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Any Cocker Spaniel owners out there?

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mabongwen · 13/03/2013 15:49

I have a make 2 year old cocker, and well he is MAD. Is anyone elses cocker mad?

He is very good with obedience and is walked about 1mile a day, however he suddenly will just start running around the dining room table barking, he rubs his ears in the carpet if they get wet. He howls at the tv sometimes

is yours as mad as mine? haha

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deleted203 · 13/03/2013 21:51

Ours is thick as a brick, unfortunately. And yes, quite mad. She's a working cocker and drives DH mad (I'm the cocker spaniel lover). DH has trained gun dogs for many years and they have all had impeccable manners and been fantastic...he has completely failed with our cocker though.

Last time he took her out he shot a duck which fell into the water. Tried to send the dog in and she hurtled in, grabbed the duck - then swam across to the other side and proceeded to bury it in the mud/reeds that were there! She then stood and looked at DH (who was going mad) and eventually he had to go miles round to cross the river to retrieve the bloody dog. He came back swearing he was never taking her out again!

PariahHairy · 13/03/2013 22:31

We had a cocker (or some kind of spaniel) in our garden the other day, it was definitely a wtf moment, looked out of the kitchen window and shouted to dp "there's a dog in the garden!"

There was a massive hole in the opposite neighbours fence, the dog had obviously spotted a weak spot and headed on straight through, the funny thing was it wasn't even their dog .

Had to walk round knocking on doors to find the owner, then she couldn't come and get it, so had catch it myself. He was totally mental, finally caught him and brought him through the house, he was wall of deathing and humping everything in sight.

Was funny though, we have wanted a dog for ages, funnily enough we decided against a spaniel after that .

FreshLeticia · 14/03/2013 20:47

as I said earlier, they are really trainable, but you have to be right on their case. At least ours mostly does the batshit crazy stuff in the house now.
happygardening your friend needs to get a whistle and do treat recall training. Seriously, or their dog will go so far away it will get itself into trouble.

AwsomeMrsFox · 14/03/2013 22:01

Loving this thread - seeing so many traits of our loopy show cocker! He is trainable, but only if he can be bothered. He's a great howler, especially when the DC have left for school or his beanbag is in the wrong shape.

My favourite 'characteristic' is his burying though. He picks up random bits of rubbish (plastic bottles, poo bags, tissues) and spends the next 5 mins looking for the perfect burial spot. On the way back he finds them all and moves them to new holes.

LizzieVereker · 14/03/2013 22:12

Thank you for this thread - our lovely cocker died last year aged 14, and I miss him such a lot. Reading about the cocker craziness has brought back many happy memories.

Our boy was bonkers as a puppy, but calmed down into a jolly "elder statesman" type. He was fab with our children. However, he never tired of murdering the squeak in squeaky toys, chasing anything you would throw. He was particularly fond of cheese, sitting upright on the sofa and "greeting" everyone, with weaving and chuntering, whether you'd been out for 5 hours or 5 minutes.

hennipenni · 14/03/2013 23:11

I have a 10 month old blue roan show boy who is affectionatly called 'the loon on the lead', he's as mad as a box of frogs on speed and often wonders about with his toy cow in his mouth making funny little noises. He likes to rub his ears and side of his face on the rug and sits up like a hoooman on the sofa. He has issues but we love him.

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mabongwen · 14/03/2013 23:15

HAHA I am loving all these stories.

Mine also seems to be on a mission to rid any squeaky toy of it's squeak Lizzie!!

Today mine decided to try ant eat the sea kept biting the waves as they frothed and then was drooling and spitting from the salt! He also decided that today recall was not something he wanted to do

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SaggyOldClothCatPuss · 15/03/2013 02:35

Mine used to go outside for a poo, then come haring in and do the wall of death round the living room. Something to do with the weight off of her mind perhaps!
She used to howl if the baby cried or the phone rang.
There wasnt a dustbin invented which she couldnt raid.
If I sat down she would jump on me and throw herself onto my chest like she couldnt bear to be parted from me!
She's gone now. God I loved that dog! although she was the biggest PITA!

Wellsey28 · 22/12/2014 15:37

I've got a golden cocker she's 8months old, mad and lovely at the same time. The thing is she pinches things, usually lego or small toys, or Christmas decorations, when I try to get them off her she can be nasty, she growls and tries to bite...I'm unsure how to stop this behaviour, any advice??

TooManyButtons · 22/12/2014 15:52

Mind spends his day alternating between lying like this, and woo-woo-wooooing at passers by . It's quite handy having a spaniel alarm though, every morning at 7 am..."Yip! Yip!"

TooManyButtons · 22/12/2014 15:56

Wellsey are you offering her a treat as a reward for giving up her "treasure"? I taught mine the command "drop it", once he realised he'd get a high value treat for giving up the piece of random plastic/cat shit/sock he had in his mouth he learned very quickly,

Wellsey28 · 22/12/2014 17:12

I'll give it a try, thanks

curiousgeorgie · 22/12/2014 17:20

My cocker is mad as a box of frogs. My mums 2 cockers have been the same.

Nothing I've ever done has made any difference!

RaspberrySnowCone · 27/12/2014 21:36

Ours is completely loopy, will play/walk for hours, still has a mad half hr even though he's now 16 months old. People are always fascinated at the energy he has but generally at home he's pretty chilled. He's currently chomping on an ice cube-his fave treat in the whole world!

phlebasconsidered · 29/12/2014 16:11

I have a cocker / lab cross. He is batshit AND greedy.

Ladyofthehouse · 29/12/2014 16:19

We have a 5 year old working cocker and yep she is crazy!! Most annoying thing is she has to bring us something every time she comes to us.....at the moment it is a bauble off the christmas tree but normally one of the kids slippers! I spend ages just picking stuff up after her!

She also has to be between us and the cupboards when we are cooking!

But I love it when she just runs around like a nutter! She hurt her back in the summer and we couldn't walk her for 10 days and then only on the lead with no ball throwing! She used to give us the most pitiful looks!

TheFantasticMrsFox · 30/12/2014 13:49

I have two working cockers, their energy levels are intolerable quite high, particularly at this point in the season when they are super fit.
In the house though they are generally quite chilled, which is some comfort I suppose :o

Twooter · 01/01/2015 23:22

Lady - our working cocker is the same. He gets quite anxious if he can't find anything to bring you and will start jumping up at the table desperately trying to find anything. Another mad gorgeous naughty dog..

TiedUpWithString · 03/01/2015 17:55

Is anyone's cocker food obsessed?

Liberated71 · 03/01/2015 17:58

My 12 year old golden cocker is mad as a box of frogs but I love her to bits. Her idiosyncrasies are what make her so special

starshaker · 03/01/2015 18:19

We have 2. A 2 year old golden boy and a black bitch puppy. They are nuts. She likes to hang off his ears and bite his bits and he likes to stand on her head and steal her toys. They are also best friends

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