Guinevere has been here for two months today, and I have been asked a few times about how our various cockers compare. Now, the environment might have a lot to do with how they express themselves; we have lots of space, lots of varying scents, long scent trails to follow, and brush encouraging these two to express their inner cocker. So Tristan is probably not your typical show-bred American cocker spaniel. But then, how many English cocker spaniels live on a farm, either?
But look at these two: they move like a set of same-model recolors. I took all of these pictures in about 10 minutes this morning, and didn't have to hunt to find the comparison pics. They're just *like* that, all of the time. It's so much fun to watch Tristan and Gwyn together, because they're moving so similarly and with the same general reactions.
There's one thing I have seen Gwyn do that our other cockers have not. Sometimes she catches a scent, and she runs for a distance before slowing to a trot or walk. I have only seen all the other cockers follow scents at a trot or walk, whether they picked it up on the ground or in the air. Gwyn's nearly 10 months old; this could just be overconfidence/inexperience, or possibly her wocker breeding makes her a little better tracker than the others have been.
