20th century, was a popular spot for small game hunters.

At the time, English hunters came over to France to put their hunting dogs in boarding, at the mouth of the Somme River and in Picardy, following quarantine measures established in England.

It appears that the Blue Picardy Spaniel was born at that time as a result of crossbreeding between the local Spaniel and the English Setter.

The breed was not standardized right away. It took several more years before his homogeneity was really fixed.

The Picardy Spaniel and the Blue Picardy were long considered a common breed, but around 1907, the two breeds were officially separated.

It is in 1938 that he is recognized as a breed in his own right and in 1987 that his first standard is published. In spite of this, the Blue Picardy Spaniel is not recognized all over the world but only by a handful of dog clubs.

He is a dog with an excellent character that can make a good companion for life.

Created for hunting, he is obviously very appreciated for this sport.

He is an excellent pointing dog that easily finds game and then points it out to the hunter to show him where it is.