I have come to the conclusion that Cockers aren't normal
All of the above for Salty except the peeing one
He has plenty of his own extra ones too, tho
Generally I can explain his whole attitude to my (bad) attempts to train him with the following example (I have lots more):
Pulls like a train on lead so I do the calmly stop when he pulls, and only go when he sits
What happens?
He immediate sits the instant I stop
Then he immediately pulls like a train the instant we move on
I can do this hundreds of times on each walk, every day of the year and he wont change
I have been trying for 3 1/2 years
His nose is orders of magnitude 'bigger' than his ears
Also, the following me around is lovely, but in the kitchen he was a pain, getting literally under my feet
One very stressed day, I just did not bother stumbling & jumping around trying to avoid stepping on him
He yelped pretty loudly and now is pretty quick-sharp moving out of my way in the kitchen
Probably not a 100% virtuous training method, but we are human
Here he is in the photo after stealing my sock, then being a bit peeved when I did not attempt to go get it back.
He will steal flip-flops and slip on shoes off of your feet
Love him to bits