How is this possible, my American Cocker turns out to be an English cocker????

Question

He was sold to me as an American Cocker. Now that he's 6 months old he looks nothing like an American Cocker. He has a longer and narrower nose and his tail is about 1 inch long. I looked on the internet and he is exactly like an English Cocker....How is this possible??

Answer 1

If it came from a store the papers may have been mixed up.
If it came from a back yard breeder or pet breeder the sire may not be the sire, they may have more than one type and you could have gotten papers on one and a pup from another, the parents could be of questionable ancestry and even if they LOOK full blood they could have mix in them which DOES eventually pop out in future generations. If the pup is AKC you can have a dna test done to prove parents, if its one of the paper registries your SOL most of them exist because shady people do not want their dogs DNA' or can not prove ancestry. Your pup could simply be pet quality how far from standard it is depends on the parents and thier quality. Were they shown or titled? Puppies only have the gene pool the parents have, if you breed pet quality a few generations they become further and further from the standard. Even if parents were very nice show dogs, they still carry recessive genes that can combine to make less than perfect pups, good breeders reduce the odds by reducing the gene pool to dogs who show no faults themselves.

All papers are is proof of ancestry, if it is with a reputable registry it should be proof the dog is full blood (AKC in the us CKC in canada) if it is a registry where you send in a photo and 2 witness statements saying it 'looks full blood' and they register it like APR, APRI and countless others, well you can figure out how reliable those statements are. What you see is not always what you get, its called recessive genes.

Love your pup, have it fixed and dont worry about papers unless its AKC other registries do not have the remidies AKC does, and if it is AKC you have to pay to have the pup and both parents DNA tested which only proves they are the parents, DNA does not prove breed purity dispite the common misconception that it does.

You got the puppy to love, so love it, fix it to protect its health and live and learn.

Answer 2

Don't suppose you have papers or anything showing the breeds of the parents do you?????? If the parents were American Cockers, you have a pet quality dog that dones't look like it should. That is probably the case. English Cocerks are not as common as American here. Check with who you bought the dog from.

Answer 3

I breed cockers. Out of the last litter of 11, 10 survived and they are narrow nosed, broad nosed, squared heads, long pointed heads, taller smaller chunky and lithe! I had used the same stud for four litters and some have curled coats(unfortunately) some, long straight coats. His tail has been docked, which is why its one inch long. Thankfully this practice is now unlawful in the UK. Your dog is still a lovely dog, but when we breed we dont get the choice of how those genes mix together....I wish! Also we bred two jet black Danish warmblood horses and got a bright chestnut filly! Life is a box of chocolates...you never know what you gonna get!

Answer 4

Get your money back! keep the dog.