English Cocker Spaniel

When I was four, my parents got our first dog. She was a cross Labrador and something else, I don’t think we ever knew what really. From then, until the time I left home, we were never without a dog at home – we progressed to Dalmatians and Boxers after the first one, and I always assumed that when I had my own home I would have a dog myself. When I left home I moved to London and had a full time job, so having a dog was not an option. I’m a firm ...
...or her own all day. I left work after having my first child, but as we were living in London, I still didn’t feel the time was right to have a dog. I always had visions of moving out to the country!! In 1997 we moved out of the city, and I started thinking about getting a dog in 1999. Although I was back at work, I worked from home, so I thought the time was right. I originally considered a Boxer as I adore them but certain events happened so I ...

Lizard_Lover 23.05.2003 · Read full review
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...has the body like the English cocker but the face and nose of a American and English Cocker. HIS NAME IS: TOROMBOLO On 30 May 2003 my husband got me a small black-and-white, 4 weeks old, Cocker spaniel. As we picked him up, he still fitted into my hand. He was so small and sweet, that it was so unbelievable. I knew that the puppies should not be taken away from the mother with that age, but the family that had the mother and puppies went back to ...
...my is a half-breed between English and American Cocker spaniel, the prognosis is certain on a longer lifetime. * Unfortunately, a Cocker usually suffers from the following illnesses: Ear inflammation: the Cocker has suspended ears, many mites and bacterias come into his ears. In snow, you must be very careful, because if his ears under-chill, he can get a even worse ear infection. I have been always very careful, and therefore my baby has not ...

Torombolina 21.02.2007 (01.03.2007) · Read full review
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I've had the good fortune of encountering two cocker spaniels in my life. One that was not with us very long, the other running the household for the past four years. The first cocker we bought was from a dog farm somewhere near Lincoln, in which the dogs were kept in small compartments in stables. The puppy we chose had a lovely black silky coat and was, what we thought, very shy. Once we got her home it became obvious to me something was wrong- ...
...We took her to the vets who told us she had a disease (the name of which escapes me) and she had gone into shock. She was put on a drip overnight and unfortunately didn't make it. We were told that the disease had probably spread over all the dogs, and that if the owner had recognised and responded to the symptoms of illness sooner, she might have lived. If I hope to achieve any persuasion from this review, it's to look carefully at the kind of establishment ...

eibee 23.04.2005 · Read full review
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It's taken 22 years but finally I have my very own dog. My parents always forbade me from getting one and to be honest they weren't that keen at 22 in my own house!). But I couldn't wait any longer and I had to get one. It wasn't easy though. You are very, very, very unlikely to find one in a rescue centre as quite simply they don't tend to cause any trouble and no-one would part with them. On a visit to my boyfriend's home town of Lincoln we went ...
...the off chance that they might have some means of finding where to get one. As it happened they had a register of breeders in the area. This was reassuring because I felt there was some kind of comeback should there, heaven forbid, be any problems. It also reassured me that they would be a 'proper' breeder not a puppy farm or anything terrible like that. We got a list of numbers, phoned them, and as fate had it the first one ticked all the boxes:- ...

al1892 14.12.2005 (01.02.2006) · Read full review
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...The breed I chose, an English cocker spaniel, seemed the right choice as I have grown up with 3 others in my time at my parent’s house. First there was Blueboy, a dark blue roan cocker, who died when I was quite young. The seconds was Barney, a white cocker with a few black patches, whose lifespan overlapped all my time at my parent’s, and whose death to cancer at the age of 13 hit me quite badly. Finally we had Dylan just as I was moving out of ...
...aged 3 years old. Needless to say I’ve had my experience with cockers while not actually owning one. But now it was my turn, and I was determined to have my own! I put myself down as a huge dog lover, and when my girlfriend and I had Murphy he was the best thing to happen to us in a long while! Purchased for the sum of £450, quite a sum for us at this time, we found it very hard to get hold of this breed. Yet the money was not an issue and I remembered ...

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Once you have had a cocker you'll have them forever, they're sensitive, loving and anything you could wish for in a dog. She's the best friend I've ever had and is attuned to my every thought. Bess is 9 years young on the 2nd April 2007, a.k.a. this Monday, still a beautiful dog, who is always full of beans. It is very important to keep your cocker slim, Cockers tend to put on weight quickly and this can shorten their lifespan Walking, Bess requires ...
...a day but does tend to all on the lead, this is common with all Cockers. It is important to keep them fit and healthy Expenses, keeping the coats in a trimmed fashion can be very expensive, I suggest purchasing WAHL dog grooming clipper kit. With the Cocker especially all injections must be kept up to date. Grooming, I brush Bess's coat once a day and use a special comb to take out all the dead hair, this is very useful. I also like to make brushing ...

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