how would i know

[claireandmartin]

sorry if this sounds really really thick but how do i know if bailey is from workers or show type cockers
either way i really dont care just out of interest she is just my pet

[Nicola]

Her breeder should have told you... or you should have known from your research on cockers and her breeder before you got her.

Do you have a copy of her pedigree? If she is a show type then some of the dogs may have the letters SHCH before their names and if she's a worker then some may have FTCH before their names. If there are both then she is a worker cross show.

[claireandmartin]

ok thanx

[JaspersMum]

Unlike Louie who's mum was very obvious worker appearance (and we knew when we went) both sides of Baileys look like all show types.

Bailey looks a lot like Louie but although Lou is 1/4 worker, he is very much like his dad, Baileys grand dad.  If you google the names in the pedigree on images you will probably find some pictures of some of the better known ones but they certainly show up on the pedigrees of a number of other well known show cockers too.

You'll see some have JW (Junior warrant?) and SH CH show Champ against a couple of the names too whereas the one part of Lous has FT CH field trials

If others want to check these are show types the pedigree for sire and dam are here

http://www.champdogs.co.uk/pedigree/litter5376.html

[PennyB]

Unlike Louie who's mum was very obvious worker appearance (and we knew when we went) both sides of Baileys look like all show types.

Bailey looks a lot like Louie but although Lou is 1/4 worker, he is very much like his dad, Baileys grand dad.  If you google the names in the pedigree on images you will probably find some pictures of some of the better known ones but they certainly show up on the pedigrees of a number of other well known show cockers too.

You'll see some have JW (Junior warrant?) and SH CH show Champ against a couple of the names too whereas the one part of Lous has FT CH field trials

If others want to check these are show types the pedigree for sire and dam are here

http://www.champdogs.co.uk/pedigree/litter5376.html

Every tme I look at that bit of champdogs its lovely to see a pic of Ruby's mum on there

[donna26]

ollie only has a few show  champs in his ped paper but they are his great grandparents and great great grandparents but nothing after that..

[Cob-Web]

ollie only has a few show  champs in his ped paper but they are his great grandparents and great great grandparents but nothing after that..

This isn't unusual more recently because cockers have become far more popular with "pet" breeders, rather than people who are breeding to improve the breed    Litters are being bred from dogs/bitches which have never been shown, and which have no recent show success in their lines