Leonard - I used to have to clean my cocker's ears all the time with a variety of medicated cleaners... and she hated it!! and a few days later they were dirty/infected again. She was always scratching her ears. Until I started to using a pinch of corn starch baby powder mixed with a pinch of athlete's foot powder and gently massaged into a clean dry ears. I even use a q-tip to gently massage the powder down the sides of her ears. she stopped scratching them and I check her ears every few months - but they are still clean over a year later! I'll put a little powder in each ear every few months just for good measure. And my cocker loves it now when I clean her ears! :) Even the vet said she has perfect ears, no sign of infection!! you might want to give it a try. :))
We have American Cocker Spaniel girl for 4,5 years. We get her hair cut at least 3 times a year. So, we don't have the problems you deal with. She is so lively and part of our family...
The opening statement on Cockers is so true. My Joey loves and expects to be groomed (brushed and ear cleaning) at least 3 times a week. As for nail clipping all bets are off. This may seem like a hassle but it is all so worth it :) Arrow is very handsome looking fella :)
I bought a "Wet Brush" for my Cocker to detangle his fur and he LOVES it, it also give him a good little massage at the same time as the brissels have that plastic cover on the tip!!!
I agree you need to take that dog to a vet. My boy suffered from terrible ear smell and build up. After several different vets said different things, it turned out to be a bacterial infection and cleared up rather quickly with a prescription drop.
glad to be of help. well one indication of too-long claws is when clicking and scratching is heard while the dog walks around; such that in the standing position, the claws are not touching the ground. Good lighting (I often let sunlight pass through the claws) helps increase visibility of the supposedly pinkish 'nail beds', especially when they are dark colored, hope all goes well!
Wow you are really lucky my coker never let me touch his ears, he bit me just for trying, i even ended up with 7 stitches, yours is an angel take good care of him and enjoy him a lot. congratulations for doing it all by yourself.
Too cute and so well behaved 😍 Well done to both of you and thanks for sharing We are considering getting a cocker spaniel but I cannot seem to get a real picture of how it is to own one. The various videos and websites alike paint different pictures. Would you lucky cocker owners help me out please? How is it with grooming really? I am guessing that you don’t need to do all that every day , so is a 10 minute brush daily realistic ? Plus then ears and nails once or twice a month? How about trimming? Is it even necessary when brushing every day? How about the hair? Is it really so bad even with regular grooming? We have a golden retriever that I brush very thoroughly twice a week and even though I am cleaning the floor daily, there’s still a lot of hair around . Thanks for reading
Hey Aline! Thanks for the kind comments. Daily grooming 10 mins is really more than enough, would mainly comprise of combing / trimming of knots etc. For claws it depends on active the dog is, and how regular you bring it out for walks, if there's a lot of clicking noise while the dog walks it's definitely time for claw cutting. Trimming is really up to you and how you think your cocker would like his or her fur to be and how comfortable you think their coat is for them in relation to the weather I guess? But once a month is sufficient in my opinion. Brushing everyday takes out the dead fur but does not remove growing fur, so even with daily brushing the fur does keep on growing out. Regular grooming should not damage the dog's fur, so long as you remain gentle, in fact it would actually make the fur grow out more and healthier. I used to have a golden retriever, they definitely do not shed as much as the cocker spaniel. Cocker spaniels grow out fur much faster and the fur tangles very easily, so daily grooming is best. Yes you'll probably have to clean the floor daily :P. I'm glad to help :o)
Hey Leonard Jonathan, Thanks so much for your kind response! Sounds good to me, manageable. They are definitely worth it ! I really hope that this was a typo though, the cocker sheds more than a golden retriever? 😱 Wishing you all the best
Definitely worth it :) I recall my golden retriever really didn't shed as much as my cocker. Maybe because it had shorter than average fur for goldens. I guess it really depends on the perception of the owner, at least I remember my cocker shedding much more, especially those baby fur that gets all over our clothes :P
@@leonardjonathanoh Thanks so much for clarifying, although I am quite disappointed to be honest. Don’t think I can convince my better half to get one then... Happy New Year to you and yours
@ Bill A ... Wow....really?! I've had about a dozen dogs in my lifetime.....and every single one of them ADORES to be groomed!! Including three Cocker Spaniels. They ASK to be brushed. Some of my dogs have been so relaxed and enjoying the brushing that they fall asleep. I do have some special strategies that I use.....they never fail. :D
No, not the fur grooming but the nail clipping, my cocker used to shake when it came to that, even though never hurt him by cutting it too short. The're like people with different traits. Well for some reason mine was dreading it, probably got traumatized by one of the groomers at some point, and from then on he was literally shaking even before I'd drop him off... felt to sorry for the poor pooch. :(
omg that must have hurt lots. hope your cocker lets you do so in the future. arrows been such a good boy love to see him happy. thanks grooming is just so worth it :)
seriously you have a great cocker! Ours is always biting and fighting when you try to groom him -.- oh and ear cleaning is impossible! We have to go tot the vet for it -.-
engelzivil Have you considered calming medication an hour before? There are wholistic concoctions, but on infrequent occasions, Acepromazine works great (by prescription).
