Cocker SpanielAn excellent bird and small-game hunter, this breed is famed as one of the world's most popular breed.
Male: 15 in / 29 lbs
Female: 14in / 26 lbs
This breed was created by crossing setters and spaniels. The cocker spaniel is considered the smallest of the sporting breeds; its name comes from its superb ability to ferret out woodcocks. The sweetest in temperament and the smallest of the gun dogs, the American cocker spaniel has a short, firm body with a deep chest;shoulders that slope slightly from withers to loin; a wide distinctly domed head with clearly defined stop;long low set pendant ears, round, full brown eyes.
Famous Cockers
Lady from Lady and the Tramp
Checkers, owned by Pat Nixon and Richard Nixon
Freckles, owned by Robert Kennedy
Solomon and Sophie, pets of Oprah Winfrey
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