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I am a small hobby/show breeder, I have enjoyed cockers since 1980 - when my hubby bought me my "first" as a

Christmas gift. In a little town near us, where we went shopping for our lumber supplies, the town had a "town mascot" -

which was a buff cocker spaniel. This was a little town & everyone knew this dog. One day while at the lumber store, this dog came to visit. The salesman asked if we had ever met this dog, and we had not. So he called the dog over to us and started having the dog do "tricks." He was amazing, sit up, roll over, shake hands - all the normal stuff - then the salesman says "bang-bang" - this little dog dropped over and laid on his back, feet straight up in the air, playing dead - but his tail was going 100 mph :) I told my hubby I wanted one just like that :) And so the story began - cockers have been a very important part of my life ever since.

After seeing my first "dog show" in 1997, I fell in love with these beautiful dogs all over again and was smitten with the

"show bug." Ollie was my first, he never did finish his AKC championship, but I did learn many things by showing him. Showing is defiantly an ongoing learning experience. Ollie did earn his International Ch title. Many Cockers have followed Ollie, the chocolates are my absolute favorite and now I am specializing in the chocolate color.

I belong to the Hiawatha Cocker Spaniel Club of Minnesota, as most show stories follow, it took a few years to be accepted from the "Cocker People" - I was determined and it did pay off, I have some very good friends that I have made thru this club. I am now serving on the board, and take care of the club web site. You can see our club website at

http://www.hiawathacsc.com

I guarantee my "Pet puppies" for one year, against most heriditary/congenitial problems. Any refunds will be given on a replacement basis only, when a pup of the same sex, quality is available. We have shipped pups as far away as Germany/So Korea/Alaska/Phillipinies as well as most every state in the US.

My Pet puppies are sold on a limited AKC registration, meaning that AKC will not register any offspring from these pups. They are sold as pets, and should be spayed or neutered. I will hold on to the registration papers until a "proof of spay/neuter" has been sent to me.

Pups sold with Full AKC registration are for showing or breeding, they are also priced higher than those sold as pets.

Pups sold as "show prospects" are just that, I do not make any guarantees that these pups "will finish" - there are just too many things that can keep a pup from showing & finishing.

So if you are purchasing a pup for showing, just keep this in mind :)