thank you for all your messages Alfie goes training once a week for obedience training, he is my first cocker, I got Alfie for my 60th birthday, and love him to bits but thought long and hard before getting him, and I didn't know there were different types of cockers, I had a black lab who died of old age so years ago, myself and my husband are home with Alfie all day, (my husband is wheelchair bound) we have young grandchildren who see Alfie quite a lot (my granddaughter see's him most days) My daughter has a jack Russell 1yrs old so we go over the field every day for about 1hr where they play and run about together off the lead, we have done this since Alfie was twelve weeks old and they love each other, but Alfie also has 4-5 other walks per day each on lasting approximately 20-30 mins this is with just me and Alfie some times my husband comes as well, I will try ans put some photo;s of Alfie tomorrow,