A well-bred Cocker is a sight to behold!  A balance of loving temperament, correct conformation, and overall good health is important to the breed's success in the conformation ring, obedience ring, in the field, or as a family pet.   When planning a breeding, mates are carefully selected  by evaluating their conformational strengths/weaknesses, temperament, health, and pedigree to ensure the offspring are as good or better than their parents.   Our goal is to produce puppies with the qualities to win in the ring (showing a dog is the fun part!).  But, not every puppy qualifies as a show dog.  Typically, we have one litter a year, but in every litter there will be puppies available to pet/family homes on a spay/neuter contract with limited AKC registration.   Puppies are extensively socialized from birth and  prepared for a lifetime of grooming with nail trims starting at 1 - 2 wks., baths/haircuts/grooming table experience starting at 4 - 5 wks., and they are given opportunities to meet our big dogs and our cat.  They are exposed to typical household sounds starting at 3 wks. when their ears open and they are provided opportunities to walk on different surfaces/textures.  Early socialization with positive experiences is critical to a puppy's emotional development and should continue even after the puppy enters it's new home, whether it be a show or pet home.   For more info on socializing a puppy and deciding if this is the right breed for your family, go to the INSIGHT/BUYING page.   To better understand the extensive grooming necessary for this breed, visit the GROOMING page.  At times we may have a retired, adult, champion show dog (male/female) for sale to a pet/family home.  Champion stud service is also available - see CONNER's page.  Below are examples of the colors we breed (we do not have parti-colors):  

Annual CERF eye exams, OFA hip, and OFA patella (knee) certifications are done on all breeding stock.  New owners receive a sales contract/health guarantee, vaccine/deworming record, breeder-certified pedigree, copies of current eye/hip/knee testing on parents, spay/neuter agreement (when applicable), and AKC registration (registration will be marked 'limited' for puppies/adults sold with a spay/neuter agreement). 

I'm happy to answer questions for newcomers to the breed as well as provide support to new owners long after they've acquired their Cocker puppy/adult.   With my past experience as a Dog Training Instructor and currently as a Certified Dog Groomer, I will do my best to provide assistance with issues of basic training, potty training, socializing, grooming, etc.  Please address all inquiries to the e-mail or phone numbers below.   

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