# Talk:American Cocker Spaniel

Seems like extraneous material. The need to know a Pomeranian/American Cocker Spaniel cross seems superfluous. Unless the article will have a section dedicated to crosses, I thought it should be removed.--Anonymous 4:58 (EDT), 29 August 2007

I disagree with the term "hit movie." That feature did poorly in the box office and should have been "Direct to Video." I deleted out the term "hit" as it didn't seem subjective.--Anonymous 5:01 (EDT), 29 August 2007

"The head has an upturned nose and the ears hang down." -- No where in the breed standard does it say an "upturned nose". Suggest removal.

The first spaniel in America came across with the Mayflower in 1620, but it was not until 1878 that the first Cocker Spaniel was registered with the American Kennel Club (AKC). A national breed club was set up three years later and the dog considered to be the father of the modern breed, Ch. Obo II, was born around this time. By the 1920s the English and American varieties of Cocker had become noticeably different and in 1946 the AKC recognized the English type as a separate breed. It was not until 1970 that The Kennel Club in the UK recognized the American Cocker Spaniel as being separate from the English type. The American Cocker was the most popular breed in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s and again during the 1980s, reigning for a total of 18 years. They have also won the best in show title at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on four occasions, the best in show title at Crufts in 2017, and have been linked to the President of the United States on several occasions, with owners including Richard Nixon and Harry S. Truman. In 2013, the cocker spaniel ranked 29th the American Kennel Club registration statistics of historical comparisons and notable trends. 2601:18B:C100:93D0:2DA9:FCE9:9422:6BFE (talk) 23:38, 29 June 2023 (UTC)

American Cockers' previously high popularity resulted in the breed frequently being bred by backyard breeders or in puppy mills. This indiscriminate breeding has increased the proliferation of breed related health issues in certain bloodlines. ref name="coile11"
I've removed this paragraph due to it not meeting the standards for WP:MEDRS but it'd be fine in another section without the claim that backyard breeders are responsible for breed health issues. The author does not have any authority or expertise to make this assertion and it puts blame away from kennel club breeders. Traumnovelle (talk) 23:09, 24 February 2024 (UTC)