Kindred presents,
Things Cocker: The breed, its health and genetics, care, activities and communities.

Especially Cockers

A breed with roots in Europe bred to flush and retrieve small game and birds in thick brush, the Cocker is the smallest of today's flushing spaniels. A long time companion, the Cocker has evolved through various heights and weights but always was the smallest of the sporting spaniels. Once again its popularity in the field is refreshing the fancy's focus on function in relation to type.

The American Cocker Spaniel, THE Cocker Spaniel, officially became a separate spaniel breed in the early part of the twentieth century. Distinguished by size and later style, the breed now is divided into three varieties, Blacks, All Solid  Colors Other than Black (ASCOB) and Parti Colors.In the United States, they are shown separately. In other countries they are often shown together as a breed.

Kindred Cockers are parti-colors in traditional Cocker colors; black and white, red and white, and black, white and tan.Other ASC recognized colors are brown and white and brown, white and tan.

A versatile dog, beautiful as well as talented, you'll find Cockers in companion dog activities like agility, flyball, tracking, and obedience, as well as the field and the ever-glamorous breed ring.

Here at Kindred, I am particularly interested in evaluating them in the breed ring, field and eventually, tracking.