Boykin Spaniels

By: Cooper Scott

I remember when I was in Elementary school, I used to beg my parents for a puppy. In 4th grade, I got a Boykin Spaniel puppy for Christmas. I named her Millie; she is the most energetic and loyal dog I have ever met in my life. She sleeps with me every night, and always greets me at the door when I come home. My dad decided we were going to send her to school for obedience and to get trained to be a hunting dog. We got two years of hunting out of her until we decided we were going to get her bred to have puppies. On March 12th 2020, She had seven puppies. My brother, sister, and my mom all got a puppy. Miller, Mj, Phoebe, and Millie all run around and play everytime they can. Until one day Millie went to get groomed and jerked away from the groomer. Millie came home thay day and had no use of her back legs. We took her to the vet, and the vet said it was from the medicine she took. We waited a few days and noticed she progressively got worse. We took her to Cvets in Columbia and she had broken a vertebrae in her back and had to get surgery. She recovered very fast because she is so strong willed and energetic. She still chases deer and lives her normal life, but a little bit slower. Mj (Millie Jr.) is my brother’s dog, and he is the hunter. Mj was trained by the same trainer as Millie, 

Except he knows hand signals. Miller, my mom’s dog, is the biggest one out of all of the puppies. He is the clumsiest and the most loving dog out of all of them. Phoebe is my sister’s dog and she is the smallest out of all the puppies and is definitely the meanest one. My family loves all of the dogs and they love us too. I’m so glad I begged for a Boykin Spaniel puppy in Elementary school.