Mine 9 month old cocker puppy dont like it either. Hes bitting me all t he time, so its need time to time use a heavy force. He realized, there is no way to run, so hes calmer now. Very good was something like reward after gromming. Usually i gave him a nice beef delicacy, which i reward him only after grooming. I think he made an association with reward and grooming like a wanted... ;) | th-cam.com/video/GKW9HjyUo24/w-d-xo.html
Nice...I'm planning to get one into our family...just one question.. Do they shead hairs lot?? Like on floor , bed etc ( like labrador) Pls do answer me bcz my father is strict on dog hairs in house
@JDM to me, cocker spaniels shed a lot, though there are a lot of other breeds that shed as much or even more. Generally the fluffier the dog, the more it sheds. Labradors don't shed very much because they don't grow very long fur naturally. Hope i answered your question :)
@@leonardjonathanoh ok thank you.. according to you COCKER SPANIEL > LABRADOR in shedding .... I need to find a breed which sheads less than labrador....if you know such do ping... thanks for your time :-) I'm frm India :-)
To all the haters stupid comments: they obviously dont own a cocker and shouldnt say anything. My only thing to add is my dog likes warm solution instilled during bath time and massaged in from the outside of the ear (while the solution works its way within the canal) so that the inner canal becomes saturated.
eyw, is that normal, i mean it so dark the ear dirt thing? my dogs never have that. but your spaniel is adorbs. Im planning to get a spaniel this christmas.
pau abutan no, dark substance in the ears are indicative of ear infection is an absolute no-no, but arrow was having an ear infection during the filming of the video. cleaning regularly reduces the chances of an ear infection occurring, and he hasn't suffered another since. Thanks and wish you a great time having a cocker.
She is very cute! I have one too, she actually just recovering from a ear infection. It is hard to keep up with the grooming especially because my dog loves to play on the lake everyday! What is the brand of eat product that you use? I
Stacy Kendrick Carothers-Johnson i'm definitely not that great a trainer to make Arrow behave like how he appears in the video. In fact a lot has to do with his personality, he's probably more comfortable with me handling him because i spend more time with him as compared to my other family members. And of course the more often i groom him the better i become at grooming helps him which helps him learn over time that the groomer won't hurt him, but this i'd say explains only 10% of why he's calm; 90% i'd definitely attribute to his calm nature.
Your cocker, if he has black and red wax means he has a serious infection going. I have had four cockers. And one has always had ear issues but I clean her ears twice daily and twice a week ointment and her ears are clean and clear.
Jomel M. thats amazing, well i'll give you my tips from my own experience; first thing is get a oil-based ear cleaner and don't get those water-based ones which adds dampness to the inner ear. Especially during hot and wet seasons, check their ears more regularly and clean them weekly at the least. Use your sense of smell: if it smells sweet there could be a yeast infection especially when you spot a thin layer of white hair covering the inner ear, hiding the pinkness of the natural color. Don't forget to trim the little hairs on the inside of the ears that grow out rather fast (those contribute to infections tremendously). And of course if you bring your dog out to swim if he takes a shower ensure post-activity dabbing off of water to dry the ears completely (this is pretty obvious). If you can stick to these i'd say the cocker could be safe from them. Oh and watch their behavior if they keep scratching or rubbing their ears against the ground you know there's something up (the ears are itchy) -- this is usually seen in beginning stages. not a laundry list but those are the main things :)
I've noticed that every (western) hunting dog breed I know seems to have hanging ears. Is it just because they're all related/descended from the same strain of dogs, or is there an actual advantage to having droopy ears? The only thing I see is an increased risk of ear infections...
Great to know that there are cocker spaniel lovers like you! It's really worth it to see them all happy from having been groomed. Indeed Arrow is really handsome, thanks for your kind comments!
I can't get mines to stay for 2mins for me to properly groom her and I haven't even touch her nails and ears yet and her fur is matting in some places..she is only 5 months old..how do I get her to stay calm while I groom her?
empress kandi well i can barely remember how i handled arrow when he was 5 months old but if i recall correctly it definitely wasn't easy when they're young. there's a little training to do e.g. toilet training etc, and arrow didn't really like showers or grooming just like yours. I guess it really about being calm yourself and if they don't want to be groomed you can't force them, 2 minutes is pretty good if you can just use those 2 minutes a day, one day to comb, one day to clean the ears, another to clip, it trains you to do as much as you can and you get better, and i think it should slowly work up to 3 minutes soon it'll be much easier. some treats would be helpful.
