As many of you know Herbie is a working x show cocker. I already had Mikey my working cocker when I got Herbie and heard of some-one locally who had a litter of cocker spaniels. Only one was left so I went to have a look. I met the grandmother, golden cocker and mother, black cocker. The mother was a working cocker x show cocker who was put with a stud dog who was a working cocker. I was so so shocked to find out that they didn't know the difference between working and show types and had a look at Herbie's pedigree. I recognised many of the names on Herbie's pedigree from Mikey's pedigree and told the person who bred (and I use that word very lightly) Herbie that he had many FTCH in his pedigree, they told me that they chose the stud dog because he looked like Herbie's mum
. They really didn't have a clue!!.
I thought about having Herbie and decided that I would take him. I could offer him a good home with my 2 other dogs and he would have a forever home with me. I didn't know if he would look like a worker or a show type and he certainly looks different but he has a fantastic temperment and I did take a risk getting him but then again I took a risk getting Ronald from a rescue center, although I paid over the odds for Herbie.
So, for those of you who said that BYB's possibly don't know that there's 2 types of cocker you are sooooo right. Herbie came from a litter of 6 and I doubt if their owners know they have a working x show which could have turned out to be a shock because Herbie has the body language of a show cocker but he's very much working cocker, not for the faint hearted
Thought I'd share my story for Jane and her new FAQ article if needed.