Thank you! They don't leave a huge amount of fur, however they do shed. I'd say Cally sheds the least out of the three of the. However if you buy a deshedding brush and groom them regularly you can minimise shedding, as you're removing the dead hair from the undercoat yourself

As someone who had 2 labradors for 15 years and now has a working cocker spaniel, there is no comparison. With the labs there were hair balls everywhere. It was always a struggle to clean them up. With the cocker we barely see any. She is regularly brushed, but so we’re the labs. Cally is absolutely adorable btw.

@@paultrewin5871 of course! I think it's also important to remember that when you get a crossbreed you can't predict characteristics in the same way you could a pedigree dog, as even within the same litter there's so much variance! So while Cally doesn't shed too much I don't know whether that's the same for her siblings or not!

Oooh exciting! Cally was actually part of an accidental litter and the family have since moved away from Devon. I found her through the Pets4Homes website though if that helps! I had an alert on for cockadors/cockerdors within a certain radius of where we're based. I think labrador crosses are becoming more and more popular at the moment, definitely look at lab cross cockers or staffies etc. if you're looking for a smaller dog. There is of course a lot of variance within litters when you cross two breeds for the first time, so another option would be to look at litters with two cockador parents, so you can see what sort of size they might be when they're fully grown. Cally is definitely a very small cockador/cockerdor, usually they're more similar in size to a springer spaniel or small labrador. However, Cally is more of a cocker spaniel size. I hope that helps!

Aww that’s so exciting, good luck! What sort of cockerdor are you getting? We don’t live in a flat anymore but Cally was about 6/7 months when we moved, so she was toilet trained in a flat. Do you have access to outdoor space/a balcony in your flat? We trained Cally to do her business in a large plastic dog bed that we lined with Astro turf to start with. There’s also Piddle Patch, which sell squares of grass for dogs to use to do their business when they live in flats. Once she was allowed outdoors on the floor because she was fully vaccinated, we then used to just take her out super regularly (every hour or so) to give her the opportunity to go. Crate training also really helped with toilet training, as you get into a routine so you can better predict when they need to go ☺️ Of course we had accidents along the way but with consistency they get there!

Yes the other two are working cocker spaniels. They have a lot of energy and enjoy being outside as much as possible! They're lovely dogs though but definitely need to be tired out both physically and mentally every day!

@@hattieeday OK thanks for that info.

We've had Cocker Spaniels for 4 dogs and 1 additional Springer. Only 1 with epilepsy.

She was a from a breeder local to us, however we found her through pets4homes. There’s also a really good Facebook group for cockerdor/spanador owners, which includes lots of breeders keeping in touch with their litters and people who have found their puppies through that group. It’s called ‘The Cockerdor Page’ ☺️

Aww how exciting! Will they be your first dog? I found Cally through pets4homes too! It's coming up to a year since we got her and I'm planning on sharing our experience in another video soon to celebrate! Is there anything in particular you'd like me to cover/share in the video?

@@hattieeday We have placed a deposit on a pup! Yes he will be our first dog. Nothing in particular to share just a general everything and things you found useful. We are calling our pup sooty

Woody is the black spaniel and Hen is the ginger spaniel ☺️

Of course but it’s useful to know what breed mixes/mutts are so you can estimate their adult size and some of their characteristics they’ll likely inherit. There’s nothing wrong with mixes in my opinion, especially with the amount of in/over breeding for ‘pure’ dogs these days ☺️

I bet you're fun at parties! Cockerdors are an incredible mix. The obsession with pedigree is strange.