Sprocker Spaniel. Sprocker Spaniel Dog Complete Owners Manual. Sprocker Spaniel book for care, costs, feeding, grooming, health and training.

By George Hoppendale and Asia Moore

Written by a dog whisperer, The Sprocker Spaniel Complete Owner's Manual has the answers you may need when researching this hard-working hunting dog.

Learn about the Sprocker Spaniel and find out whether or not this energetic people-oriented spaniel will be the best choice for you and your family.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: IMB Publishing
• Release date: Aug 18, 2017
• ISBN: 9781912057221

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About the Authors

George Hoppendale is an experienced writer and a true animal lover. He enjoys writing animal books and advising others how to take care of their animals to give them a happy home.

Asia Moore is an animal lover, professional Dog Whisperer, Cynologist, and experienced Author who has written more than 80 breed specific books.

Asia lives on Vancouver Island, off the west coast of British Columbia, in Canada, and believes that with the right training, all humans and dogs can live together in harmony.

She and her dog whispering detective team, which includes an 9-year-old Shih Tzu named Boris, train humans and rehabilitate canines by teaching dog psychology to human guardians, in order to prevent or help alleviate problem behaviors that arise through common as well as unusual misunderstandings between humans and their canine counterparts so that everyone can live a happy and stress-free life together.

Visit Asia and her dog whispering team online at:

www.K-9SuperHeroesDogWhispering.com

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Chapter 1: Introduction

It’s important to gather as much information as possible before you take the plunge to share your home with a furry friend.

The Sprocker Spaniel Dog Complete Owner’s Manual will answer the questions you may have when researching this active hybrid canine. If you are considering sharing your home with the friendly and intelligent Springer Spaniel/Cocker Spaniel mixed breed, this Manual is for you.

Learn all about this medium-sized spaniel, including facts and secrets about both breeds, and how to care for every stage of the Sprocker Spaniel’s life.

This book contains all the information you need, from choosing a breeder and finding the perfect puppy to how to care for an aging dog.

In addition, you will learn about transitioning through house breaking, adolescence, daily care, health problem inherent in each parent breed, feeding, grooming, training, first commands and hand signals and end of life, so that you can make an educated decision when deciding whether or not the water loving, energetic Sprocker Spaniel dog is the right breed for you and your family.

As well, this manual contains valuable information, tips and tricks that can easily be applied to any breed of canine.

Chapter 2: The Sprocker Spaniel Hybrid

The Sprocker Spaniel is a medium-sized, mixed breed canine that could be classified as a highly energetic Sporting family pet.

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This dog is a cross between the Springer Spaniel and the Cocker Spaniel, where one parent is classified as a purebred Sporting Springer Spaniel and the other parent is classified as a purebred Working Cocker Spaniel.

As both the Springer Spaniel and the Cocker Spaniel are medium-sized hunting dogs, the crossing of these two purebreds should result in a medium-sized Sprocker Spaniel.

When two purebred canines are bred together, in the past they were simply referred to as mutts. Now, when two separate breeds are intentionally crossed or mixed together, they are often referred to as designer or hybrid dogs.

However, in the case of this particular pairing, there is some controversy with respect to whether or not the Sprocker Spaniel can be truly considered a hybrid and we will talk more about that later.

The most obvious mark of a designer or hybrid dog' is that the resulting puppies are named with what is referred to as a portmanteau word, which is a word that is a combination of two or more words, syllables or sounds that have been taken from the names of the two or more purebred parents, that becomes the new name of the designer breed.

The term hybrid or designer dog began during the late 20th century, when breeders first began to intentionally mix Poodles with other types of purebred canines with the intent of creating offspring that would retain the hypoallergenic Poodle coat, as well as traits considered desirable from other popular breeds.

Therefore, in order to better understand this hybrid dog, we need to first consider the traits of both breeds separately.

Although cross breed dogs are not recognized by purebred registries, such as the American Kennel Club (AKC), they are recognized by the International Designer Canine Registry (ICDR), where the Sprocker Spaniel designer dog is generally considered to be a medium-sized working companion breed.

When purchasing a hybrid or designer breed canine, you need to keep in mind that while purebred dogs have been carefully bred for many generations to be recognizable by their consistently uniform look, size and temperament, puppies that are produced from combining one breed with another, such as in the case of the Springer Spaniel and Cocker Spaniel, may not inherit the same consistent traits from the breeding parents.

This means that puppies born in the same litter can have an appearance that is remarkably different from each of their other siblings, and it can also mean that each litter produced by this type of pairing may be entirely unique.

The Sprocker Spaniel hybrid can take on more of the physical appearance and traits of the Springer Spaniel parent or more of the physical appearance and traits of the Cocker Spaniel parent.

No matter which side of the parenting combination the puppies take after, the Sprocker Spaniel will definitely be a high energy, intelligent dog who will love to spend much time outdoors running, playing or engaging in a canine sport, and will excel at whatever activity their guardian has the time to teach.

