cockers or springers

[biglee 1 3]

whats ur opinion on them for beating and picking up which is better ive got a cocker pup cumming on the 23 of agust never had 1 before just had springers also havent got a name for it yet so any help with that aswell thanks in advance lee

[Lloyd90 509]

whats ur opinion on them for beating and picking up which is better ive got a cocker pup cumming on the 23 of agust never had 1 before just had springers also havent got a name for it yet so any help with that aswell thanks in advance lee

 

 

If you have a cocker coming then why ask if you should get a cocker or a springer ?? Both dogs are great gundogs, just depends on the trainer!

[Dan Newcombe 58]

1st thing i would do is discount anyone that says one is better than the other.

 

2nd thing would be to ignore people who say that training a cocker is different to a springer. Same principle and exercises apply to both breeds but you have to tailor the approcah to the individual dog.

 

Get Joe Irvings book on spaniels, i find it very useful

 

Good Luck

[anthonytomo 8]

ive always had springers so i couldnt say

[Lab 10,979]

Having labs' myself i would never consider a springer/ cocker for picking up. I know people do but i like to work big strong labs for speed and stamina. Last year was a prime example in the deep snow why a lab would be better than a shorter legged dog like springer/cocker.

For beating i would say the springer and cocker are much the same and it is down to preferance of what you like to look at rather than working abilities. I do like the really small cockers as they can get anywhere and stock fencing they can just go through instead of hanging on some barb