Obedience is another performance sport in which cockers can excel. The merry disposition dictated in the standard makes them happy workers, although it does also lend itself to creativity. Their desire to be with people makes them natural heelers, and their hunting instinct aids in their retrieving skills and scent discrimination work. Their joy of life that they show while workers can draw a crowd whenever a cocker is in the obedience ring.
Obedience competition consists of three levels, with the skills required increasing in difficulty with each level. The levels and titles are:
- Novice - Companion Dog (CD)
- Open - Companion Dog Excellent (CDX)
- Utility - Utility Dog (UD)
Once a dog has earned the UD, it may continue to show to earn the following titles:
- Utility Dog Excellent (UDX) - requires 10 shows where the dog has qualified in both the Open B and Utility B classes.
- Obedience Trial Champion (OTCh) - requires 3 first places, 1 from Utility B, 1 from Open B, and the third from either class, and 100 points. Points are based on the number of dogs competing in the classes, and are awarded for 1st or 2nd place wins.
OTCH Cocker Spaniels
Researched by Dr. Jeanne Grim,
ASC Website Obedience Consultant
- CH OTCH Mar Lee’s Folly O’Blarney UD,
SB461925, Dog, Wh: 10/21/1973, Color: Red, Breeder/Owner: Mary Lee Whiting - OTCH Lady Mara, Can CDX, SC,
149045, Bitch, Wh: 11/21/1976 Color: Red/White, Owner: Cindy Strong or Cindy Brick - CH OTCH Mar Lee’s Jopa O’Blarney UD,
SC565557, Dog, Wh:8/28/1978, Color: Red (OTCH Mar Lee’s Folly O’Blarney UD ex Sham-O-Jet’s Key To Blarney CDX) Breeder/Owner: Mary Lee Whiting - OTCH Em’s Bakers Bartered Goods UD,
SC418959, Bitch, Wh: 2/22/1978, Color: Red/White, Owner: Bonnie Baker - OTCH Daisy Girl X TD,
SD754524, Bitch, Wh: 1/6/1983, Color: Buff, Owner: Gail Workman - OTCH Flip-Of-The-Coin’s Black Magic UDX,
SE145797, Bitch, Wh: 3/31/1984, Color: Black, (CH Meri-Knol’s Satan of Sarchell ex CH Meri-Knol’s Moon Maiden) Title Earned: Jan 1993, Breeder: Patricia Frisone, Owner: Mary L Michon - OTCH Ambers Good Golly Miss Molly UDX,
SF554546, Bitch, Wh: 3/3/1989, Color: Ascob (Gale's Go For Broke ex Emma Goldman Westmatt) Breeder: Karen E. West, Owner: Susan & Jerry Westover - OTCH Heartstone Black Skimmer UDX MX MXJ
SF878840, Bitch, Wh: 2/4/1990, Color: Black (CH Bobwin's Sir Black Ash ex Heartstone Abbra Kadabbra CD) Title Earned: February 1995, Breeder: Becky Willis & Linda Gallant, Owner: Barbara Dressel - CH OTCH Mar Lee’s Tainer O’Blarney UDX,
SM80601301, Dog, Wh: 8/1/1990, Color: Buff (CH Arow’s Homesteader ex Mar Lee’s Tali-An O’Blarney UD) Breeder/ Owner: Mary Lee Whiting - OTCH Knight’s Little Kelly Girl VCD1, UDX, TDX, JH, OA,
SN26063301, Bitch, Wh: 6/3/1995, Color: Ascob, Owner: Gail Workman - OTCH KAY'S SASSY SHEBA, UDX,
I.L.P.85232. Bitch, Wh: 01/15/97. Color: Black, Owner: Kay Carr
Wirehaven's Roderic Tertius CD, CDX, UD (1946-1959)
Sire: CH My Own Roderic, Dam: Wirehaven's Hidden Lore CD,
Breeder: J. B. Kimes, Owner: Dorothy Grover Boyds MD
photo from Bucklodge Kennels (ASC Archives)
Futurity Form