How to tell if a Springer Spaniel is pure or not? First, look at the coat color. The coat color can be black or liver with white marks, white body with black or liver marks, blue or liver colored hair, or white with tawny marks. Looking at the topline of the neck and body, the neck should be moderately long, strong, and neat, slightly arched in the high head, and the forequarters shoulder blades should be flat and tightly joined at the ends.

1. Coat color

The following coat colors and markings are acceptable:

　(1) Black or liver color with white mark or white body with black or liver mark.

(2) Blue or liver-colored hair.

(3) Three colors: black, white or liver color, white with yellowish-brown marks, usually appearing on the eyebrows, cheeks, inside the ears and under the tail. Any white spots on the coat may be marked spots. Other colors such as lemon, red or orange will not be accepted.

2. Neck topline and trunk

The neck is of moderate length, strong and neat, slightly arched in the elevated head, and meets the sloping shoulders continuously and smoothly. The topline from withers to tail is strong and slightly sloping. The trunk is strong and compact, with short ribs and joints. The chest is deep and level with the elbows, and the forechest is well developed. The ribs are long, extending continuously to the middle of the trunk, tapering as they reach their ends. The lower line is level with the elbows and has a slight upward curve at the side of the abdomen. The back is straight, strong and level. Loin short, strong and slightly arched. The croup is elegantly rounded and flows smoothly into the hind legs. The croup slopes gently toward the base of the tail, which hangs naturally along the croup. The tail is level or slightly raised. The tail is tightly clipped, as in the Hard Dog, and forms a good angle with the topline.

3. Forequarters

Efficient movement of the front legs requires coordination of the forequarters. Shoulders should be flat and well knit at the ends, blending smoothly into the outline of the body. When measured from the top of the shoulder to the end of the shoulder blade and then to the elbow, the shoulder blade and upper arm are clearly equal in length, forming an angle of approximately 90°; this places the front legs well under the torso and the elbow just below the top of the shoulder blade. The elbows are very close to the torso. The front legs are straight and meet the feet at right angles. Bone strong, slightly flat, neither too round nor too heavy. The palmar segments are short, strong and slightly slanted, and do not indicate weakness. Dewclaws are usually removed. The feet are round or slightly oval. The feet are compact, well arched, medium in size, thickly padded, and feathered between the toes.

IV. Hindquarters

The croup and thighs of the English Springer Spaniel for working and show use should be strong, powerful and well developed. The entire hindquarters show strength and drive. The thighs are broad and strong, and the knees are strong. In order to achieve efficient hunting, the angle of the hindquarter bone joints and hock joints is never greater or smaller than the angle of the forequarter bone joints and hock joints. The hocks are a little rounded, but not small or noticeable in appearance. The hind metacarpal joints (approximately 1/3 of the distance from the hip joint to the foot) are strong and have good bone quality. Viewed from the rear, the hind palm segments are parallel. Dewclaws are usually removed. In addition to being smaller and more compact, the foot is the same as the frontThe feet are the same.