1. Springer Spaniel

The intelligent and athletic Springer Spaniel is an affectionate, easy-going, medium-sized purebred canine with beautiful coat markings that is a member of the Gun dog category.

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The Springer Spaniel is an obedient, friendly and hard-working sporting dog that can also be an energetic, playful family companion.

On average, the Springer Spaniel stands between 17 and 20 inches (43 and 51 centimeters) at the shoulder and can weigh between 35 and 55 pounds (16 and 25 kilograms).

This intelligent, cheerful and affectionate dog needs plenty of daily exercise to keep them happy and healthy and they will thrive on being close to their family in combination with plenty of socialization and positive training to keep their intelligent minds occupied.

If you want to hunt with your dog, even though the Springer Spaniel is a born hunting companion, they will still require training so that this dog that is named for their ability to spring birds from their hiding places in bushes can be as effective as possible.

This dog is also an excellent retriever both on both land and in the water swimming after downed waterfowl, and on land they are commonly used to hunt grouse, pheasant and partridge.

It is often said that Scottish hero, William Wallace owned a devoted Springer Spaniel named Merlin MacDonald and the popular Springer Spaniel has also had a term in office at the White House as George H.W. Bush's dog, Millie.

Interestingly, at one time, up until the early 20th century, Springer Spaniels and Cocker Spaniels were often born in the same litter, with the Cockers being the smaller puppies.

In the show ring, the Springer Spaniel is a larger dog with longer ears than their working counterparts who are, because of their superior sense of smell, often used as by the military and police as detection dogs to sniff out drugs, bombs, cadavers and more.

For instance, a UK military detection Springer Spaniel named Buster served five tours of duty in Iraq, Bosnia and Afghanistan, sniffing out explosive and arms to save many lives, earning him the canine Dickin Medal.

The English Kennel Club recognized the Springer Spaniel as a separate registered breed in 1902, with the American Kennel Club following suit in 1910 and according to 2015 registrations, the Springer Spaniel holds the #28 position in popularity amongst the 179 registered breeds.

2. Cocker Spaniel

The highly intelligent and athletic Cocker Spaniel is a hardy, medium-sized purebred canine that is a member of the Sporting dog category.

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While they look slightly different from one another, the Cocker Spaniel (Cocker) is a name given to both the American and the English Cocker Spaniel.

The Cocker Spaniel was first bred as a hunting dog in the UK where they were named after their superior ability in hunting the Eurasian Woodcock, which is a medium-sized wading bird with a long probing beak.

While both are called Cocker Spaniels, when the breed was brought to the United States in the early part of the 20th century, several physical changes were bred into the American Cocker to help the breed excel at hunting the American Woodcock, which is a smaller shore bird.

Now, while both are closely related and both are called Cockers, the appearance between the American and the English Cocker Spaniel is distinctly different, and for the purposes of this book, we will be referring to the English Cocker Spaniel, with their larger size, and a longer muzzle and ears, that sets them apart from their American cousins.

While the first spaniel arrived in the United States aboard the Mayflower in the year 1620, it was not until 1878 that this medium-sized dog was registered with the American Kennel Club, with the slightly larger English Cocker Spaniel being recognized as a breed separate from the American Cocker Spaniel in 1946.

Cocker Spaniel approved breed colors are many, with more than 18 colors that may be solid or include ticked, white and tan markings, such as black, black and white, black and tan, blue roan, tan and blue roan, liver and tan, liver and white, lemon roan, golden, red, red roan, orange and white, orange roan, sable, sable and white, and sable and tan.

This dog is built for speed and endurance, with a sturdy, compact body, short tail, long ears, and silky medium long length flat coat.

The Cocker Spaniel coat will moderately shed and they will require regular brushing at least several times every week, as well as clipping or trimming every few months, in order to keep their coats in good condition and free of mats and debris.

This is a sensitive dog that will usually have a distinctively doggy smell about them and if not trained properly may suffer from separation anxiety, which can lead to them becoming loud barkers.

This is a dog that is eager and willing to be trained and must never be treated harshly as they may become very nervous and frightened which can cause them to act defensively and fight back.

An English Cocker Spaniel stands between 15 and 16 inches (38 and 41 centimeters) at the shoulder and can weigh on average between 29 and 32 pounds (13 and 14.5 kilograms).

The water-loving Cocker Spaniel is athletic, energetic, playful and most usually friendly to everyone, including all ages of children.

While the Cocker Spaniel is an extremely enthusiastic, intelligent, easy to train dog with a large personality, that can be high energy, they are usually gentle around children and older people.

This is a highly alert and enthusiastic dog that enjoys activity of any sort and can excel in canine sports such as Agility and Obedience, Flyball, Water Retrieving or Dock Diving.

