2015 AKC STUD BOOK ENTRIES
COCKER SPANIELS
ers registered in 2008. For 2015 the estimate is for
3,750 cockers.
The number of Cocker Champions (Conformation
Shows) remains the same. In 2013 there were 403
Champions and in 2014 there were 373 Champions.
So far for 2015 the number is 336 (including Nov.
2015) and will probably reach 360 Champions. 10
years ago in 2005 there were 613 Champions.
Cockers in Obedience (CD, CDX, UD, UDX)
remain low at 40 titles for 2014, about the same for
2012 and 2013 which is 41 and 40 respectively. There
were 67 obedience titles won in 2005.
Rally Trials have been decreasing from a peak of
195 Rally titles (RN, RA, RE, RAE) in 2007 to only 75
in 2014. The number of cocker participating at agility trials has increased a little; this is difficult to compare as more and more titles are added every now
and then. In 2014 there were 84 MACH titles, 33 NA,
34 NAJ and 46 MXP.
Field and hunting titles (JH, SH and MH) totaled
11 for 2014 compared to 19 in 2013. Tracking (TD,
TDX) remain constant at 15 titles for 2014.
2015 STATISTICS
An excellent source for accurate information is the
AKC Stud Books. While “Modern” Stud Books no
longer record registered cockers, they document the
first time any registered dog (male or female) is used
to breed a registered litter of purebred dogs.
It is an indication of the future of the breed. It is a
clue as to the number of dogs being born.
Up to and including October 2015 (Figure 3),
every month there is on average 85 new dogs in the
Stud Book. A lot of them are from recognized breeders, some are coming from distant countries and
some are coming from less popular breeders with
hardly any Champions for the first 4 or 5 generations. The highest month so far was August 2015
with 100 dogs and the lowest was 70 dogs in April
2015. Of those 85 dogs on average, 33% are under 2
years old. On average 5% are merles (SZ registration) and 19% are Champion
10 years ago in 2005, the monthly average was 427
new dogs per month of which 45% were under 2
years old.
As the registration number remains the same or
continues to go down there
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