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THE COCKER SPANIEL 



HIS admirers say that the cocker spaniel 

 is the most refined, the most sub- 

 tle of all dogs, says a writer in the Youth's 

 Companion, and the most dependent on 

 his master or mistress. Although he is 

 by nature a hunting-dog, and enjoys a 

 run through the woods better than any- 

 thing else, yet he does not care to go 

 without his human companions. Even when 

 cockers are kept on a farm, they will not 

 stray far from the house, or be gone long 

 at a time. They may dash down into the 

 hollow now and then for a brief colloquy 

 with some woodchuck or muskrat, but they 

 are soon back again. 



The cocker is not a rough-and-tumble 

 dog, not exactly a boy's dog. He is al- 

 most always kind and good with children, 

 but he needs more care and consideration 

 than the average boy is likely to give him. 

 Not that cocker spaniels are effeminate or 

 delicate ; they are essentially sporting dogs. 

 Their name was given to them because 

 they were useful in hunting woodcock, and 

 they are equally good in finding and "tree- 

 ing" partridges. They are even good fight- 

 ers ; although slow to provoke a quarrel 

 and averse to street brawls, when once en- 

 gaged in battle, they are as brave as lions. 

 Cockers are quick and supple, and make 

 good wrestlers ; and wrestling is a large 

 part of dog-fighting. 



The sensitive, high-strung temperament 

 of the cocker makes him more liable than 

 some other dogs to nervous diseases ; but 

 he is usually a healthy dog with a good 

 appetite. In fact, many cockers become too 

 fat — a condition that must be counteracted 

 by exercise, by a reduced diet, and by an 

 occasional small dose of Epsom salts taken 

 in milk. All long-haired dogs are likely 

 to have trouble with their skins if im- 

 properly fed. Avoid giving your cocker 

 too much meat, or too much corn-meal, 

 which heats the blood. 



The cocker should weigh from eighteen 

 to twenty-five pounds ,and should be a 

 compact, round, "cobby" little dog, with 

 legs of medium length, tl is highly im- 

 portant that his fore legs should be straight, 

 or nearly so ; for that gives him what is 

 called "a good front." To be strictly in 

 the fashion, both his front and his back 

 legs of medium length. It is highly im- 

 knee and hock, but not below, and he 

 should wear a coat that is wavy, not ex- 

 actly smooth, and still less curly. Large 

 dark eyes and big ears hanging low from 

 the head complete the picture. 



Most of these points, although they 

 seem to be the mere caprice of fashion, 

 are based on reason. The cocker is pri- 

 marily for use in the woods, and if he 

 were very short legged — a "crocodile 

 dog," such as was once in fashion — he 

 would not be sufficiently active. On the 

 other hand, a long-legged or long-backed 

 spaniel usually lacks endurance. The 

 wavy coat is less likely than a curly coat 

 to be caught and torn by bushes. 



The limitation of weight to twenty-five 

 pounds is merely a dog-show rule. Some 

 persons maintain that the tendency of the 

 dog-show is to refine the cocker too 

 much — to produce a spaniel somewhat 

 lacking in bone and vigor. 



There is a wide range of color. Cockers 

 are black, black and white, brown and 

 white, and red, including many shades 

 from cream color to a rich dark red. The 

 red dog usually lacks the repose and self- 

 control that characterize the parti-colored 

 cockers ; and this is not strange if it be 

 true, as some authorities declare, that the 

 red color was introduced by mingling the 

 blood of the dachshund with that of the 

 cocker. 



