Does anyone have a Cocker and take it running???
We’ve a Cocker and Springer, both working breed.
The Springer is stronger and faster, but the Cocker has more stamina.
They will both roam, but the Cocker stays within eye-contact whereas the Springer goes to voice-contact. Both come back to find out why I’m not going faster (on the climbs).
I’d say a Working Cocker would suit you.
Its the ones that take them biking that scare me. Doubt they’ll kill them but joint problems may be an issue. People dont seem to realise a lot of these working dogs get worn out and pensioned off (or worse) very early.
Sorry, but that is what they are bred for – working.
If you saw my Springer charging through undergrowth/copses after rabbits/deer/shadows/smells etc on his own accord, you’d realise that it is in their blood.
As Guy Martin says, “they aren’t here for a long time – but for a good time”.