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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Verdana"">THE WORKING
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</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana"">Having
owned and bred ‘show’ cocker spaniels over a period of 20 years, We would
never have imagined how much more pleasurable it could be to own a working
cocker. In fact, before we purchased our first one ‘Fudge’, (a cheeky,
handsome chocolate dog, with a striking white flash on his chest), we knew
very little about these intelligent, bright spaniels. We, like most cocker
owners, who live near an urban area, were only aware of the usual ‘show’
cocker and their American cousin.</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana"">We
have always loved the cockers, firstly because of the practical size they
come in, but also because of their appealing character, always up to a bit
of mischief, but liking nothing better than to follow their owner round
faithfully, like a shadow.</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana""> We
were first introduced to Fudge when our 7 year old bitch ‘Bessie’ died
unexpectedly after suffering a short illness. When any of our previous
cockers had died we could never bear to be without one, and would
frantically hunt for a puppy as soon as we could. It was no different when
Bessie died; we were devastated, and could not imagine the house without a
furry companion. Needless to say, it had to be another cocker. So the very
next day we began our search. After lots of phone calls up and down the
country we got in touch with a breeder who does lots of dog rescues. He
sent us some photos of the two dogs he had remaining from his latest
litter. Oh no! We did not want a dog, we wanted a bitch. After having to
let our first cocker dog go to a childless home, after he bit one of our
children, we had vowed never to have another dog, and had up until then
kept to our word. But he looked so cute, in chocolate!</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana""> A few
days later we collected our new puppy. The first obvious difference was the
length of his ears, or should I say the ‘shortness’ of his ears. His head
was much squarer and he had the most fantastic coat, that he soon became
affectionately named ‘the little bear’, especially by the children. Another
encouraging sign that we noticed the first night, was that he settled down
so quickly, we didn’t hear a peep out of him. He stayed in his basket all
night, until we all got up the next morning. It soon became apparent that
his personality was entirely different to that of all our other spaniels.
He was a happy, carefree little chap, who played when we<i> </i>wanted him
to and slept when we wanted him to.</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana""> </span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana"">Within
the following few months we had acquired another 2 working cockers, a bitch
‘Toffee’ and another dog ‘Rob’. Both of these cockers had been living with
the same owner, who due to many problems of ill health in his family was no
longer able to keep all the working dogs that he had. I have to say that I
was a little worried about taking on two slightly older puppies, but my
fears were soon forgotten. They settled in so well that we couldn’t have
asked for anything better and another benefit was that they didn’t need
house training!</span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana""> We
soon realised that these dogs all needed to be trained properly and could
see their natural instincts for retrieving showing. It seemed a shame not
to encourage them to do the work that they were bred for, especially as
they obviously enjoyed it so much. Again the searching and enquiries began,
into field work and types of training. As a first step we decided on
joining a spaniel training club. It was well organised, with lots of expert
advice, and for a small yearly fee we received 2 hours of training in
classes every few weeks. This experience laid the foundations for our new
hobby. Before I start on my assumptions of the Working Cocker here is an
article which every Working Cocker owner should read.</span></b></p>
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