Which dog, the West Siberian Laika or the Sussex Spaniel, can be slow-paced, but can have a clownish and energetic temperament?
The Sussex Spaniel
Title: West Siberian taiga
Passage: The West Siberian taiga ecoregion (WWF ID:PA0611) covers the West Siberian Plain in Russia, from the Ural mountains in the west to the Yenisei River in the east, and roughly from 56° N to 66° N latitude.  It is a vast, flat lowland region of boreal forests (taiga), and wetlands (40% of the region is swamps and bogs), covering an area about 1,800 km west-east, by 1,000 km north-south.
Title: Toy Trawler Spaniel
Passage: The Toy Trawler Spaniel is an extinct breed of Spaniel which physically was similar to the King Charles Spaniel of the 16th century.  It is considered to have descended from the original King Charles Spaniel, and the older variety of Sussex Spaniel.  It was originally used as a sporting dog, but became used as a toy and show dog.  It was considered to be on the verge of extinction by 1920.  A preserved specimen is kept in Tring at the Natural History Museum.
Title: West Siberian petroleum basin
Passage: The West Siberian petroleum basin (variously known as the West Siberian hydrocarbon province, Western Siberian oil basin, etc.) is the largest hydrocarbon (petroleum and natural gas) basin in the world covering an area of about 2.2 million km.
Title: Welsh Springer Spaniel
Passage: The Welsh Springer Spaniel is a breed of dog and a member of the spaniel family.  Thought to be comparable to the old Land Spaniel, they are similar to the English Springer Spaniel and historically have been referred to as both the Welsh Spaniel and the Welsh Cocker Spaniel.  They were relatively unknown until a succession of victories in dog trials by the breed increased its popularity.  Following recognition by The Kennel Club in 1902, the breed gained the modern name of Welsh Springer Spaniel.  The breed's coat only comes in a single colour combination of white with red markings, usually in a piebald pattern.  Loyal and affectionate, they can become very attached to family members and are wary of strangers.  Health conditions are limited to those common among many breeds of dog, although they are affected more than average by hip dysplasia and some eye conditions.  They are a working dog, bred for hunting, and while not as rare as some varieties of spaniel, they are rarer than the more widely known English Springer Spaniel with which they are sometimes confused.
Title: Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee
Passage: Ch.  Clussexx Three D Grinchy Glee (December 1, 1998-September 25, 2012), also known as Stump, was a 50 lb.  male Sussex Spaniel from Houston, Texas, who was named the 2009 Best In Show winner at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.  Stump is the first of his breed to be awarded that honor and, at 10 years old, the oldest to win the prize.
Title: West Siberian Glacial Lake
Passage: The West Siberian Glacial Lake, also known as West Siberian Lake or Mansiyskoe Lake (Russian: Мансийское озеро ), was a periglacial lake formed when the Arctic Ocean outlets for each of the Ob and Yenisei rivers were blocked by the Barents-Kara Ice Sheet during the Weichselian Glaciation, approximately 80,000 years ago.  At its maximum extent the lake's surface area was more than twice that of the present-day Caspian Sea.
Title: Kem (Yenisei)
Passage: Kem (Russian: Кемь ) is a river in Siberian in Russian Krasnoyarsk Krai.  It is a left bank tributary of the Yenisei River.  The name of the River Kem comes from the ancient word "kem" or "hem" that has a meaning of "great river".  This toponymy is very popular and widespread from Siberia up to the Karelia and Finland.  The river flows across the West Siberian Plain through the districts of Bolshemurtinsky, Kazachinsky, Pirovsky, and Yeniseysky District before discharging into the Yenisei River close to the town of Yeniseysk at 2045 kilometers before the mouth.  The River Kem is 356 kilometres (221 miles) long.  The Kem River basin covers a total area of 8,940 square kilometres (3,452 square miles).  The most important tributaries of the River Kem are Tiya (Russian: Тыя ) at the 97 kilometer from the mouth and Belaya (Russian: Белая ) at the 115 kilometer from the mouth.  Both major tributaries are on the left side.  Source of the River Kem is located in Bolshemurtinsky District where it originate as a small creek in the East Siberian taiga.  Due to the tributary rivers, towards the mouth river reaches 45 meters of width.
Title: Sussex Spaniel
Passage: The Sussex Spaniel is a breed of dog developed in Sussex in southern England.  It is a low, compact spaniel and is similar in appearance to the Clumber Spaniel.  They can be slow-paced, but can have a clownish and energetic temperament.  They suffer from health conditions common to spaniels and some large dogs, as well as a specific range of heart conditions and spinal disc herniation.
Title: East Siberian Laika
Passage: The East Siberian Laika (Vostotchno-Sibirskaia Laika) is a Russian breed of dog of spitz type, a hunting dog originating in parts of Siberia east of the Yenisei River.
Title: West Siberian Laika
Passage: The West Siberian Laika or "WSL", is a breed of hunting dog and a breed of spitz type.  Russian publications indicate that the term West Siberian Laika loosely applied to hunting dogs originating with the Mansi and Khanty people in Ural and West Siberia, but there were no standards or registrations of WSL as such until 1930.  Then WWll disrupted it for a while, but "systematic breeding with registrations" resumed after the war ended, in 1946.  This was the time the breed began taking modern shape.  Before that hunters only knew of Mansi Laika and Khanty Laika.  In early 1960 many hunters in Ural still preferred the term Mansi Laika, when speaking of West Siberian Laika.  In Russian language, the term Laika originated from the word "layat" that means to bark.  The word Laika simply means "barker".  Any hunting Laika is a bark pointer (pointing at animal of interest by barking and staying with the animal ).  It is a versatile dog depending on use and environment, but in certain parts of the country they have become more specialized.
West Siberian Laika Sussex Spaniel