English Cocker Spaniel

Would you like to have a cheerful, eager, playful dog? You might be looking for an English Cocker Spaniel. This dog is naturally affectionate, gentle, and responsive. This breed loves to be with friends and loved ones. It is naturally enthusiastic and sweet. The English Cocker Spaniel is a wonderful pet for the family.

You have to be prepared to have a pet who loves to cling to you. Training your English Cocker Spaniel to be independent is necessary to give you some peace. This dog is naturally submissive and timid. Early training on socialization is important so it won’t get very shy.

This dog is a natural sentient intelligent easy learning, so it’s enjoyable to teach this dog. This dog is not easy to housebreak though and they love to bark to the max!

These dogs are friendly especially with children who are gentle, affable, and gentle. This breed can get along well with strangers and new faces in the neighborhood; it is also a good friend of household pets. However, it can be very possessive when it comes to its belongings.

This dog is robust and carries an athletic figure. It can be considered as gifted dog appearance and wears a dog coat silky.

This female English Cocker Spaniel can be as heavy as twenty five (25) to thirty two (32) pounds and twenty eight (28) to thirty five (35) pounds for male English Cocker Spaniel. Females can grow as much as fourteen (14) to sixteen (16) inches, and for males, it can be as long as seventeen inches.

It wears its coat silky, long, and flat. It has ears silk like framing its face. The coat can vary in color like solid red, solid liver, solid black, red, liver, blue and it has several tan markings.

Sprucing Up An English Cocker Spaniel

The grooming requirements for the English Cocker Spaniel can be high, and this dog is a medium, year round shedder, and is therefore not the best choice for those that suffer from allergies. It is important to brush his silky coat every couple of days to ensure that it does not matt, and to keep it in good condition. The coat may need to be clipped every two months.

English Cocker Spaniel grooming needs is high. This dog is a “medium shedder.” Allergic persons are not encouraged to get an English Cocker Spaniel. It is necessary to brush its silky like coat every two to three days, to avoid the coat hair from matting, and have it in great condition. It is better to have the coat clipped regularly, usually every 60 days.

It is necessary to clean the ear canals whenever necessary and dry it if it wet, to avoid the onset of dog diseases or infection.

Health, Lifespan And Lineage

This breed can live up to twelve (12) to fifteen (15) years. This is a robust dog, and can be very healthy when eating proper diet. It can have some health issues common to its breed, like: thyroid problems, seizures, allergies, cataracts, deafness, kidney problems, PRA, HD. English Cocker Spaniel puppy carries CERF and OFA certificates.

The ancestors of English Cocker Spaniel are from Wales, UK. It is instinctively a bed hunger, and has a nickname called “wood cock.” Cocker Spaniels were trained to locate birds in the thick of a grass or forest.

Quick Facts

Alias:	NA	Size:	Small
Training:	High	Grooming:	High
Shedding:	Medium	Exercise:	Daily walk
Energy:	Medium	Protection:	Effective watchdog