Hi..sorry for the late reply, but she is behaving a lil better now...she is still stuck in her own way..i am currently working on her, she is very aggressive towards people and im trying hard to break her out of it and i know it will take some more time, she is six months at the moment
empress kandi keep being kind to her when she's bad don't be strict (smack or yell), bring her out on walks to socialize her with people who like dogs. your grooming schedule sounds pretty good :)
Yep i will keep working with her, right now im house training her but she still needs a lot of work..i am feeling like am at fault because i started training her a bit to late...she is spoilt rotton, but she is my sweetheart
Hey Roshika, weekly or biweekly is sufficient. I believe dogs do not like it being done too often because their ears are delicate and get irritated from the abrasions from ear cleaning. You may try cleaning more often, it will depend on your dog :)
Hi!! Great video... My friends got me a chocolate cocker spaniel, at the moment she's 1 month old and I'm getting ready by researching and I found your video!!! So, how often do I have to do grooming?? How often you cut its hair, have you ever done that by yourself?? Your dog is so calm, you trained it very well!! Any tips?? Hugs from Guatemala :)
Paola Dueñas i'd say at the minimum combing daily, ear cleaning weekly, and clipping fortnightly, in-ear trimming fortnightly, underpaw trimming fortnightly, general trimming (hair cut) monthly. With regard to hair cuts, I've never needed to sent Arrow to the groomer for a haircut because of his naturally short coat (more like an English cocker vs. American cocker). The only areas that my family would need to trim off fur were the underpaw and the tail region (which we did about fortnightly or more). So if your dog naturally grows out long and thick coat then you may have to find other people for advice about the issues the dog may encounter with a personal groomer or the cost and frequency of the grooming sessions. His calmness you see isn't really a result of training, i never really used any of those dog trainer conditioning on Arrow, he just likes being handled by people who spend time with him and would be calm and trust what they do (in this case it's me grooming him), so if you don't like training your dog you can take heart because it's possible that good behaviour is in spite of discipline. I know many trainers won't like this, they say it's about discipline, but i'd say it's about spending time and never beat or scold your dog. Most of all i'd say it's their personality and the owners' treatment that determines their calmness. Hope your dog and you fit and get along and it should be great.
My 14 y/o Cocker (mix) just snapped at his groomer :( He's even worse with me whenever I try to do anything to him. He's never liked being picked up and has bitten me (more than once) recently when I have tried (to bathe his muddy feet, was only a few inches of water). I've been getting him trimmed/groomed for probably 10+ years now. He likes the shorter cut & I get it done every 6 weeks. I don't know what I'm going to do now that she has refused to groom him again (I don't blame her) as she is afraid of causing him harm. My only option is to sedate him as I feel no other groomer, even my vet, will get him to behave. I am so worried. Your video has helped me in that I have a regular looking hair brush (made for dogs) and I think I need to get the wire kind so it can catch his fur & detangle him better. My biggest fear is how I'm going to clip his nails & do his ears. She wasn't even able to remove the cotton from his ears when I picked him up & that was a struggle to get him still long enough for me to remove them :( TG he is Blonde dog and I can see the pinks under his nails. I think I should get one of those clippers with a kind of safety guard on it so you can't clip too much (because he WILL be squirming). I am not worried about trimming his coat, as my groomer did, as much as keeping him clean and tangled free. His eyes run a lot, and he always gets stuff in his hair (on his head, muzzle and rear end). I will keep doing my research. Thanks for posting this video.
This makes me want to cry. Cocker spaniels are my favorite breed of dogs. My mom and dad had gotten one before i was born, her name was Jessie and she was the runt, and i was born and lived with her until i turned about two or three when we had to put Jessie to sleep. She lived 12 years and in her life she was hit by a car, (she was okay though), got exema, (a skin condition), went blind, and was loved by everyone. I would love to groom dogs. I love cocker spaniels so much and i know they are hard to groom but i like brushing dogs's fur so it wouldn't be a problem for me. I liked your video. How old is your gorgeous dog? From Grace, 12
i shower him about monthly after which i do whatever i showed in the video (i.e. clipping, brushing, ear clearning). Any day in between would be generic grooming (combing, ear cleaning, trimming) when needed :)
Thanks I really didn't know home grooming was so difficult. Wonder how the professional groomers handle the fidgety ones? Coz naturally dogs are more confortably being handled by their owners. Someone I know suggested they fidgit less over time, start of by rewarding and assuring them during the grooming. If the owner is unexperienced and clumsy that would make the dog panic (esp with clipping) compared to one who is calm and experienced. Practice makes perfect!
I've seen many other comments like yours. I wonder which aspect of grooming he hates? And how does he show his disapproval? For Arrow, we groomed him since he was puppy, and the only thing he would do is try and creep away. In fact, in his adult years (1+) he showed he generally liked being combed or de-ticked, but didn't like clipping or ear cleaning.
Nice video and dog is very calm...but you should clean the ears more often judging on how dark the first swipe was. You should do it at least every week. These dogs can have ear infection easliy if you don't clean them regularly.
When I filmed this video, arrow was suffering an ear infection that clogged up his ears within a few days but which could only be cleaned every 2-3 days as suggested by the vet (to prevent hurting the ear). that infection cleared up in a week or two. now I try to clean it about weekly or so since its usually able to stay clean for 2 weeks :)
10-4, Ear infection would explain it. Every time i was cleaning our dogs ears i was thinking of Arrow and though he could have an ear infection from what i could see in the vid. Keep up the good job.
Thanx for the video, it was very useful and yes, they are the mkst adorable and yours is a very handsome one, too! If you feel like sharing your experience of cleaning: all that hair remains on the doggy so that he can lose it around, all day long and how you keep your house still proper.....i would appreciate it a lot! Thanx again!
