My husband and I have recently had to say goodbye to our beloved orange roan cocker, Barley. We miss her desparately and still cannot believe she's gone. It all happened within a week, following kidney failure. I had been touring websites, just enjoying looking at other cockers, when I came across a Link to your website. It was lovely reading all the entries and knowing there are lots of fellow 'cocker mad' people out there.
Barley was our second cocker, we had Honey (a golden cocker) for an incredible 17 years, so we've had a cocker in the house for 22 years. Thankfully, when we lost Honey we still had Barley so the house wasn't quite so empty. Now Barley has gone we are finding it very hard to come to terms with the loss and are desparate to have that 'cocker feeling' in the home again. Barley was always with me, whether I was in the kitchen cooking (she loved her food!), sitting watching TV, with her sprawled across me, or, curled up next to us on our bed during a weekend 'lie in'. You never had to look for Barley she was always there and always happy to be around you. Her tail never stopped!!!!We miss her terribly.
We are both in our 50's and live in Bristol. We have a semi detached house with a very large garden. We both work full time. However, my husband is a shift worker and is more often home than not. He also has 2 weeks leave every 8 weeks (lucky or what?). I work Flexi-time and start early (by choice) 7.30 and equally finish early 3pm, with the added bonus of flexibility of taking half days (morning or afternoon) when I like. We have a cat, who is used to cockers and their ways!
We are very interested in any information regarding giving a home to any unwanted cocker(s) and saw your entries in July and August about several pairs of dogs needing new homes. I'm sure these have all found new homes, but any new information would be wonderful.
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