The American cocker spaniel came from the English cocker spaniel when the English brought their version to America in the late 1800s. Because American hunters wanted a slightly smaller dog, the American version was developed to hunt quail and other small game birds. The name “cocker” comes from the word “woodcock,” a type of game bird that this dog was particularly good at capturing. It is not clear how the smaller version was developed, but some give credit to a dog called Obo 2nd, which was born around 1880. This was considered to be the first true American cocker...... Find out more about this dog breed.
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