A dog thief’s dream is the Spaniel, as it’s the fashionable dog to own thanks to Will and Kate and the Beckhams. Easy to steal and command £1000s .
The number stolen in England is astonishing, never let her far out of your reach and that’s not easy as working cocker ‘stay’ and recall is dodgy to say the least, one of the harder dogs to train, their strong prey drive makes them go deaf in an instant.
They respond best to brain stimulation and take note that 20 minutes using their brain is roughly the same exercise as an hours walk, they can run all day and still want more!
You’ll be fitter than a butchers dog within a few months
PS: they should only get 5 minutes per month of age twice a day as their joints aren’t fully developed and it saves injury and arthritis when they get older. IE: 8 weeks old 10 minutes walk twice a day.
So DON’T assume you can walk it for miles from day one, and be wary of picking them up and them jumping out of your arms onto the floor, that’s a cause of many puppy injuries.
Apologies if you already know this and if it’s been said already.