My love for Cocker Spaniels started as a young child when one Christmas morning I woke to find Santa had left me an adorable little buff colored female Cocker Spaniel. I affectionately named her Teddy. How I loved that dog. She was my best friend and I loved playing with her!
As newlyweds, my husband and I got a Cocker, again a buff color, but a male this time named Luke. What a wonderful dog he was and was great with our young children. Time went on, life got busy and after we lost Luke at the age of 12 we didn't get another cocker. We eventually got two Shih Tzu, Chloe and Ali.
One night after a long day at work, I pulled into the driveway to find our son, Daniel holding a little brown bundle of fur. Yep, a chocolate Cocker Spaniel pup. I was so mad. We already had the two Shih Tzus, I was working full time, and we had young children still in grammer school. Who would have time to spend with her and train her? Life was hectic to say the least. Of course my anger didn't last. Who could resist this beautiful, little chocolate bundle? Our son did take the bulk of the responsibility and everyone pitched in to help. Dakota immediately fit right in here and she was a delight!
Then our life changed, like many families after 9-11.....our son being a United States Marine got deployed to Iraq and now she was with us all the time. Oh how she missed Daniel. She would keep going into his room looking for him and would just sit on his bed. She would lay on the top of the couch and watch out the window, waiting for him to pull in the driveway. She was definitely Daniel's dog! We all somehow got through the months of him being away and thankfully he returned home safely. What a happy day for all of us! Dakota was thrilled to see him! She would not leave his side.
Then the day came that Daniel moved out on his own and of course Dakota went with him. The house seemed so empty without the energy of a cocker. We missed them both soooo much. So that led to a new search for a cocker and how I have my current cocker crew : )
I wanted a black female cocker and found a beautiful little girl from a breeder in the Pocono Mountains. Which is one of our favorite places! What could be more perfect than getting her from there? Lexi is a joy and what energy she brought back into our home. Then three months later, I thought maybe she needed a playmate. So back to the breeder we went in search of a buff cocker, our Lily. What great friends they are. They are always together, playing, sleeping, eating...best buds : ) .
This past Fall we needed a little "Hope" in our life. I happen to go on the same breeder's website that we got the other two girls from and saw this adorable little white and buff girl. I had to go see her and of course immediately fell in love with her. She turned eight weeks old on Christmas Eve and we went to pick her up that morning. We named her Hope....that's just what we needed at that time, Hope.
Boy oh boy is she a ball of mischievous energy...lol. One day while being outside with her I noticed what nice movement she had. She had the prettiest walk I have ever seen on a cocker. I said something to my husband and he had noticed it too. That led me to start looking into showing her. What I found out was ACA (what she is registered under) does not do any shows in the north-east. That started me looking into AKC dogs shows. We attended several shows and I was very interested in pursuing this. I loved it and it sucked me right in. That brings us to our story of our precious little Sadie, which is in my very first post on the blog.
Hope and Sadie are best buddies. I love watching them play together. I am so happy that they have each other.
Everyone has a story....what's yours?
I would love to hear other people's stories of your start and love for Cocker Spaniels or any other dog. Please feel free to post your story in the comment section below.
Seems I always have a cocker in my lap when I am writing my blog....but I wouldn't have it any other way : D
As newlyweds, my husband and I got a Cocker, again a buff color, but a male this time named Luke. What a wonderful dog he was and was great with our young children. Time went on, life got busy and after we lost Luke at the age of 12 we didn't get another cocker. We eventually got two Shih Tzu, Chloe and Ali.
One night after a long day at work, I pulled into the driveway to find our son, Daniel holding a little brown bundle of fur. Yep, a chocolate Cocker Spaniel pup. I was so mad. We already had the two Shih Tzus, I was working full time, and we had young children still in grammer school. Who would have time to spend with her and train her? Life was hectic to say the least. Of course my anger didn't last. Who could resist this beautiful, little chocolate bundle? Our son did take the bulk of the responsibility and everyone pitched in to help. Dakota immediately fit right in here and she was a delight!
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| Daniel and Dakota....the dog that rekindled my love for Cocker Spaniels |
Then the day came that Daniel moved out on his own and of course Dakota went with him. The house seemed so empty without the energy of a cocker. We missed them both soooo much. So that led to a new search for a cocker and how I have my current cocker crew : )
I wanted a black female cocker and found a beautiful little girl from a breeder in the Pocono Mountains. Which is one of our favorite places! What could be more perfect than getting her from there? Lexi is a joy and what energy she brought back into our home. Then three months later, I thought maybe she needed a playmate. So back to the breeder we went in search of a buff cocker, our Lily. What great friends they are. They are always together, playing, sleeping, eating...best buds : ) .
This past Fall we needed a little "Hope" in our life. I happen to go on the same breeder's website that we got the other two girls from and saw this adorable little white and buff girl. I had to go see her and of course immediately fell in love with her. She turned eight weeks old on Christmas Eve and we went to pick her up that morning. We named her Hope....that's just what we needed at that time, Hope.
Boy oh boy is she a ball of mischievous energy...lol. One day while being outside with her I noticed what nice movement she had. She had the prettiest walk I have ever seen on a cocker. I said something to my husband and he had noticed it too. That led me to start looking into showing her. What I found out was ACA (what she is registered under) does not do any shows in the north-east. That started me looking into AKC dogs shows. We attended several shows and I was very interested in pursuing this. I loved it and it sucked me right in. That brings us to our story of our precious little Sadie, which is in my very first post on the blog.
Hope and Sadie are best buddies. I love watching them play together. I am so happy that they have each other.
Everyone has a story....what's yours?
I would love to hear other people's stories of your start and love for Cocker Spaniels or any other dog. Please feel free to post your story in the comment section below.
Seems I always have a cocker in my lap when I am writing my blog....but I wouldn't have it any other way : D
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