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About the American Cocker Spaniel

Origin: United States Of America
Typical life span
10-14 years
Size
Medium — from its typical weight
Weight
Male
11-14 kg
Female
9-11 kg
Height
Male
37-39 cm
Female
34-37 cm
FCI status
Reconocida por la FCI
FCI group
Retrievers - Flushing Dogs - Water Dogs
Origin
United States Of America
Also called
Cocker Spaniel Americano
Known hereditary risks
Not researched yet

About

What is a American Cocker Spaniel?

The smallest member of the Sporting Group, the American Cocker Spaniel is a medium-sized sporting dog with a beautifully chiseled head, long flowing silky coat, long ears, and gentle expression

American Cocker Spaniel history and origins

Developed in the United States from English Cocker Spaniels brought over in the late 1800s. American breeders selected for smaller size, more refined head, and heavier coat for woodcock hunting, leading to recognition as a separate breed by the AKC in 1946

American Cocker Spaniel appearance and size

Males typically weigh 11-14 kg and stand 37-39 cm at the shoulder; females 9-11 kg and 34-37 cm.

Lo que dice el estándar de la raza

Criado para
Flushing dog, companion
Comportamiento y temperamento
“Equable in temperament with no suggestion of timidity”

Quoted from FCI standard n°167. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

Referencia de la raza de The Dog API.

Características

Tamaño
Medium
Necesidad de ejercicio
—
Facilidad de adiestramiento
—
Caída de pelo
—
Cuidados del pelo
5 of 5
Convivencia con niños
—
Coste de mantenimiento
—
Tolera quedarse solo
—
Inteligencia
—
Salud de la raza
Not researched yet

Pros & cons

Pros y contras de la raza American Cocker Spaniel

Lo que obtienes con la raza American Cocker Spaniel

  • Función declarada en el estándar: «Flushing dog, companion»
  • El estándar describe la raza así: «Equable in temperament with no suggestion of timidity»

Lo que asumes

  • Exige muchos cuidados del pelo — la descripción del propio estándar es «Trimming to enhance the dog’s true lines should be done to appear as natural as possible»

Extraído de fuentes y no escrito como opinión — investigación de salud citada, el estándar del propio registro, y estudios de longevidad revisados por pares. Estándar de la raza, FCI. Los animales de un criador pueden diferir de todo esto, y una columna vacía significa que no tenemos nada de ese lado, no que no haya nada que decir.

Characteristics

Estándar de la FCI · American Cocker Spaniel

Pelo y color

Tal como lo establece el estándar de la FCI. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar, etiquetada con preferred, permissible, undesirable y disqualifying.

Coat

On the head, short and fine

on body, medium length, with enough undercoating to give protection.

The ears, chest, abdomen and legs are well feathered, but not so excessively as to hide the Cocker Spaniel’s true lines and movement or affect his appearance and function as a moderately coated sporting dog.

The texture is most important.

The coat is silky, flat or slightly wavy and of a texture which permits easy care.

Excessive coat or curly or cottony textured coat shall be severely penalized.

Use of electric clippers on the back coat is not desirable.

Trimming to enhance the dog’s true lines should be done to appear as natural as possible

Color

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» y «disqualifying» — preferido, admisible, indeseable y descalificante — son las palabras de la propia FCI sobre la raza, y quedan en inglés porque así constan en el estándar. Describen lo que el estándar pide — no son una valoración de ningún perro concreto, ni nuestra.

• Black variety

Color de base

Solid colour black, to include black with tan points

  • The black should be jet
  • Undesirable: Shadings of brown or liver in the coat
  • Permissible: A small amount of white on the chest and/or throat
  • Disqualifying: white in any other location shall disqualify. • Any Solid Colour Other Than Black (ASCOB): Any solid colour other than black, ranging from the lightest cream to darkest red, including brown and brown with tan points.
  • Permissible: The colour shall be of a uniform shade, but lighter colour of the feathering
  • Permissible: A small amount of white on the chest and/or throat
  • Disqualifying: white in any other location shall disqualify. • Parti-Colour variety: Two or more solid, well broken colours, one of which must be white
  • black and white, red and white (the red may range from lightest cream to darkest red), brown and white, and roans, to include any such colour combination with tan points.
  • Preferred: It that the tan markings be located in the same pattern as for the tan points in the Black and ASCOB varieties
  • Roans are classified as Parti-Colours and may be of any of the usual roaning patterns.
  • Disqualifying: Primary colour which is ninety percent (90%) or more shall disqualify. • Tan points: The colour of the tan may be from the lightest cream to the darkest red and is restricted to ten percent (10%) or less of the colour of the specimen
  • Disqualifying: tan markings in excess of that amount shall disqualify.
  • In the case of tan points in the Black or ASCOB variety, the markings shall be located as follows: 1) A clear tan spot over each eye
  • 2) On the sides of the muzzle and on the cheeks
  • 3) On the underside of the ears
  • 4) On all feet and/or legs
  • 5) Under the tail
  • 6) On the chest, optional: presence or absence shall not be penalized.
  • Tan markings which are not readily visible, or which amount only to traces, shall be penalized.
  • Tan on the muzzle which extends upward, over and joins shall also be penalized.
  • Disqualifying: The absence of tan markings in the Black or ASCOB variety in any of the specified locations in any otherwise tan-pointed dog shall disqualify

Resumido de FCI standard n°167 — cada etiqueta está en las palabras del propio estándar, con el veredicto pasado a la etiqueta de al lado. Lee la cláusula completa en la fuente.

Lo que dice el estándar de la raza

Tamaño
“The ideal height at the withers for an adult dog is 15 inches and for an adult bitch, 14 inches. Height may vary one half inch above or below this ideal. A dog whose height exceeds 15 1/2 inches or a bitch whose height exceeds 14 1/2 inches shall be disqualified. An adult dog whose height is less than 14 1/2 inches and an adult bitch whose height is less than 13 1/2 inches shall be penalized. Height is determined by a line perpendicular to the ground from the top of the shoulder blades, the dog standing naturally with its forelegs and lower hind legs parallel to the line of measurement”
La FCI indica un tamaño a partir del cual un perro queda descalificado.

Quoted from FCI standard n°167. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.

FCI varieties

FCI divides the American Cocker Spaniel into these varieties, listed in the registry's own words. Depending on the breed they separate colour, coat, size or line — they are not a full list of colours, which no registry we hold publishes. Ask a breeder which variety their line is.

  • BLACK
  • ANY SOLID COLOUR OTHER THAN BLACK (ASCOB)
  • PARTI-COLOUR

Información a nivel de raza, de The Dog API. Describe la raza American Cocker Spaniel en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.

Health guide

What to ask for in a American Cocker Spaniel

No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the American Cocker Spaniel on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.

Gallery

Todavía sin fotografías

Aquí es donde irán las fotografías de los propios dueños de American Cocker Spaniel, desde los perfiles de sus animales que mantienen aquí. Nadie ha añadido ninguna a una página pública todavía.

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Puppies

No puppies listed right now

No American Cocker Spaniel breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.

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