Does anyone have A Sprocker Spaniel?

[princessL83 10]

We have a 3yr old Sprocker (springer x cocker) called Alfie. We have had him for 2 years now but never come across any other owners in that time? We didn't know that they were so rar especially given that his temprement makes him such a perfect pet.

 

So does anybody else own a sprocker?

[Lotti 10]

doubt anyone has a sprocker as there's no such thing, someone may have a springer x cocker though...

[princessL83 10]

Well does anyone have a springer x cocker then?

[Strix 11]

I've met a few people who claim to own one or the other, but there's no way they are! We met an enormous dog claiming to be a cocker last week, but it had a smooth coat and a suspiciously staffy looking skull

 

Cockers and springers are very different in size and coat, so you may spot one in a Sheffield park, but be prepared to get short shrift if you suggest they don't have the pure bred spaniel they paid for

[princessL83 10]

No Alfie has never been a pure bred!!! We bought him from someone for £100 who didn't even ask to see where lived or ask us any questions about our suitability as a pet owner 1st. We gave them the £100 because there was just a tiny frail miserable looking dog sat scared to death in a dingy house and we knew we couldn't leave him there. He was advertised as a cocker but as soon as we saw him we knew he wasnt a cocker. It was our vet who told us he was a springer cocker cross and they are ofter called sprockers. We always refer to Alfie as a sprocker not because we think hes a pure bred but because its less of a mouthful. We don't care what breed he is we know he's a cross we still love him to bits x

[Strix 11]

Sorry Princess, I thought you were looking for other owners, and I was suggesting why you may not get many answers

 

There are people in Sheffield with a dog like yours, but they prefer to believe the person who sold them the supposed cocker or springer and get quite shirty if you say something like 'oooohhh, a Sprocker, just like mine!'

[princessL83 10]

I know owning a dog seems to be more like owning a handbag- people get quite pretencious and hung up on the breed! I love having a 'sprocker/ springer cocker x/ mutt' he's beautiful and so much fun. I just really wondered if anyone else had a dog of the same cross and how they had got on with training.

[Lotti 10]

princess, I'm sorry but the name is down to terrible breeders who deal in 'designer dogs' and it's one of those things that require my soap box

 

I shouldn't have replied in the manner I did, I apologise I was being silly. It wasn't really for your benefit but for those reading it to try and minimise the amount of people taken in by these designer dogs.

[Twirly 10]

Ozzie is a cocker but I think his mother was scared by a bear. He is so broad accross his back. I have suspisions his backbone is none exsistant. The person I got him from who was also his breeder told me the person who owned him did not give him enough to eat????? I am in the process of cutting his food intake but...could it be he is crossed with a springer?

[me-and-pippo 12]

We have a 3yr old Sprocker (springer x cocker) called Alfie. We have had him for 2 years now but never come across any other owners in that time? We didn't know that they were so rar especially given that his temprement makes him such a perfect pet.

 

So does anybody else own a sprocker?

 

What makes you think you have a sprocker, as it could be a Cockspring you own.

[princessL83 10]

Cocksprings have 5 legs and 10inch fangs

[baileys_mum 10]

I had a cocker, lovely chappy he was