What’s in a colour

LAST SEASON,

I admired a handsome black cocker dog I met on a shoot. His owner, unaware that I make a living from writing about gundogs, proceeded to give me a short lecture on cockers. He assured me that it was a far older breed than the springer, which is debatable, then asserted that there was no point in getting a cocker that wasn’t solid black or liver, as these were the best workers, as their successes in trials had proven.

There’s no disputing the fact that solid black or liver has