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TO BREED OR NOT TO BREED THAT IS THE QUESTION
This information presented here is for you to decide if you want to breed or not.  That choice is ultimately yours  My task here is to just present the information and leave the decision up to you. 

    One of the obvious things that you will find when trying to get started in breeding is LACK of help, but there are a few pople that will go out of their way to help the novice.   The thing 'they' always want to imply is all the money, time and knowledge they have used in developing 'their' lines.  YES to all three of those things.
    a.  It does take an enormous amount of time
    b.  can involve a large cash flow
    c.  knowledge is all important and it is a continuing learning process.
     BUT remember, even if they don't, they all started at the same place you are at.
 

  But my thought is, 'Those who are true Breeders,'  also do the most to help the novice.  Not because they buy the puppy, dog, or bitch from them but because of the opportunity to help guide and impart their knowledge of breeding and whelping cockers. "SO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS"

I feel that the aim of raising a litter of puppies is to improve upon the parents or to gather information . But each person sees the individuals differently.  What you look at and see in the parents
I might not see but I might look and see something totally different.  That is why there is no one kind of cocker.  We each like something a little different.
"Mediocrity thrives on standardization" 

    Examine the Why? before you breed.
 

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