RPMDAD
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Currently own 3 cockers, one is 14, years old, one is 4 and one just turned one, and have owned 6 cockers over the last 22 years had 2 when my son was born and heven't had any problems with them biting anyone. They do use chew toys and occasionall shred newspapers. They get along well with each other and everyone that comes in the house. A little protective at first but associate to strangers pretty quick. The 2 younger ones were crate trained when they were young and house trained pretty quickly, very few accidents in the house, the older one does have accidents in the house. You do have to take a little extra care of their ears due to lack of airflow. My wife had cockers before i married her and when we got married and that was my first introduction to them, had owned other breeds and mutts before meeting her and have nothing but cockers since meeting her.
RareBreed
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My mom has had cocker spaniels all my life. They are great dogs. She had 3 since I've been around and several when she was growing up. As long as you're willing to pay for grooming, they are nice dogs to have around. Not loud or hyper, atleast none of the ones I've been around. Very loyal to their family. I prefer larger dogs but if I ever decided to get a smaller dog, I would definately look for a cocker.
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ketelone
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tes218
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She is adorable! Make sure to well socialize her.
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ketelone
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Thanks! She is just a liitle sweetie. I have never had a small dog but she seems like she is going to be a lot of fun.
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jp2854
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ketelone she is a very pretty puppy. My aunt and uncle have a cocker and hes black just like your dog. He has never had a problem with kids (my aunt and uncle have 2).
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You won't regret it. I grew up with Cockers and they are the best dogs. I walked ours so much that I didn't need a leash (although I always had one on him). He knew the path we took so well, he'd just walk without hesitation.
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ketelone
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In the picture she looks black. She is really a chocolate cocker spaniel. I have heard more positive then negative about cocker spaniels so we went for it.
Oh the joys of having a puppy. It has been a while since I have had to deal with the accidents. It is nice though to only have small accidents instead of big ones since she is a smaller dog than I have ever had. Poor thing had to get a bath at 5:00 this morning because she got her "accident" all over her.
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ketelone
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My 8 year old walked her almost all day yesterday in our front yard. They were in the back yard the entire afternoon. Hershey was worn out by the time it was time for bed. And that's the way I like it.
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jp2854
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aww...when i got bruno at 7 weeks of age we took her out every 15 to 30min during the day until we went to bed which was normally around 10pm and we got up 1x during the night to take her out (about 1am) then we put her back to bed til 6 then got up with her for good for teh day and repeated the process over and over til she was about 5months old then we started getting it to where she woulld go longer and longer without bathroom breaks. Now when she has to go she just whines or jumps up on me and bites me to get my attention. (bruno is also crate trained) which is a good thing to do as they have a safe place for them to go to and also they wont have accidents where they sleep. Now bruno is 10 months old and weighs over 80lbs shes going to be a horse when all said and done.
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ketelone
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When will they stop having accidents where they sleep. She rolled in it last night while she was in her crate. This is the first time I have ever crate trained a dog.
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I thought the whole reason for crate training was because they don't go to the bathroom where they sleep.
Ours never had an accident in her crate unless she had an upset tummy. Lucky us because we have an Alaskan Malmute (over 100lbs) and her "accidents" were massive. Give Hershey time, she is probably just adjusting to her surroundings.
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ketelone
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I thought the whole reason for crate training was because they don't go to the bathroom where they sleep.
I am sure it will come with time. She may have a little bit of an upset stomach. She was on some all organic food and we switched it. We are a military family and wanted to get her on a dog food that was not just available in certain areas.
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Yep, switching food probably did it. Ours got into some yucky water in the drainage pipe in our backyard and got some sort of bacteria infection. Put a cap on the pipe and has been good to go since then. May want to try to slowly ease her onto the new food. Mix the organic stuff with the new stuff and decrease the organic food.
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ketelone
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That's what we are doing. She goes for her first check up tomorrow so I will also mention it to the vet if it continues today.
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ketelone
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Good luck at the vets tomorrow.
Thanks!