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Post by ukshowjumper on Jan 30, 2014 21:01:38 GMT 1
Not mine....I'm babysitting.....but how cute?! He's getting much braver!(Last time he came Jack's bark scared him and he hid). He was play wrestling with Jack (who obliged for a little while) but I didn't manage to catch any of it. Posing Why I only managed to get one nice photo! Cutie Play with me!!!! [/QUOTE]
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Post by antares on Jan 30, 2014 21:17:20 GMT 1
Gorgeous, what a sweet face
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Post by troop on Jan 30, 2014 22:21:04 GMT 1
A baby Milo
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Post by ukshowjumper on Jan 30, 2014 23:54:22 GMT 1
He's meant to be pure cocker, he's only 3 months and looking at him next to jack who is over height for a corgi I think there's springer in there! He was from a back yard breeder/puppy farmer (his mummies got slapped fingers!) but he's so cute and eager to please.
I've managed to teach him to paw and rollover but wait is taking a while for all of us!
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Post by antares on Jan 31, 2014 8:25:04 GMT 1
Looks more springer to me too, probably a springer x cocker but could be full cocker - it's hard to tell some working strain cockers from springers
She'll have her hands full I bet anyway
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Post by janwilky on Jan 31, 2014 12:19:30 GMT 1
Oh a gorgeous spanny baby, I want him!!! Looks like a sprocker to me.... I might be getting a sprocker pup in May - they've just been conceived but four of the litter are booked already
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Post by happysnail on Jan 31, 2014 12:27:33 GMT 1
He's a darling
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Post by heidi on Jan 31, 2014 22:38:23 GMT 1
TOTALLY gorgeous! Sometimes it is very hard to tell the difference between Working Cockers and Springers! Some Cockers are bigger than some Springers! I guess they all have the same ancestors in the dim distant past anyway!
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Post by janwilky on Feb 1, 2014 0:34:57 GMT 1
TOTALLY gorgeous! Sometimes it is very hard to tell the difference between Working Cockers and Springers! Some Cockers are bigger than some Springers! I guess they all have the same ancestors in the dim distant past anyway! They do, and not that dim or distant either. They were both derived from the 'land spaniel' and in the early days the only distinction between them was size. Dogs from the same litter could be called a cocker if it was small and a springer if it was bigger, on the basis of their different roles in the shoot (flushing woodcock and 'springing' bigger game respectively). I read somewhere that the first springer to win a field trial was recorded as being out of a cocker bitch - in other words it was a sprocker! Sprockers have been deliberately bred by gamekeepers and shooting people for as long as the two breeds have been distinguishable, so they're not a modern 'designer dog' by any means. Cockers and springers are mostly reasonably distinguishable but sprockers can take more after one breed than the other and it can be quite hard to tell them apart from a purebred dog sometimes. In lots of ways there's a bigger difference between show cockers and working cockers than there is between cockers, sprockers and springers But whatever his breeding, that's one seriously gorgeous puppy
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Post by jackiedo on Feb 1, 2014 10:21:43 GMT 1
they are all insane in my experience... but very loveable. my friend had a springer who was so clever. her husband used to show him an empty can of lager cup their hand over the opening and let him smell, they say "bring it on Ben" and he would sniff round go to the fridge, get a can of lager out and take it to him..... he used to also do drugs work outside clubs
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Post by Liz on Feb 1, 2014 10:30:52 GMT 1
I used to farmsit years ago and at one place I looked after 2 springers who were REALLY well named - Nutty and Fruitcake They were very lovable, though!
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Post by janwilky on Feb 1, 2014 12:59:14 GMT 1
they are all insane in my experience... but very loveable. my friend had a springer who was so clever. her husband used to show him an empty can of lager cup their hand over the opening and let him smell, they say "bring it on Ben" and he would sniff round go to the fridge, get a can of lager out and take it to him..... he used to also do drugs work outside clubs That's a great party trick Scamp (working type cocker) wasn't insane at all, he was a very laid back chap in the house but he did need a lot of exercise and mental stimulation - they are very much working dogs and they need a job. Scamp was what the shooting folk call a 'hard hunting' dog, he would go through the most impenetrable cover totally fearlessly if his nose said there was something interesting in there, and I never managed to train him to be sensible around anything with feathers. But he was the most loving, loyal and sensitive dog I've ever had and his favourite activity was a family snuggle-up on the sofa in front of the log burner. He was also a very secure and confident dog, I didn't often leave him home alone for more than a couple of hours, but if we did he was fine, or he would go off with a friend and enjoy himself knowing I'd be back for him soon enough. He usually travelled everywhere with me though, lying quietly in the passenger footwell with his eyes fixed on me as I drove. They are just fabulous dogs, I still miss him unbelievably. We might be getting a retiring working sprocker next week though
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Post by troop on Feb 1, 2014 14:09:20 GMT 1
Milo is pretty sane really ..... who is the corgi then sorry if i missed the story dont see them often anymore.
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Post by ukshowjumper on Feb 1, 2014 19:03:06 GMT 1
The corgi is mind, he was my 17th birthday present so an old man now!
We have a rotti cross bitch but she's too much for charlie puppy atm so they are meeting with her in her crate atm.
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Post by heidi on Feb 1, 2014 23:59:00 GMT 1
Janwilky, will keep my fingers crossed for you and will look forward to photo's!
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