we have a 16 month old female cocker spaniel she is wild and crazy . We have not done any training with her except house training. She stays in her crate most of the time because she's so wild and jumps on kids and scares them even though shes just playing. She loves retreiving bumpers and birds but won't deliver to hand and plays keep away some . I'm not trying to make her a hunting dog although she seems very birdy. My main ? Is can you use retreiver traing methods on cockers or is there some breed specific tricks for them and is she to far gone to be good house dog. Does anyone have any tips or info. Thanks
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we have a 16 month old female cocker spaniel she is wild and crazy . We have not done any training with her except house training. She stays in her crate most of the time because she's so wild and jumps on kids and scares them even though shes just playing. She loves retreiving bumpers and birds but won't deliver to hand and plays keep away some . I'm not trying to make her a hunting dog although she seems very birdy. My main ? Is can you use retreiver traing methods on cockers or is there some breed specific tricks for them and is she to far gone to be good house dog. Does anyone have any tips or info. Thanks
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connie cleveland's online obedience material, and get to work NOW
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I agree she's so much more calm when I throw her bumpers
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X2 on the Connie Cleveland online obedience manual.
Without a solid half-hour to hour of exercise each day, most dogs with working blood in them would be a handful. Why not make the bumper a reward for sitting, then sitting a little longer, then sitting when someone walks around him/her, then a bumper after someone reaches to pet, etc? It must start as little steps and build on the previous. You can then do the same thing for heeling work, get some "strangers" to approach and start the process again. The more work the dog gets to occupy its mind and encourage it to "think," the better off you will be.
If you'd like more info about the Connie Cleveland materials, I'll be happy to provide the link.
Good luck.
Matt
Without a solid half-hour to hour of exercise each day, most dogs with working blood in them would be a handful. Why not make the bumper a reward for sitting, then sitting a little longer, then sitting when someone walks around him/her, then a bumper after someone reaches to pet, etc? It must start as little steps and build on the previous. You can then do the same thing for heeling work, get some "strangers" to approach and start the process again. The more work the dog gets to occupy its mind and encourage it to "think," the better off you will be.
If you'd like more info about the Connie Cleveland materials, I'll be happy to provide the link.
Good luck.
Matt
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I assume you’re talking about an English (field bred) Cocker? I’ve got some experience w/ this breed & while they are extremely affectionate & lovable, they are very high energy. Keeping her in a crate most of the time borders on cruelty.
She needs a job & if your lifestyle won’t accommodate the time to give her an outlet for that energy, you should try to find a home for her that will.
Try: http://www.fieldcockers.com/forsale.html
She needs a job & if your lifestyle won’t accommodate the time to give her an outlet for that energy, you should try to find a home for her that will.
Try: http://www.fieldcockers.com/forsale.html
I agree with Dave Flint-----I have run springers and field bred cockers for years. One thing is for sure you must exercise them often, regularly, and emphasis on channeling their behavior. They are the smartest dogs I have ever trained--especially the cockers---and they do not forget much. As such whatever, and however you train them---good or bad---they will retain. Find yourself a good spaniel man (or woman) and put them in training. If you do not want to use this pup for hunting, get him in the hands of someone who will and get yourself a pet.THESE DOGS ARE FAR FROM BEING PETS. Trainers can be had at the SPANIELS IN THE FIELD site. wwwsitf.com--------Cruelty is not doing with an animal what they are bred for and LOVE to do.
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It was a cocker spaniel that got me into all this field stuff, and dogs..... she lived to be 17.5 years old. Here's the start to my tribute to her.... she helped me raise the labs, except for the last two....
I realized I was in trouble after I went to buy a book on cocker spaniels, and it indicated that you would live about 14 years….. Off to private obedience classes. And man, you were good. You would stop at every street corner, sit while I kept walking, and would come back to me on the beach in a heartbeat…. But you were still full of mischief. And, I realized I was in trouble when you went on-point at a pigeon in the park. Because your nose was bigger than you were physically, someone suggested tracking to us.
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In Self Defense… A Tribute to Patience
Susan’s Patience Katie, TD, OA, OAJ
December 12, 1989 – February 18, 2007
It has been 2 years since you left, but the writing of your tribute is no less difficult. As involved as I am in dogs the inevitable question is always, “How did you get involved in dogs?” My reply is always “self defense”, and I think of you and smile. … even though there were many times when you were growing up I was not smiling! Your antics were many: unwallpapering the bathroom- and yes, it needed it, but your schedule was way ahead of mine; jumping onto the toilet, opening the medicine chest, taking out my makeup & chewing it up… applying it to yourself in the process! And, teething on some of the finest Italian leather shoes.Susan’s Patience Katie, TD, OA, OAJ
December 12, 1989 – February 18, 2007
I realized I was in trouble after I went to buy a book on cocker spaniels, and it indicated that you would live about 14 years….. Off to private obedience classes. And man, you were good. You would stop at every street corner, sit while I kept walking, and would come back to me on the beach in a heartbeat…. But you were still full of mischief. And, I realized I was in trouble when you went on-point at a pigeon in the park. Because your nose was bigger than you were physically, someone suggested tracking to us.
Here's the rest of it.
It's not too late to train her, or else, I'd find her a new forever home. Box her up and send her to me. I've been missing mine! 
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she is real small build and black and white markings with some brown around the eyes I don't know what feild bred cockers are supposed to look like but as far as I know she's not feild bred but she does try to point .. Thanks for all the help everybody
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Mine wasn't supposed to be a field dog... but man, her instincts were second to none. A job would do her wonders!
For a dog that started out to be the "puppy from hell", she turned into a truly GREAT dog....
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