Committed to buying a puppy!

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Very cute- she looks identical to our Poppy.

Still ridiculously stubborn, but we managed to train her into reasonably good habits (mostly house trained by 18 months). The only trait that we’ve not been able to get rid of is her barking- she barks a lot when we’re in the house and she hears anything outside, or just randomly when we are out and about. After 5 years we’re just used to it now.
 
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Very cute- she looks identical to our Poppy.

Still ridiculously stubborn, but we managed to train her into reasonably good habits (mostly house trained by 18 months). The only trait that we’ve not been able to get rid of is her barking- she barks a lot when we’re in the house and she hears anything outside, or just randomly when we are out and about. After 5 years we’re just used to it now.

Ours is very hit or miss with barking.

Thankfully he's quite good with people - i can't believe the number of people when you're out walking who want to stop and give him a pet/stroke (obviously pre-coronavirus) so they're definitely a very loved breed. We had a panicky moment a couple of months ago when out walking, and two young girls with their dad wanted to pet him, the youngest who was probably about 4 looked like she was about to poke him in the eye. He was very calm though.

He's strange with other dogs though, to the point of just ignoring them. You'll see some dogs bark at other dogs when walking close by, but ours just pays no notice, he'll just walk on by :D.
 

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We are now a week and two days into having our puppy. She is a working cocker and absolutely adorable. Very nippy though, will bite just about everything. Some slight concerns over vaccinations though as some vets have stopped doing them due to the virus outbreak.

She has had lots of company with the three of us around all day due to lockdown and has the run of the garden.
 
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My pup is just 1 year old (birthday 3 days ago) and is (was) booked to go in for her snip at the Vets on the 15th April. Phoned up to check and they said only doing emergencies for forseable future, so looks like she will have to go through another season.
 
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