Elizabet Somorjai sorry I took this long to reply, the home will never be fur-free and that is a fact, it is out of the scope of the video but it's just part of having a dog at home. Usually my room gets pretty 'furry' (visible fur lying or flying around) in a few days and a vacuum cleaner is a great friend; every few months I would have to clean out the absolute corners of my room to get rid of fur built-up over time.
grooming your dog yourself regularly definitely helps them learn over time to relax. arrow was always skittish and could never relax around a vet, but he was when my family. it's a matter of trust. so just spend time with your dog and don't be harsh or scold them(sounds like a lack of discipline, but I never used much discipline on arrow to get him to stay still)
@하나 가시야 awww maybe giving some food will help calm him down.. Arrow was rather unconfortable with clipping but slowly as I got more experienced at clipping I guess it caused him less pain and he is a lot calmer now:)
Omg I used to have a cocker spaniel and she was never this obedient XD. She hated being brushed so one day we weren't looking and she chewed all the pin things out of it.. I guess we forgot to put it away?? XD
My english cocker spaniel won't let me groom her at all lol. She hates brushes and I don't think I wanna try nail cutting, not...very good with it lol. She'll be mad at me for a while 😂 I just take her to the groomers xD
Sorry but you really need to clean your dogs ears more often, I have 2 cockers, one of which builds dirt quickly in her ears and I have never seen them that bad.
stephen16948 it's true, arrow was suffering quite a bad one at the video's making, I suspect due to using one of the ear-cleaning solutions that were water-based. Oil-based seem to be better which i'm using now for him, and he hasn't had another for the past 2 years.
Leonard - I used to have to clean my cocker's ears all the time with a variety of medicated cleaners... and she hated it!! and a few days later they were dirty/infected again. She was always scratching her ears. Until I started to using a pinch of corn starch baby powder mixed with a pinch of athlete's foot powder and gently massaged into a clean dry ears. I even use a q-tip to gently massage the powder down the sides of her ears. she stopped scratching them and I check her ears every few months - but they are still clean over a year later! I'll put a little powder in each ear every few months just for good measure. And my cocker loves it now when I clean her ears! :) Even the vet said she has perfect ears, no sign of infection!! you might want to give it a try. :))
Susan M.E. i wish i could try, but Arrow has passed on :(
Hope others try it though!
+Leonard Jonathan Oh I'm sorry for your lost!
so sad
Omg sorry for your lost Leonard, Arrow had a nice and happy life thanks to you
Love this gentle owner, he is so cute and tenderly.
You take care of her very well. I have a puppy so I haven't experienced the cleaning regime properly yet! Thank you for the tips.
We have American Cocker Spaniel girl for 4,5 years. We get her hair cut at least 3 times a year. So, we don't have the problems you deal with.
She is so lively and part of our family...
So well behaved!! Mine is only 9 months old and still fights the brush lol
The opening statement on Cockers is so true. My Joey loves and expects to be groomed (brushed and ear cleaning) at least 3 times a week. As for nail clipping all bets are off. This may seem like a hassle but it is all so worth it :)
Arrow is very handsome looking fella :)
Awww she's adorable!! She actually lifted her head while you were brushing under chin:*
I have a cocker too, she's in her last week of pregnancy. ^_^
I'm also having one but she's not even of 3 months
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I bought a "Wet Brush" for my Cocker to detangle his fur and he LOVES it, it also give him a good little massage at the same time as the brissels have that plastic cover on the tip!!!
I agree you need to take that dog to a vet. My boy suffered from terrible ear smell and build up. After several different vets said different things, it turned out to be a bacterial infection and cleared up rather quickly with a prescription drop.
yes I took him to a vet who said it was an infection, prescribed a solution shown in the video (Epi-Otic Skin & Ear Cleanser for Dogs & Cats).
glad to be of help. well one indication of too-long claws is when clicking and scratching is heard while the dog walks around; such that in the standing position, the claws are not touching the ground. Good lighting (I often let sunlight pass through the claws) helps increase visibility of the supposedly pinkish 'nail beds', especially when they are dark colored, hope all goes well!
Wow you are really lucky my coker never let me touch his ears, he bit me just for trying, i even ended up with 7 stitches, yours is an angel take good care of him and enjoy him a lot.
congratulations for doing it all by yourself.
Oh Arrow is so adorable and well behaved. My 7 yo cocker spaniel hates grooming and i sometimes have to put a muzzle on her!
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Oh...i know this problem 🤪
I wish my dog was this casual!
Too cute and so well behaved 😍
Well done to both of you and thanks for sharing
We are considering getting a cocker spaniel but I cannot seem to get a real picture of how it is to own one. The various videos and websites alike paint different pictures. Would you lucky cocker owners help me out please?
How is it with grooming really? I am guessing that you don’t need to do all that every day , so is a 10 minute brush daily realistic ? Plus then ears and nails once or twice a month? How about trimming? Is it even necessary when brushing every day?
How about the hair? Is it really so bad even with regular grooming?
We have a golden retriever that I brush very thoroughly twice a week and even though I am cleaning the floor daily, there’s still a lot of hair around .
Thanks for reading
Hey Aline! Thanks for the kind comments. Daily grooming 10 mins is really more than enough, would mainly comprise of combing / trimming of knots etc.
For claws it depends on active the dog is, and how regular you bring it out for walks, if there's a lot of clicking noise while the dog walks it's definitely time for claw cutting.
Trimming is really up to you and how you think your cocker would like his or her fur to be and how comfortable you think their coat is for them in relation to the weather I guess? But once a month is sufficient in my opinion.
