With its brown and white coat and long droopy ears, the French spaniel can make for a great dog. It is a strange dog in a way because of the way that it mixes an outdoorsy feel and a certain prissy dignity. It is not a small dog and outdoorsmen sometimes use it for hunting, yet the French spaniel seems just as comfortable in the home as at the park. It is neither too masculine of a dog, nor too feminine. In many ways it, it is one of the most versatile breeds of dog.If ever there was a dog who loves positive reinforcement it is the French spaniel. This is no dullard of a dog who just wants to lie around and be left alone or that just raises his head for moment and goes back to sleep when his human caretaker comes home. No, the French spaniel is the kind of dog that comes rushing to the door and jumps about excitedly at the return of his or her human.