Cocker or Springer?

reallywitty06 · 07-22-2007, 12:22 PM

My parents bought a puppy about 2 months ago. It was called, by the breeder, a cocker spaniel. The breeder claims to have papers on her and told us that she is sending our dog's papers soon.

We assumed the pup was a cocker until we took it to be groomed. We told the groomer that we had a cocker puppy, but when we showed the dog to them they said it is a springer spaniel not a cocker spaniel. They said that they could tell by the fur on the legs.

My question is how to distinguish a cocker spaniel from a springer spaniel.

GreyhoundGirl · 07-22-2007, 02:10 PM

They're different breeds... Compare your puppy to each breeds standard and appearence.

http://www.akc.org/breeds/cocker_spaniel/index.cfm

http://www.akc.org/breeds/english_sp...niel/index.cfm

What I usually use to tell them apart is size. Springers are bigger. However, I don't know how big they'd be as a puppy.

***Cassiepeia*** · 07-22-2007, 05:39 PM

Perhaps you have an English Cocker Spaniel, they look closer to Springers than American Cocker Spaniels do and their feathering (hair on legs) is similar.
Here is the English Cocker Spaniel club of America website http://www.ecsca.org/ .

Cass.

StephanieandTeddy · 07-23-2007, 12:31 AM

Can you post a picture?

briarlow · 07-23-2007, 07:43 AM

Yeah post a picture. Many Cockers can have a fair bit of fur on them. Is it from working lines?

07-22-2007, 12:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
reallywitty06 Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	Cocker or Springer? My parents bought a puppy about 2 months ago. It was called, by the breeder, a cocker spaniel. The breeder claims to have papers on her and told us that she is sending our dog's papers soon. We assumed the pup was a cocker until we took it to be groomed. We told the groomer that we had a cocker puppy, but when we showed the dog to them they said it is a springer spaniel not a cocker spaniel. They said that they could tell by the fur on the legs. My question is how to distinguish a cocker spaniel from a springer spaniel.
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*Cassiepeia* Chihuahua Mum Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NSW, Australia Posts: 8,281 Blog Entries: 9 Rep Power: 284	Perhaps you have an English Cocker Spaniel, they look closer to Springers than American Cocker Spaniels do and their feathering (hair on legs) is similar. Here is the English Cocker Spaniel club of America website http://www.ecsca.org/ . Cass.
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GreyhoundGirl Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kuujjuaq, QC and Eastern ON Posts: 408 Rep Power: 0	They're different breeds... Compare your puppy to each breeds standard and appearence. http://www.akc.org/breeds/cocker_spaniel/index.cfm http://www.akc.org/breeds/english_sp...niel/index.cfm What I usually use to tell them apart is size. Springers are bigger. However, I don't know how big they'd be as a puppy.

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