Q 01/05

Within the United States, what is this breed usually called?

A) 'Yankee Spaniel'

B) 'Woodcock Spaniel'

C) 'Show Cocker'

D) Just 'Cocker Spaniel'

Answer · why

D) Just 'Cocker Spaniel'

Elsewhere in the world it takes the 'American' prefix to distinguish it from its older English cousin.

Q 02/05

The American Cocker Spaniel holds what distinction among the sporting breeds recognised by the AKC?

A) It is the oldest

B) It is the smallest

C) It is the heaviest

D) It is the fastest

Answer · why

B) It is the smallest

Its distinctly domed head makes it immediately recognisable.

Q 03/05

The first spaniel in America is said to have arrived aboard which ship in 1620?

A) The Susan Constant

B) The Arbella

C) The Mayflower

D) The Speedwell

Answer · why

C) The Mayflower

It was another 258 years before the AKC registered its first Cocker Spaniel.

Q 04/05

What was the first Cocker Spaniel recorded in America, registered with the AKC in 1878, called?

A) Captain

B) Major

C) Admiral

D) Colonel

Answer · why

A) Captain

The American Cocker Spaniel Club followed in 1881 and is now the oldest breed club in the United States.

Q 05/05

The American Spaniel Club, formed in 1881, holds what distinction?

A) Largest breed organisation in the world

B) First to hold a field trial

C) First to ban tail docking

D) Oldest US breed organisation for dogs

Answer · why

D) Oldest US breed organisation for dogs

Its first task, writing a standard to separate the Cocker from other land spaniels, took until 1905.