"The breed of dog you choose depends entirely on your personality".
Every breed has its own charm, its own assets and, I say frankly, its own liabilities. Even dogs are not entirely perfect. For instance, if you want a dog that can lick his weight in wildcats, a cocker is a poor choice. Cockers are wonderful hunting dogs, and some of them are fine watchdogs and some of them like to bite the milkmen, but by and large, a cocker is a non-belligerent. If you want a dog whose hat is always in the ring, don't buy a cocker. The first bulldog you meet may send your puppy flying to your arms. Or if he mixes with the bulldog, the bulldog will make mincemeat of him.

If you want an independent life-of-its-own kind of dog, walk softly past the kennel where the cocker puppies [note: any age....] sit always facing the back door of the house. If you don't want your puppy to tell you all, and confide every waking thought and be under your feet at every step, try a sturdy wise little Scottie or a dashing wire-hair.

If you choose a cocker above other breeds, you should know just what you are letting yourself in for. The typical cocker has one aim in life and it is a major aim. His aim is to
BE WITH YOU EVERY SINGLE MOMENT.

His feeling for you is like a five alarm fire. He doesn't care a penny
about leading his own life,he only wishes to lead yours.
If you are in the attic sorting old letters, then he wishes
to sort old letters in the attic. Much as he enjoys
hunting rabbits and woodchucks, he will give it up
in a minute to sort old letters in the attic. If you are
trying to lie down and rest, he feels a sudden need
to rest, and will rest on the same couch.

He will probably not actually leap in the bathtub with you, but he may rest his paws on the edge and watch you. And you may as well give up any closed-door policy that you have had. Cockers are allergic to doors closed between you and them.

When cruel fate takes you away from your cocker, there will be the most passionate welcome when you return, even if you have only stepped out for five minutes to buy some stamps. There are people who would be bored by all this devotion. Cockers are not for them.

But if you don't get tired of being told how wonderful you are, how perfect, how all desirable, a cocker puppy is your dish. As I write this, seven cockers are helping edit the manuscript. With a whole house to roam in, all seven are trying to squeeze between me and the typewriter, just to let me know THEY STILL CARE!"

Spaniels have been called the "kennel angels". Possibly that sums it up as well as anything. At any rate, if you choose a cocker, he will give you the love that passeth understanding until death do you part, and for all I know, afterward too.

Some things are forever...
Thank goodness for those little Cocker people.