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The American Cocker Spaniel
Michele Grenkow, CMG, CCMS
The American Cocker Spaniel (ACS) is a bird dog of
medium size and it is not supposed to have an overly
perfuse coat. Due to it being in the Sporting Group
for the most part we know that it should be carded,
but if we are maintaining for companion clients the
body will be clippered in a 7 blade. Although we
can modify for clients want and needs, you will find
that overall the 7 blade does make easy work of a
sometimes difficult coat.
Now we know that the ACS can only be shown in
the conformation ring carded, but I am going to go
over some widely accepted styles that have been
given to the Cocker Spaniel.