Finding pedigree with limited info

[AFB]

I have an 18 month old show cocker that came via the RSPCA, so I have no details of his 'proper' name or breeding - no reason for needing it but I'm curious and I'd like to know more about him.

Is there any way of searching litters by DOB & a rough idea of where in the country he came from, or am I at a loss with just that?

I've played around on a few pedigree websites and had no joy so far.

Thanks

 

[Bellasophia]

For me this is an impossible task..
How do you know he is a “ show cocker”?
if you have no kennel name..you have no connection to his breeding.
Finding a precise date of birth( and do you even have that?) and connecting him to a litter will be imprecise .

Love him for who he is…I bet he’s a lovely looking boy for you to say he’s from show lines…train him up and be proud of nhis achievements,,,,,,,,,,and let it go.

 

[minesadouble]

For me this is an impossible task..
How do you know he is a “ show cocker”?
if you have no kennel name..you have no connection to his breeding.
Finding a precise date of birth( and do you even have that?) and connecting him to a litter will be imprecise .

Love him for who he is…I bet he’s a lovely looking boy for you to say he’s from show lines…train him up and be proud of nhis achievements,,,,,,,,,,and let it go.

I assumed the OP meant the dog is a show cocker type rather than a working cocker type?

OP try joining a FB show cocker group and asking on there.

 

[Bellasophia]

“Type”……imprecise.

……enough already.

 

[MurphysMinder]

Was he microchipped by the breeder ? If so you might be able to find a bit more information that way, otherwise as minesadouble suggested your best best is to join fb cocker groups.

 

[ester]

Show cockers are pretty distinct in type to a working, I've never got the two confused ?

 

[blackcob]

If the DOB is accurate you could buy the KC breed records supplement for that quarter and trawl through but with about 25000 cockers registered a year it'd be very tedious, and that's assuming he was registered. Is the breeder's name recorded on the microchip as the first keeper?

 

[AFB]

Absolutely show cocker type - most definitely not a worker by looks and yes they are very distinctly different IMO too!

Sounds like FB groups are the way to go in that case, thank you for those suggestions - @blackcob I believe I have a correct DOB but it's on the cusp of the quarterly cut off and I don't think I'm invested enough to trawl through 50k, but thank you, much appreciated suggestion.

Microchip wise it was done by the breeder along with his first vacc. hence having a rough idea where he came from as I have his original vacc. card, however microchip doesn't show a first reg. and was switched to RSPCA prior to me to that's the only history I can see on it so I think I've hit a dead end there.

 

[minesadouble]

“Type”……imprecise.

……enough already.

I think you'll find the differences between show and working cockers is vast enough to render them unmistakable to most.

 

[CorvusCorax]

Agree probably start with chip and DOB and go through Facebook groups and breed registries, pity it's not my breed as I love doing stuff like that
This is why it would be good if all breed clubs/registries ran databases, but hey ho.....

 

[Bellasophia]

to mines a double….I don’t disagree with you…but finding the breeder of a show cocker was the original question.
Also from the first post a “show cocker “could be an ex show dog….or more precisely a “show type “ cocker…vastly different scenarios.