I am currently training Bailey at the moment for beating,I have had 3 Cockers in the past,Raisen,Badger & Murphy that have all been great beating/rough shooting, and in the case of Raisen pigeon shooting dogs.
Badger also competed in Gundog tests, he was the best trained Cocker that I have owned, having passed the advanced spaniel test at the East Midland Gundog Club, unable to trial him though as he had a fault of sometimes making a noise when on live game, which is not allowed.
Baileys is not doing too bad, didn't have him from a pup, he came to me as a rescue dog at the age of 11 months and I have no history of his parentage at all.Hope to introduce him to the gun soon.