Brushing everyday takes out the dead fur but does not remove growing fur, so even with daily brushing the fur does keep on growing out.
Regular grooming should not damage the dog's fur, so long as you remain gentle, in fact it would actually make the fur grow out more and healthier.
I used to have a golden retriever, they definitely do not shed as much as the cocker spaniel. Cocker spaniels grow out fur much faster and the fur tangles very easily, so daily grooming is best. Yes you'll probably have to clean the floor daily :P.
I'm glad to help :o)
Hey Leonard Jonathan, Thanks so much for your kind response!
Sounds good to me, manageable. They are definitely worth it !
I really hope that this was a typo though, the cocker sheds more than a golden retriever? 😱
Wishing you all the best
Definitely worth it :)
I recall my golden retriever really didn't shed as much as my cocker. Maybe because it had shorter than average fur for goldens. I guess it really depends on the perception of the owner, at least I remember my cocker shedding much more, especially those baby fur that gets all over our clothes :P
@@leonardjonathanoh Thanks so much for clarifying, although I am quite disappointed to be honest. Don’t think I can convince my better half to get one then...
Happy New Year to you and yours
Great video. Your dog sure loves to being comb and arrow looks very enjoyed
We had 4 cockers but sadly we have 2 left .when there in winter coats they drop hair like crazy. Evein i brush them i groom them at home .
Sorry to hear :'( . It's summer all year round where i live, and we never had to deal with his winter coat. But he was still shedding a lot!
I clean my Cocker's ears TWICE a day!!!
What can be done to cure their ear problems?
Help!!!🙏🙏🙏
twice a day is very good. you should do just fine :)
Ahh soo cute...... I own one to but she brings in half the garden in her ears😂😂😂
can't imagine 😊
Leonard Jonathan Oh hi hello what happened to your dog please answer me
Ahh the dreaded clipping at 2:10 ... boy they hate it!! ha-ha
@ Bill A ... Wow....really?! I've had about a dozen dogs in my lifetime.....and every single one of them ADORES to be groomed!! Including three Cocker Spaniels. They ASK to be brushed. Some of my dogs have been so relaxed and enjoying the brushing that they fall asleep.
I do have some special strategies that I use.....they never fail. :D
No, not the fur grooming but the nail clipping, my cocker used to shake when it came to that, even though never hurt him by cutting it too short. The're like people with different traits.
Well for some reason mine was dreading it, probably got traumatized by one of the groomers at some point, and from then on he was literally shaking even before I'd drop him off... felt to sorry for the poor pooch. :(
omg that must have hurt lots. hope your cocker lets you do so in the future. arrows been such a good boy love to see him happy. thanks grooming is just so worth it :)
Ugh was the solution black for the dogs ears? If not, that was a lot of gunk. My ECS has has never had any ear problems like that.
I used a cotton ball to clean ears 2-3 times a week and the vet was surprised she never had any ear problems. An ounce of prevention...
seriously you have a great cocker! Ours is always biting and fighting when you try to groom him -.-
oh and ear cleaning is impossible! We have to go tot the vet for it -.-
engelzivil Have you considered calming medication an hour before? There are wholistic concoctions, but on infrequent occasions, Acepromazine works great (by prescription).
The trick is to make the grooming effective and ENJOYABLE. I've NEVER had a dog that didn't love to be groomed.
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Mine 9 month old cocker puppy dont like it either. Hes bitting me all t he time, so its need time to time use a heavy force. He realized, there is no way to run, so hes calmer now. Very good was something like reward after gromming. Usually i gave him a nice beef delicacy, which i reward him only after grooming. I think he made an association with reward and grooming like a wanted... ;) | th-cam.com/video/GKW9HjyUo24/w-d-xo.html
My cocker is always biting me or running when she says the brush 🤦🏾♀️
Nice...I'm planning to get one into our family...just one question.. Do they shead hairs lot?? Like on floor , bed etc ( like labrador)
Pls do answer me bcz my father is strict on dog hairs in house
@JDM to me, cocker spaniels shed a lot, though there are a lot of other breeds that shed as much or even more. Generally the fluffier the dog, the more it sheds. Labradors don't shed very much because they don't grow very long fur naturally. Hope i answered your question :)
@@leonardjonathanoh ok thank you.. according to you COCKER SPANIEL > LABRADOR in shedding .... I need to find a breed which sheads less than labrador....if you know such do ping... thanks for your time :-)
I'm frm India :-)
My pup hates the nail clippers 😬 I just take her to the groomers for that every time, I'm too nervous for it
Hey Cassie. Hope your pup gets more comfortable with clipping, it's starts out that way for most of them :)
Thank u for sharing! U did very very good job, my dog is not so cooperative!
I agree, such a good boy is Arrow, there's no way my Fonsy would let grooming him at home.
To all the haters stupid comments: they obviously dont own a cocker and shouldnt say anything. My only thing to add is my dog likes warm solution instilled during bath time and massaged in from the outside of the ear (while the solution works its way within the canal) so that the inner canal becomes saturated.
