The Cocker Spaniel: Care and Training for Home and Sport, Paperback

Drawing on more than a quarter of a century's experience with cockers, Janet Menzies takes you on a wonderful journey from the moment your puppy arrives home, to the day you start enjoying sports and activities together. With many readers coming to cockers for the first time, this book offers guidance for their very earliest care and training at home, and then introduces both cockers and their owners to a range of different hobbies and competitions. Many cocker owners want to work their dog as a gundog in country sports, including field trials and working tests. With this book, the transition from family dog at home to elite performance dog in the field is seamless and easy to achieve. There is plenty of technical instruction on how to work your cocker in the field, as the author has done, successfully, with five Field Trial Champions to her name. The Cocker Spaniel covers every aspect of cockers, from the history of the breed, to healthcare and problem solving guides. There is also plenty of information on contacting the wider cocker community and joining groups and clubs.

Janet Menzies is an author and journalist who trains, works and breeds cocker spaniels. She is a gundog and shooting correspondent for The Field magazine and writes a monthly blog on gundog training for the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC). Her previous books include From Puppy to Perfect and Training the Working Spaniel.