Black and White Cocker Spaniels (Ultimate Breed Guide)

Black and White Cocker Spaniels are a medium size dog breed, each dog featuring unique and varied black and white markings that range from patches to marbled patterning. They are an affectionate dog that makes a great family companion – no wonder they are a highly sought after breed!

If you are interested in Black & White Cocker Spaniels keep reading this article to find out the all the answers to your questions about this dog breed!

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Can You Get Black and White Cocker Spaniels?

Yes, you can get Black and White Cocker Spaniels. They are a parti-color coat type and can be mainly white with black patches or can be roan which is when they are mainly black with white hairs throughout.

What Are Black and White Cocker Spaniels Called?

Black and White Cocker Spaniels are either called “Blue Roans” or just simply “Black and White”. Both Blue Roans and Black and White Cocker Spaniels have black and white fur however a Blue Roan is a special coat type with a black base coat with white hairs distributed throughout. True Black and White Cocker Spaniels are white with black patches.

Blue Roan vs Black & White Cocker Spaniel

What is A Blue Roan Cocker Spaniel?

A Blue Roan Cocker Spaniel has an equal balance of a black base coat colour with white hairs. The equal distribution of black and white gives them a blue-grey tinge, hence the name “Blue Roan”.

What Is A Black and White Cocker Spaniel?

A Black and White Cocker Spaniel is a mainly white dog with black patches on its coat. They often have black ears with black patches around their eyes. Black and White Cocker Spaniels can also have large black patches on their back and stomach.

How To Tell The Difference Between a Blue Roan and a Black & White Cocker Spaniel

You can tell the difference between a Blue Roan and a Black and White Cocker Spaniel by the colour of the pads of their paws as a puppy. A Blue Roan has fully black coloured paw pads while a Black and White may have pink paws.

Breeders can differentiate between a Blue Roan and a Black and White Cocker Spaniel by 8 weeks of age. Sometimes roan colouring can come through on their fur even earlier, around 5 weeks of age, especially for darker roans. It is not so clearcut for lighter roan Cocker Spaniels.

What Is A Parti Colored Cocker Spaniel?

A parti-colored Cocker Spaniel is mainly white with patches of colour. A Black and White Cocker Spaniel is classified as having a parti-color coat. Other parti-color coats include red and white, tan and white as well as all roans.

A Blue Roan Cocker Spaniel is classified as Particolor

Black & White Cocker Spaniels Size and Weight

How Big Is A Fully Grown Cocker Spaniel?

A fully grown cocker spaniel is between 14 and 15 inches tall (35.6cm to 38.1cm) and weighs between 26 and 55 pounds (11.8kg to 27.2kg). They are a medium sized dog breed.

When Is A Cocker Spaniel Fully Grown?

A Cocker Spaniel is fully grown between the ages of 9 months and 12 months. They reach their maximum weight by 2 years of age and will maintain that weight if they are on a proper diet and get enough exercise.

Black and White Cocker Spaniel Temperament

White and Black Cocker Spaniels are a mild mannered dog that are cuddly and affectionate. They are gentle, loving and great family companion that is good with children, the elderly and other pets.

Cocker Spaniels can be very sensitive and nervous so they need to be socialised from an early age. Additionally, they have a high tendency to bark, so teaching them the “Quiet” command is vital.

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Is There A Relation Between Cocker Spaniel Coat Colour and Temperament?

There have been studies done that are published in the Applied Animal Behaviour Science Journal, that reveal that there is a relationship between Cocker Spaniel coat colour and aggressiveness.

It is reported that gold and red cocker spaniels are the most aggressive and dominant. The second most aggressive are fully black cocker spaniels and the most mild-mannered are particolour (white with patches of colour) which includes black and white cocker spaniels.

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American vs English Black and White Cocker Spaniels

The main difference between an American and English Black and White Cocker Spaniel is the shape of their head. An American Cocker Spaniel has a dome shaped skull while an English Cocker Spaniel has a longer head. American Cocker Spaniels have narrower eyes, shorter muzzles and smaller ears. English Cocker Spaniels have wider eyes, longer muzzles and longer ears. Size wise, an English Cocker Spaniel is larger than an American one.

American Cocker Spaniel	English Cocker Spaniel
Narrower Eyes	Wider Eyes
Shorter Muzzle	Longer Muzzle
Smaller Ears	Longer Ears
Longer Fur	Shorter Fur

As for specific differences between American and English Black and White Cocker Spaniels, there isn’t really any. Both breeds come in black and white and each dog has unique colouring and markings.

Black and White English Cocker Spaniel

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Black and White American Cocker Spaniel

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As you can see from the above images, there really much difference between an American and English Cocker Spaniel. Most people wouldn’t be able to tell the difference without seeing the two dogs side by side.

Are Black and White Cocker Spaniels Rare?

Black and white are one of the most common Cocker Spaniel colour combinations and is therefore not rare. The only coat colour that is more common than black and white is gold.

Black and White Cocker Spaniel Price

Black and White Cocker Spaniels are highly sought after meaning that they have a high price point of $3000 to $7000. There is quite a bit of variability in pricing dependant upon the litter size, the coat colour and the location of the breeder.

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