Ted - my V. Bernardelli Hemingway comes in at 5lb. 14oz. - just about right for me. But I'm always open to a little French flirtation...

The American water spaniel is an interesting choice, and I have seen a lot of them. But IMHO anything an AWS can do will be learned faster and done better by a field-bred English springer or cocker. If s-l-o-w is your goal, the Clumber spaniel is a perfect old man's dog - a ponderous, powerful close-working flusher that'll root birds out of the thickest cover. And even I can outrun them!

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