Right mate
General rules of Spaniels:
Once master is safetly walking behind, leave him to catch up while setting forth to explore
What's the point of having a nose if you don't use it, so poke it in everything
The world is composed of smells, some of which should be cultivated, either by inhaling or transfer onto ones coat (when of a particularly odious variety: so far decomposing eel is ahead of decomposing seal)
While jumping into water is required at all times, better to find 'interesting' water: stagnant and slime covered is much valued.
Ones coat is very useful for storing items encountered on walks: twigs, leaves, thorns.
No self respecting spaniel will return home dry, the soggier the better; but to really please the master wait until indoors before giving yourself a good shake.
There are only two modes of existence: being out and about (see above) or disguising oneself as a rug - one that can also arrange itself wherever humans want to sit.