Are working cockers 'madder' than springers?

Thanks everyone - very sound advice from you all. Sadly I think I'm now too old for a working cocker and the show ones just don't appeal nearly so much. I have noticed an awful lot of young springers etc. up for rehoming on Preloved. Obviously people have found they are a nightmare, especially when they work all day and leave the poor dogs locked up. Some in cages!!
 
Dry Rot said:
…….. dog training will remain an art rather than a science.

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I've never really considered it before, but you raise an interesting distinction, and rightly in my view. Applied as an art, then that makes allowances for the temperament of both the dog and the trainer, and importantly for a shifting of applications. Unless I've completely misunderstood the arguments of applying science to dog training, then it would seem to me to be structured in such a way that a path is laid out as a 'one route fits all', which of course, it can't.

An excellent post, specifically the point when a dog will be one step removed from riot! 'Discipline', as you suggest needs to have a purpose.

Alec.
 
Alec Swan said:
I've never really considered it before, but you raise an interesting distinction, and rightly in my view. Applied as an art, then that makes allowances for the temperament of both the dog and the trainer, and importantly for a shifting of applications. Unless I've completely misunderstood the arguments of applying science to dog training, then it would seem to me to be structured in such a way that a path is laid out as a 'one route fits all', which of course, it can't.

An excellent post, specifically the point when a dog will be one step removed from riot! 'Discipline', as you suggest needs to have a purpose.

Alec.
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And probably very similar to horses and dare I say it Children. The ability to train (on both sides) is obviously important, but also the ability to recognise personality traits and make training adaptions accordingly. A combination of skill and art I suspect.
 
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