working cockers

[kerryb 101]

Hi, saw my mates dog yesterday which he called a working cocker. He said some people think its a springer/cocker x when they see it. Its chooclate in colour and runs around like a nutcase. I am more of a terrier person myself but just wondering if anyone can shed any light if this breed is still worked. Cheers...

[Hob&Jill 258]

Theres loads down where I live

 

Good dogs too, prefer a springer myself but all the ones I seen have been good little workers

[Popgun 0]

I've allways had working cockers now on no's 5 & 6 when i got my first one you hardly saw one, lovley little buggers

full of charector not all good but there all comediames

[highlander 0]

Never had a cocker myself yet but I ahve seen alot of them cracking little dogs. We were shooting geese and ducks last year me and my mate dropped two geese and when he looked round his little cocker was gone he picked up the goose by the neck and dragged it back amazing thinking the goose was nearly the same size as the dog. I have one on my wish list.

 

Regards highlander

[jamesy 0]

ive just picked up my cocker shes 8 weeks old , and from a local shooting estate.

she will be working with a bird of prey,

and she will be used as a gun dog to...

 

cocker x springers are used a lot theses days, there called sprockers..

 

Edited August 1, 2007 by jamesy

[kerryb 101]

Cheers - thanks for the info, just checked out his papers and apparently there are a few FTCHs in his breeding including RIGFOOT TEAL, JADE OF LIVERMERE and WERNFFRWD PAWN. He's only my house mates 2 year old pet but he seems to have stacks of drive and hopefully I will be able to take him out and gets some sport with him as there's lots of land around here, do spaniels bush like terriers and catch rabbits or is it all flushing to guns and birds? Cos I am bang out of shotguns and Harris hawks ha!

[Guest little_lloyd]

We used to have a nice little black and white Cocker in the family a few years ago. Craking little dog on the farm my dad worked.

 

Sadly she died when she was about 3 from a disease i was too young to remember most of it.

[COMPO 54]

we have a cocker, not working bred but she gets stuck in, she flushes well to the gun and marks when i am ferreting, stock steady and good with the kids,

 

KerryB she doesn't tend to catch in undergrowth like terriers do, but not through lack of trying

[michaelg 0]

ive just picked up my cocker shes 8 weeks old , and from a local shooting estate.

she will be working with a bird of prey,

and she will be used as a gun dog to...

Beautiful looking pups mate, had a few cockers myself

cocker x springers are used a lot theses days, there called sprockers..

 

[michaelg 0]

ive just picked up my cocker shes 8 weeks old , and from a local shooting estate.

she will be working with a bird of prey,

and she will be used as a gun dog to...

 

cocker x springers are used a lot theses days, there called sprockers..

 

 

gorgeous looking pup mate

[jamesy 0]

thanks.

shes doing well and grown a bit..

[danielt 1]

How do you find working cockers for trainability and their working levels.

[v-max 2]

Realy quite easy from the 1 i have but it dose take more to ware down than a lab but dont be put off.The basic's is the same & mean the same.This is where so many fail with not understanding the importiance of basic training.

[mad al 146]

My Bro uses both, swears by cockers and has had a fair bit of sucess with them, him and a certain Mr. Openshaw .

Do a Google for Rytex Gun Dogs....................Al

[timdog 0]

i have a working strain cocker and she is very biddable and has been a pleasure to train!!! (still traing as it never stops), she works with my hawks and to the gun and is very steady.............would defiatly recommend one

 

here she is with my spar that i was imprinting

 

retreiving rabbits

 

not a bad out come to the day