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COCKER SPANIELS AS PETS:

A GUIDE TO SELECTION

AND BREEDING OF COCKER SPANIELS.

ILLUSTRATED BY THREE LIONS INC.

COPYRIGHT 1955 BY MADELINE MILLER

PUBLISHED BY T.F.H. PUBLICATIONS

JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY (NJ)

VINTAGE LITHOGRAPH PRINT WITH BOTH COLOR AND SEPIA TONE PHOTOS (BLACK / WHITE).

34 PAGE SOFT COVER WRAP.

STAPLE BINDING

BOOKLET DOES SHOW SOME REFERENCING AND AGE COLORATION. 

OVERALL IN GOOD CONDITION.

SOME CONTENT INCLUDES:

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

HEALTH

MALE OR FEMALE

CARE FOR PUPPY

FIRST NIGHT IN NEW HOME

FEEDING

GROOMING

BRUSHING

BATHING

THE EARS

BRONCHITIS

COMMON COLD

DISTEMPER

DIARRHOEA

CANKERS

FLEAS

WORMS

ILLNESS...

PLUS MORE

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FYI

 

Cocker Spaniel refers to two different breeds of dogs of the Spaniel dog type: the American Cocker Spaniel and the English Cocker Spaniel, both of which are commonly called simply Cocker Spaniels in their countries of origin. Cocker Spaniels were originally developed as a hunting dog in the United Kingdom, with the term "cocker" coming from their use to hunt the Eurasian Woodcock. When the breed was brought to the United States, changes were made which enabled it to specialize in hunting the American Woodcock, creating size and physical shape differences in the breed compared to its English cousin.

Spaniels were first mentioned in the 14th century by Gaston III of Foix-Bearn in his work the Livre de Chasse. The "Cocking" or "Cocker Spaniel" was first used to refer to a type of field or land spaniel in the 19th century. Prior to 1901, Cocker Spaniels were only separated from Field Spaniels and Springer Spaniels by weight. Two dogs are considered to be the foundation sires of both modern breeds, the English variety are descended from Ch. Obo, while the American breed follows in the footsteps of Obo's son, Ch. Obo II. In America, the English variety was recognized as separate from the native breed in 1946; in the UK, the American type was recognized as a separate breed in 1970. In addition, there is a second strain of English Cocker Spaniel, a working strain which is not bred to a standard but by working ability.

Both breeds share similar coat colors and health issues with a few exceptions.

While its initial origins are unknown, "spaynels" are mentioned in 14th century writings. It is commonly assumed that they originated in Spain and Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York in his 15th century work The Master of Game introduces them as "Another kind of hound there is that be called hounds for the hawk and spaniels, for their kind cometh from Spain, notwithstanding that there are many in other countries." The Master of Game was mostly an English translation of an earlier 14th century Old French work by Gaston III of Foix-Bearn entitled Livre de Chasse.

In 1801, Sydenham Edwards wrote in Cynographia Britannica that the "Land Spaniel" is divided into two types; the hawking, springing or springer and the cocking or cocker spaniel. The term "cocker" came from the dog's use in hunting Woodcock, a game bird from Wales and South West England. During the 19th century the term "cocker spaniel" was used to describe a type of small Field Spaniel, which at the time was also a general term to describe a number of different spaniel hunting breeds including the Norfolk Spaniel, Sussex Spaniel and Clumber Spaniel. While there were no Sussex Cockers or Clumber Cockers, there were dogs known as Welsh Cockers and Devonshire Cockers. The Welsh or Devonshire were considered Cockers until 1903 when they were recognized by The Kennel Club as the Welsh Springer Spaniel.

Prior to the 1870s, the only requirement for a dog to be classed as a Cocker Spaniel was that it needed to weigh less than 25 pounds (11 kg), although breeders separated the Cocker from the King Charles Spaniel which remains a smaller breed of spaniel. The maximum weight limit on the Cocker Spaniel would remain until 1901. The colors of the Devonshire and Welsh Cockers were described by John Henry Walsh under the pseudonym Stonehenge in his book The Dog in Health and Disease as being deeper a shade of liver than that of the Sussex Spaniel. Following the formation of The Kennel Club in the UK in 1873, efforts were made by breeders to record the pedigrees of Cockers and Springers. In 1892, English Cocker Spaniels and English Springer Spaniels were recognized as separate breeds by The Kennel Club.

There are two dogs which are thought to be the foundation sires of both modern breeds of Cocker Spaniels. Ch. Obo is considered to be the father of the modern English Cocker Spaniel, while his son, Ch. Obo II is considered to be the progenitor of the American Cocker Spaniel. Obo was born in 1879, at which point registration as a Cocker was still only by size and not by ancestry. He was the son of a Sussex Spaniel and a Field Spaniel. Although Obo was an English dog, Obo II was born on American shores – his mother, Ch. Pitchers Chloe II, was shipped to the United States while pregnant. Even during his lifetime, it was stated that Obo II was the sire or grandsire of nearly every prize winning Cocker in America.

 

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