is there much of a difference between working and show re:exercise?

[Sheryl]

Mine zig zig constantly and never stop moving whereas the show cockers seem much more sane

Lyla who is my 2 year old show cocker does this all the time.  In fact she doesn't just zig zag, she does the complete stop dead right and left angle turns too  She does it the minute she gets outside in the garden until we have to drag her in or she would stay out running around all day.  I think she would give some workers a run for their money in the energy stakes but I really do feel she is an exception to the rule!

[Sarah1985]

I have 2 working cockers and it sounds like you got very unlucky in getting such an energetic working cocker.

not unlucky - this imho is quite normal for a working bred dog - I think less active workers are more the exception 

I must have got very lucky then i have two.  Or maybe I read too many horror storys and was expecting much worse than i got.

 

[Chocolatecoco]

My girls are active however we do our four fields and a sniff in the woods which takes up to 2 hours and includes them running around like mad hatters in circles over the open grass fields where we take them. I am sure the farmer would think he had crop circles if he was able to look down from a high view lol. I try and do that at least 1 a day, twice if the girls needed it. However i do take them everywhere i go with me in the car or by foot. So they probably get more. At home i find a pigs ear after arriving home helps to calm them down. I am going to my dads tonight and my girls will come with me and give grandad a run for his money lol.

[lovingdogs78]

Thankyou soo much for all your replies! I've thought long and hard about this for months and i've now decided I will be getting a show cocker.  Your replies and the posts on this forum have really helped. Ok, i understand some show cockers are more hyper than others but thats fine as i live in a rural area, lots of walks etc. I think with my working cocker, she needed a job! I wasn't enough, but for a show cocker i think i could offer a good home!

 Infact i have already spoke to a lady with a litter and one pup is available. some of the people on her list wanted a dog but the litter were all bitches! I had decided to ring a few breeders about their dogs etc and couldn't believe it when one had a puppy available! They are only 3 weeks old at the moment and im gona visit next week. I feel all nervous about the whole thing now lol.

[Karma]

Great news... sounds like it was meant to be!