Am collecting my black and tan "show type" pup on Thursday and the breeder has warned me about the question other dog owners will ask, "Hasn't that Rottie got long ears?"
and the question other cocker owners will ask "Didn't know you could get black and tan cockers" (obviously cocker owners who don't read up on the breed
).
Talking about owners that don't read up, I bumped into a lady today who had a beautiful black working cocker and got talking as I commented on how gorgeous she was. She said "she's a cocker spaniel", so I said, oh yes, I know, I have one at home myself and am getting another pup on Thursday, but mine are the show type". She replied "what do you mean, are there different types", so I said "yes, and yours is definetly the working type". She was absolutely clueless
She then began to complain about how much exercise the dog seemed to need - I felt like telling her that if she had bothered to read up on the breed beforehand she would have known.
It gets me how people can own a breed of dog and not even pick up a book or bother to find out a bit about it. Should have told her to come on here