Quick question, how often should you wash and groom your spaniel?
eyw, is that normal, i mean it so dark the ear dirt thing? my dogs never have that. but your spaniel is adorbs. Im planning to get a spaniel this christmas.
pau abutan no, dark substance in the ears are indicative of ear infection is an absolute no-no, but arrow was having an ear infection during the filming of the video. cleaning regularly reduces the chances of an ear infection occurring, and he hasn't suffered another since. Thanks and wish you a great time having a cocker.
owwwww. is that so? i hope he's fine now. :)
She is very cute! I have one too, she actually just recovering from a ear infection. It is hard to keep up with the grooming especially because my dog loves to play on the lake everyday! What is the brand of eat product that you use? I
I can tell that she is well trained and that is why I want to get a Cocker spaniel.
Stacy Kendrick Carothers-Johnson i'm definitely not that great a trainer to make Arrow behave like how he appears in the video. In fact a lot has to do with his personality, he's probably more comfortable with me handling him because i spend more time with him as compared to my other family members. And of course the more often i groom him the better i become at grooming helps him which helps him learn over time that the groomer won't hurt him, but this i'd say explains only 10% of why he's calm; 90% i'd definitely attribute to his calm nature.
Stacy Kendrick Carothers-Johnson i relly hope youuuuu geeeeeeetttt aa cooockkeeeersspaiiiiinnneeeeeeelllllllllllllll
Hello, it's hard to realize that dog is no longer alive(
have you got a new pet?
Beautiful dog , is it a regular Cocker Spaniel ?
May I ask where you got him (her)
He's an american-english cocker spaniel mix from Australia, and i got him from a local pet shop in Singapore
Leonard Jonathan Oh looks like a purebred engie
Your cocker, if he has black and red wax means he has a serious infection going. I have had four cockers. And one has always had ear issues but I clean her ears twice daily and twice a week ointment and her ears are clean and clear.
I am planning to get a cocker spaniel from the shelter she is 7 years old.
Do you have any general tips for me?
also how do i prevent ear infections?
Jomel M. thats amazing, well i'll give you my tips from my own experience; first thing is get a oil-based ear cleaner and don't get those water-based ones which adds dampness to the inner ear. Especially during hot and wet seasons, check their ears more regularly and clean them weekly at the least. Use your sense of smell: if it smells sweet there could be a yeast infection especially when you spot a thin layer of white hair covering the inner ear, hiding the pinkness of the natural color. Don't forget to trim the little hairs on the inside of the ears that grow out rather fast (those contribute to infections tremendously). And of course if you bring your dog out to swim if he takes a shower ensure post-activity dabbing off of water to dry the ears completely (this is pretty obvious). If you can stick to these i'd say the cocker could be safe from them. Oh and watch their behavior if they keep scratching or rubbing their ears against the ground you know there's something up (the ears are itchy) -- this is usually seen in beginning stages. not a laundry list but those are the main things :)
I've noticed that every (western) hunting dog breed I know seems to have hanging ears. Is it just because they're all related/descended from the same strain of dogs, or is there an actual advantage to having droopy ears? The only thing I see is an increased risk of ear infections...
Great to know that there are cocker spaniel lovers like you! It's really worth it to see them all happy from having been groomed. Indeed Arrow is really handsome, thanks for your kind comments!
I can't get mines to stay for 2mins for me to properly groom her and I haven't even touch her nails and ears yet and her fur is matting in some places..she is only 5 months old..how do I get her to stay calm while I groom her?
empress kandi well i can barely remember how i handled arrow when he was 5 months old but if i recall correctly it definitely wasn't easy when they're young. there's a little training to do e.g. toilet training etc, and arrow didn't really like showers or grooming just like yours. I guess it really about being calm yourself and if they don't want to be groomed you can't force them, 2 minutes is pretty good if you can just use those 2 minutes a day, one day to comb, one day to clean the ears, another to clip, it trains you to do as much as you can and you get better, and i think it should slowly work up to 3 minutes soon it'll be much easier. some treats would be helpful.
Hi..sorry for the late reply, but she is behaving a lil better now...she is still stuck in her own way..i am currently working on her, she is very aggressive towards people and im trying hard to break her out of it and i know it will take some more time, she is six months at the moment
As for the grooming i try to groom her for atleast five minutes every two days
empress kandi keep being kind to her when she's bad don't be strict (smack or yell), bring her out on walks to socialize her with people who like dogs. your grooming schedule sounds pretty good :)
Yep i will keep working with her, right now im house training her but she still needs a lot of work..i am feeling like am at fault because i started training her a bit to late...she is spoilt rotton, but she is my sweetheart
Should be ear cleaned everyday???
Hey Roshika, weekly or biweekly is sufficient. I believe dogs do not like it being done too often because their ears are delicate and get irritated from the abrasions from ear cleaning. You may try cleaning more often, it will depend on your dog :)
Hi!!
Great video... My friends got me a chocolate cocker spaniel, at the moment she's 1 month old and I'm getting ready by researching and I found your video!!! So, how often do I have to do grooming?? How often you cut its hair, have you ever done that by yourself??
Your dog is so calm, you trained it very well!! Any tips??
Hugs from Guatemala :)
Paola Dueñas i'd say at the minimum combing daily, ear cleaning weekly, and clipping fortnightly, in-ear trimming fortnightly, underpaw trimming fortnightly, general trimming (hair cut) monthly.