When combined with their naturally active nature, this furry companion will require plenty of physical to prevent them from becoming overweight, as well as continued mental stimulation, involving long walks, runs or swimming, as well as games and other types of training so that they do not become bored and develop unwanted behaviors, such as chewing anything they can find or barking and whining.

The Cocker Spaniel is a friend to all with enough energy and enthusiasm to run and play fetch or swim for hours every day.

If this intelligent dog does not receive plenty of daily exercise, beyond just a sedate walk around the block, they will become overweight, and extremely bored, which can lead to destructive behavior.

This is a dog that is eager to please and although rambunctious, when training begins early in their life, will be easy to train.

This is a dog that will love to go running or jogging and hiking with their guardians and if there is a body of water nearby, you will have difficulty keeping them out of it.

The American Cocker Spaniel, smallest of the sporting class of dogs, remains popular worldwide, ranking #30 out of 179 registered American Kennel Club breeds, while the English Cocker Spaniel holds the #61 position in popularity.

3. History/Origin of the Sprocker Spaniel

While determining true origin of a specific breed or cross breed of canine is always met with a certain degree of controversy and many different theories about who was the first, it is highly likely that the first pairing of the Springer Spaniel with the Cocker Spaniel took place somewhere in the Scottish highlands.

As both Springer Spaniels and Cocker Spaniels have likely been bred together by gamekeepers in order to produce versatile working dogs that were proficient at pointing, hunting and retrieving birds and smaller game ever since both breeds came into existence, where both puppies often appeared in one litter, and both parents are spaniels, herein lies the controversy about whether or not the Sprocker can actually be considered a hybrid canine.

Whether the first Sprocker litter came into existence accidentally or on purpose, it is fairly clear that the trend of combining these two spaniels has since been initiated with a view to creating a dog that would combine the best field qualities of both dogs. It is very likely that this occurred on the large Scottish estates where hunting, flushing and retrieving dogs that were proficient at working over a wide variety of ground and in the water, were in high demand.

Whatever the true history of the Sprocker Spaniel, it is only within the last 20 years that their popularity has increased enough that they have actually become known as Sprockers because these popular dogs have found their way into many more homes as both working dogs and favored family companions.

When considering the Sprocker Spaniel, you need to keep in mind that both of these purebred dogs are highly active working breeds, which means that the resulting Sprocker Spaniel litters will really be two active hunting dogs in one body.

While the Sprocker Spaniel will usually be a loving, affectionate, sweet natured and playful companion inside the home, that will follow you everywhere, depending on the particular dog, the focused retrieving, hunting and hard-working heritage of either parent may take over when they get outside and see birds, rabbits, cats or rodents to chase or wide open spaces to explore.

There is no doubt that the melding of the Springer Spaniel with the genes of the Cocker Spaniel has produced a friendly, energetic and highly intelligent dog that will enjoy plenty of daily exercise.

As with any hybrid canine, while it is always the hope that the resulting puppies will take on the best traits of both breeds, it would be prudent to keep in mind that it is also entirely possible that they could take on some of the less appealing traits of both breeds.

4. Sprocker Spaniel Secrets

The name Sprocker Spaniel is a meshing together of the Spr of the Springer Spaniel breed with the ocker of the Cocker Spaniel breed to make up this unusual hybrid dog name.

Before 1901, the only thing separating the smaller Cocker Spaniel breed from the larger Springer Spaniel was weight.

Due to this dog’s popularity, even breeders producing Springer Spaniels and Cocker Spaniels have begun to produce litters by mixing these two spaniels together.

As a result of the current craze for designer or hybrid canines these days, it is often assumed that the Sprocker Spaniel is also a designer dog. Although the Sprocker Spaniel is certainly both talented, beautiful and possessing the friendly nature of most spaniels, I would agree that the Sprocker Spaniel does not correctly fit into the designer gene pool as they have been in existence since the time of the original land spaniels.

The Sprocker Spaniel is very likely going to be a dog that loves to swim and run, so keep this in mind when considering the types of exercise you might like to engage in with your dog. For instance, do you have a bicycle or live near a body of water?

Now, before we get any further into this book, it’s important that you please understand that much of the content written in this book can be applied to EVERY dog, because when it comes right down to it, a dog is a dog no matter what size, shape, colour, price tag or fancy purebred or hybrid name we humans might ascribe to them.

Every dog has a uniquely wonderful set of gifts to share with their human counterparts, if only us humans would listen.

They tell us when they are unhappy, when they are bored, when they are under-exercised, yet often we do not pay attention, or we just think they are being badly behaved.

Many humans today are deciding to have dogs, instead of children, and then attempting to manipulate their dogs into being small (or large) fur children. This is having a seriously detrimental effect upon the health and behaviour of our canine companions.

In order to be the best guardians for our dogs, we humans need to have a better understanding of what our dogs need from us, rather than what we need from them, so that they can live in safety and harmony within our human environment.

Sadly, many of us humans are not well equipped to give our dogs what they really need and that is why there

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