Q 01/05

What job was the Cocker Spaniel originally bred to do in the field?

A) Pointing at hidden birds

B) Flushing birds from cover

C) Luring ducks into traps

D) Trailing hares by scent

Answer · why

B) Flushing birds from cover

Flushing birds from cover is the spaniel's trade: a Cocker noses through dense brush, sends the game into the air for the hunter, then brings back wha...

Q 02/05

The American Cocker Spaniel holds what distinction within its AKC show group?

A) It is the rarest

B) It is the smallest

C) It is the newest

D) It is the only spaniel

Answer · why

B) It is the smallest

It is the smallest, and Time in 1940 put its rise down to being as at home on city streets as in the field.

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

Which part of a Cocker Spaniel do vets advise checking regularly because it becomes infected so easily?

A) Eyes

B) Paws

C) Ears

D) Teeth

Answer · why

C) Ears

Ears are the weak spot: the long, floppy flaps trap moisture in the canal, so yeast and bacteria thrive.

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 stage a US dog show

D) Oldest US breed organisation for dogs

Answer · why

D) Oldest US breed organisation for dogs

Oldest US breed organisation for dogs, it was founded in 1881, three years before the American Kennel Club that now registers its breed.