Hello all!
I would like to introduce my 17 month old Mina! She is my first cocker, and my first dog in 20 years (the last was a Gordon Setter). I fell in love with cockers a couple of years ago when I and hubby regularly looked after a friend's two cocker girls, and it was then we decided that we needed to have one (or two??) of these cheeky little fur babies to brighten up our days.
Well, it has been a ride! We love her so much and she has taught us lots. We got her at 8 weeks and she went through a real bad cockerdile stage in the first months but overall I think she is calmer than most cockers (at least compared to some of the stories I read on here...) and she's really cuddly and affectionate. She would lick us both to death if she had her way (actually, I think the licking is a bit excessive – any ideas on how to curb that a little? At her worst biting stage, we taught her to lick instead and maybe it became an obsession??).
I have been reading this forum for a while now and find it so useful and reassuring. I find that most of my questions (and I have had tons of them!) have already been answered in previous posts but I will surely come to you for further advice at some stage, especially if we decide to go for number two…
Do you think Mina has both working and show cocker in her? Unfortunately she did not come from a very responsible breeder and we know almost nothing about her family history… Not sure if you can see her in my profile pic very well. I will see if I can find a way to upload a better photo
Cheers!