With regard to hair cuts, I've never needed to sent Arrow to the groomer for a haircut because of his naturally short coat (more like an English cocker vs. American cocker). The only areas that my family would need to trim off fur were the underpaw and the tail region (which we did about fortnightly or more). So if your dog naturally grows out long and thick coat then you may have to find other people for advice about the issues the dog may encounter with a personal groomer or the cost and frequency of the grooming sessions.
His calmness you see isn't really a result of training, i never really used any of those dog trainer conditioning on Arrow, he just likes being handled by people who spend time with him and would be calm and trust what they do (in this case it's me grooming him), so if you don't like training your dog you can take heart because it's possible that good behaviour is in spite of discipline. I know many trainers won't like this, they say it's about discipline, but i'd say it's about spending time and never beat or scold your dog. Most of all i'd say it's their personality and the owners' treatment that determines their calmness. Hope your dog and you fit and get along and it should be great.
How interesting! Thank you so much!!! I hope that too :)
Dont leave the ears down after u clean them with liquid it leaves moisture inside his ears causing it to build up more
And shave the inside of the ear flap. Better airflow. And trim his paw fur. I’m a cocker groomer ;)
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My 14 y/o Cocker (mix) just snapped at his groomer :( He's even worse with me whenever I try to do anything to him. He's never liked being picked up and has bitten me (more than once) recently when I have tried (to bathe his muddy feet, was only a few inches of water). I've been getting him trimmed/groomed for probably 10+ years now. He likes the shorter cut & I get it done every 6 weeks. I don't know what I'm going to do now that she has refused to groom him again (I don't blame her) as she is afraid of causing him harm. My only option is to sedate him as I feel no other groomer, even my vet, will get him to behave. I am so worried. Your video has helped me in that I have a regular looking hair brush (made for dogs) and I think I need to get the wire kind so it can catch his fur & detangle him better. My biggest fear is how I'm going to clip his nails & do his ears. She wasn't even able to remove the cotton from his ears when I picked him up & that was a struggle to get him still long enough for me to remove them :( TG he is Blonde dog and I can see the pinks under his nails. I think I should get one of those clippers with a kind of safety guard on it so you can't clip too much (because he WILL be squirming). I am not worried about trimming his coat, as my groomer did, as much as keeping him clean and tangled free. His eyes run a lot, and he always gets stuff in his hair (on his head, muzzle and rear end). I will keep doing my research. Thanks for posting this video.
Whatever you do in grooming, don't cut off a dog's whiskers. They need them for balance and spatial orientation.
This makes me want to cry. Cocker spaniels are my favorite breed of dogs. My mom and dad had gotten one before i was born, her name was Jessie and she was the runt, and i was born and lived with her until i turned about two or three when we had to put Jessie to sleep. She lived 12 years and in her life she was hit by a car, (she was okay though), got exema, (a skin condition), went blind, and was loved by everyone. I would love to groom dogs. I love cocker spaniels so much and i know they are hard to groom but i like brushing dogs's fur so it wouldn't be a problem for me. I liked your video. How old is your gorgeous dog?
From Grace, 12
sorry to hear about Jessie. Glad you like grooming cockers, and thanks for liking. Arrow is going 12 in august.
No way!!! He sure doesn't look it!! What a healthy dog!!!! You take good care of him!!!
Also do you do this daily or weekly?
i shower him about monthly after which i do whatever i showed in the video (i.e. clipping, brushing, ear clearning). Any day in between would be generic grooming (combing, ear cleaning, trimming) when needed :)
Sounds like your dog is very active! Ear product brand is ILIUM OTICLEAN, 125ml bottle costing S$13-15
Thanks I really didn't know home grooming was so difficult. Wonder how the professional groomers handle the fidgety ones? Coz naturally dogs are more confortably being handled by their owners.
Someone I know suggested they fidgit less over time, start of by rewarding and assuring them during the grooming. If the owner is unexperienced and clumsy that would make the dog panic (esp with clipping) compared to one who is calm and experienced. Practice makes perfect!
In my opinion.. American cocker spaniel is the most stunning looking of all the spaniels. :)
Na, the English.
Paolo Gutierrez I like English and springer in my opinion
I like Eenglish cocker a lot too :) They are best!
Same here I used to think they were too roundish but now I find it super adorable lol 😂
СУПЕР! А У МЕНЯ УЗУРПАТОР КУСАЕТСЯ. НЕ ЛЮБИТ КУПАТЬСЯ , СТРИЧЬСЯ И УБЕГАЕТ ОТ ФЕНА. ПЕСИКУ ПЯТЫЙ ГОД И НЕ МОГУ ПРИУЧИТЬ. НАУЧИТЕ, ПОЖАЛУЙСТА!
i used a translator, hope i understood you correctly. Just spend time with your dog and be kind to him / her and you will be fine :)
4:00 what is that my dog do not have this
Hacx Xcoder yes, arrow was having an ear infection that led to me creating the video. dogs shouldn't have to suffer them!
Leonard Jonathan Oh Ok Thanks
i hope my dog looks like your dog when he grow up :D
i hope that for you too :)
is so funny when it runs away hahahha
Great Video!
