As many of you already know, we first started our four legged family over 30 years ago. My husband bought our first cocker puppy for me as a wedding present. It didn't take us long to discover that a single pup could be a handful, and so a few months later, my husband brought home a playmate for Daisy, named Cindy. Of course, all of our friends also fell in love with our girls, and started asking us if we would consider raising a litter so they could have a pup. When we started looking for stud service two years later, we were surprised when the family told us, that they were getting ready to move, so for the same price as the cost of the stud service, we could take "Leo" home with us, and that was our beginning.
The next chapter of our four legged journey began seven years later. That was a very hard summer, because we lost both Leo and Daisy.... Leo to kidney failure and Daisy to cancer. Of course Leo was an older dog when we adopted him, but it was a great shock to lose Daisy at such an early age. A few months later, I went Christmas shopping in Tulsa, and came home with a beautiful black/tan 6 month old pup. Our groomer immediately recognized the quality, and asked if the breeder had given me a pedigree. When I showed her "Houdini's" pedigree, she started teaching me the differences between "pet" cockers and "show" cockers, and introduced me to the world of dog shows... and that was the beginning of our love for show quality American Cockers.
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