Welcome to COL!
I too have an Alfie - only he's 5 months old and only half a cocker! (dad is a working cocker, mum is a terrier).
All the best with everything - and btw, toilet training IS possible in that short a space of time (or at least mostly), we did it with Alfie. I honestly put it down to the crate, and being at home with him a lot.