What is the price of male dog?
is black good?
he didn't need meds, yes he was having a slight infection then while he was being filmed but he's all well now.
looks exactly like my fifi, she is currently very sick, suffering from kidney virus, hope can help me pray for her speedy recovery, thanks in advance
My cocker hates it when I brush him😓
I've seen many other comments like yours. I wonder which aspect of grooming he hates? And how does he show his disapproval?
For Arrow, we groomed him since he was puppy, and the only thing he would do is try and creep away. In fact, in his adult years (1+) he showed he generally liked being combed or de-ticked, but didn't like clipping or ear cleaning.
@@leonardjonathanoh he reaches out for the brush and tries to chew it. I just got the furminator brush i hope he doesn't hate it.
I have the same kind of brush but she doesn't have much fur on her ears and kept thinking I was going to hurt her. But now I know I won't so thanks :)
I also have a male cocker he is one year old and hates grooming he bites and nibbles while grooming
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Your cocker reminds me mine :) he also loves grooming.. he just want to be touched all the time and it doesnt matter how 😂
Do you love arrow
I have a Cocker Spaniel :D He loves Grooming time :D
not always, depends, sometimes they can stay pretty clean for up to 3 weeks :)
now I know what kind of dog i want :D
Nice video and dog is very calm...but you should clean the ears more often judging on how dark the first swipe was. You should do it at least every week. These dogs can have ear infection easliy if you don't clean them regularly.
When I filmed this video, arrow was suffering an ear infection that clogged up his ears within a few days but which could only be cleaned every 2-3 days as suggested by the vet (to prevent hurting the ear). that infection cleared up in a week or two. now I try to clean it about weekly or so since its usually able to stay clean for 2 weeks :)
10-4, Ear infection would explain it. Every time i was cleaning our dogs ears i was thinking of Arrow and though he could have an ear infection from what i could see in the vid. Keep up the good job.
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mine neither specially his ears i could never touche them. so sad,
Thanx for the video, it was very useful and yes, they are the mkst adorable and yours is a very handsome one, too! If you feel like sharing your experience of cleaning: all that hair remains on the doggy so that he can lose it around, all day long and how you keep your house still proper.....i would appreciate it a lot! Thanx again!
Elizabet Somorjai sorry I took this long to reply, the home will never be fur-free and that is a fact, it is out of the scope of the video but it's just part of having a dog at home. Usually my room gets pretty 'furry' (visible fur lying or flying around) in a few days and a vacuum cleaner is a great friend; every few months I would have to clean out the absolute corners of my room to get rid of fur built-up over time.
Thanx Leonard for your answer, I can see by now also that it is like that. What can we do? I also like that fur on him ;-)
haha I think the owner needs a timming too! LOL
i like his hair :)
Damn brah, clean does ears every two weeks wow
My cocker won't let me comb him
Sorry you have to put the epiotic first then massage one or two minutes and then the Cotton pad.
hi hello what happened to your dog please answer me
BROTHERS BJPS4 He passed away :'(
Que guapo cocker
My pup just keeps running around and eats, eats &eats
wow your dog is so relaxed! how do I get my dog not to move like yours?
grooming your dog yourself regularly definitely helps them learn over time to relax. arrow was always skittish and could never relax around a vet, but he was when my family. it's a matter of trust. so just spend time with your dog and don't be harsh or scold them(sounds like a lack of discipline, but I never used much discipline on arrow to get him to stay still)
So Cute
FAjny tutorial !
he was having a slight infection during the time of the making of the video which required cleaning every 3 days.. which cleared up soon after :)
that's sad, hope he gets better soon!
who just came here to look at the cute doggie lol
@하나 가시야 awww maybe giving some food will help calm him down.. Arrow was rather unconfortable with clipping but slowly as I got more experienced at clipping I guess it caused him less pain and he is a lot calmer now:)
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Omg I used to have a cocker spaniel and she was never this obedient XD. She hated being brushed so one day we weren't looking and she chewed all the pin things out of it.. I guess we forgot to put it away?? XD
thanks for this video
Hát mondjuk a saját lábát sem ártana le kozmetikázni.
american cocker ?
Uğurcan Duran he's an American-English mix :)
I understand =)
You should keep the fur under the ears trimmed to allow air flow :)
I wish my baby girl would stay still during nail clippings.
Isn't a grooming table a better idea, you're having to kneel on the floor and Arrow ran off. What dirty ears, too! :o
Wow!!!!!😊
umm how did you just cut the nails cockers cant have the nails clipped!
Cuidadito con las uñas
The biggest problem this breed has, according to me, the long ears. Never get inside wet. If you do wipe dry immediately...
*Edit: Indication of right length is such that in the standing position, the claws are not touching the ground.
My english cocker spaniel won't let me groom her at all lol. She hates brushes and I don't think I wanna try nail cutting, not...very good with it lol. She'll be mad at me for a while 😂 I just take her to the groomers xD
RIP...
Thanks I to have a cocker spaniel
Sorry but you really need to clean your dogs ears more often, I have 2 cockers, one of which builds dirt quickly in her ears and I have never seen them that bad.
stephen16948 it's true, arrow was suffering quite a bad one at the video's making, I suspect due to using one of the ear-cleaning solutions that were water-based. Oil-based seem to be better which i'm using now for him, and he hasn't had another for the past 2 years.
I'm a cocker spaniel
The Buster show Staring Buster what does your cockerspainel look like