Cocker or Springer?

[SteveB]

I have posted this before on here.
I was told the difference between a cocker and a springer is. You can tell a springer to do something a cocker you have to ask.

[dianna1]

I could inter change my Springers and Cockers and they are all very individual.  I would say that some of the dogs with countless field trial champions are more ready to go and you have to be ahead of them.  Of course I had a Springer bitch with a great pedigree who was the most wonderful dog and was born trained. Try a sprocker.

[Black Beauty & Silverfox]

Hi

I'm not experienced enough to comment other than to quote the words of a breeder when I enquired about a Springer as a pet.

[unless you want your pet doing the wall of death in your lounge several times a day, I suggest you think of something else]


Mel.

[JohnK]

Danny our springer was the best dog I have ever owned. We got him as a  6 month old rescue. He went to heaven too early, one week past his 8th birthday after a long battle with cancer. Minnie our working cocker was nuts, but now we have Dennis, our 16 week old show cocker, she has suddenly calmed down and is like a mum to him

John

[Black Beauty & Silverfox]

Danny our springer was the best dog I have ever owned. We got him as a  6 month old rescue. He went to heaven too early, one week past his 8th birthday after a long battle with cancer. Minnie our working cocker was nuts, but now we have Dennis, our 16 week old show cocker, she has suddenly calmed down and is like a mum to him

John

Hi John

When we first started our interest in dogs it was a Springer we looked at. My friend had a Springer and he said it was the best dog he ever had, but unfortunately also went to heaven early.
When I started contacted breeders and said I wanted a Springer for a pet, one suggested that my friend was very lucky and that rescue kennels were full of Springer's whose owners could not cope with the demands of the breed.


Incidently, Dennis looks a beauty.


Mel.

[JohnK]

Mel

he is! Minnie is great too, as have been all our spaniels, its more about how you bring them up. Sadly Brodie was beyond us and we only had him 5 weeks, before returning him to rescue, where he was found to have "rage" and pts.

It was so upsetting as 99% of the time he was great but that 1% of the time he got very scary and having a 4 year old granddaughter, Grace, I could not risk it.

Danny was such a softy though and Grace could do anything with him. Her and his fave was when she laid him a choccy trail of doggie choc buttons, which he used to love.

[JeffD]

I have posted this before on here.
I was told the difference between a cocker and a springer is. You can tell a springer to do something a cocker you have to ask.

Oh how very true this is, My old cocker Henry was a bit of a snob, no problem entering thick gorse for a game bird but would never go in for a rabbit, he would run around until he attracted one of the springers or terriers to bolt the rabbit then do the retrieve