SC State Dog
The state dog of South Carolina is the Boykin Spaniel. The breed of Boykin Spaniel descends from hunting dogs bred in the early 20th century as a gun dog in South Carolina. The dogs had to be small enough to ride in the small boats used by hunters in the swamps. L. Whitaker Boykin (1861–1932) experimented with breeding several different breeds, and the resulting dog is named after him.
