WHERE MY LOVE OF COCKERS CAME FROM
About Our Family
We are a small family kennel in Northeastern Colorado specializing in
cocker spaniels in all of the beautiful color varieties of sable,
chocolate, black and buff.  I have lived with cockers all of my life and
decided to bring that joy to others while trying to improve their breed
characteristics with our high standards. Our dogs are pets and family
first and are raised in our home! We participate in small-scale
conformation shows & have now finished :
12 APRI CHAMPIONS & 1 PROMINENT CHAMPION!
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See Our Dogs
WE LOVE OUR PUPPIES AND YOU WILL TOO!  WE LOVE OUR PUPPIES AND YOU WILL TOO!  WE LOVE OUR PUPPIES AND YOU WILL TOO!
We love our puppies and you will too!
We strive to breed & raise QUALITY, colorful, merry pups with
great dispositions and bubbly personalities. All of our cockers
are a part of our family, & every litter is well-planned. When
you buy a puppy from us, you know that you are getting a great
addition to your family, & are becoming a member of ours!
We try to breed beautiful cockers with medium to full silky coats & size
ranging from 18-28 lbs. We also breed for correct conformation & conformity,
long ears, apple heads, & correct ear & tail sets. We strive to make sure that
our cockers LOOK like cockers! We are always trying new things to improve
our cockers' style, coat, size & wonderful temperament! Our cockers'
personalities are very important & we strive to breed and raise happy & merry
pups!
EVER SINCE I WAS LITTLE, MY FAMILY HAS HAD A COCKER SPANIEL. MY FIRST
COCKER SPANIEL THAT I CAN REMEMBER WAS A BUFF NAMED HONEY. IF YOU
CAN IMAGINE THE BEST DOG IN THE WORLD THAT WAS PROTECTIVE OVER ALL
OF US KIDS AND WOULD GO FROM ROOM TO ROOM AT NIGHT TO CHECK ON
US...THAT WOULD BE HER. LOOKING BACK, SHE WAS A TYPICAL COCKER
SPANIEL WITH THAT SPECIAL FAMILY-LOVING TRAIT.
IN 1992, MY DAD BROUGHT HOME A LITTLE BLACK AND WHITE COCKER
SPANIEL NAMED MAX. HE HAD BEEN GIVEN UP DUE TO ALLERGIES AND CAME
TO LIVE WITH US. I HAD NEVER BEFORE SEEN A DOG SO IN LOVE WITH A
TENNIS BALL LIKE HE WAS. YOU NEVER SAW HIM WITHOUT ONE! HE EVEN
LEARNED HOW TO OPEN UP MY SISTER'S NEW TENNIS BALL CANS...MAYBE HE
JUST LOVED THE SMELL OF A NEW ONE! HE WAS A GREAT DOG. AS HE GOT
OLDER, WE REALIZED THAT HE HAD CATARACTS AND BY THE TIME HE WAS 10,
HE WAS MOSTLY BLIND. THE NEATEST THING ABOUT HIM, WAS THAT EVEN
THOUGH HE WAS OLD AND BLIND, HE COULD STILL FETCH BETTER THAN ANY
OF OUR OTHER DOGS. HE HAD THAT NATURAL HUNTING ABILITY OF SCENT
PATTERN SEARCHING. WHEN HE WAS 16 YEARS OLD, HE LET US KNOW THAT
IT WAS HIS TIME & WE TOOK THE SAD TRIP TO THE VET'S OFFICE.
IN 1999, MY PARENTS SEARCHED ALL OVER AND FOUND
A LITTLE BLACK COCKER OUT OF KANSAS. MY DAD HAD ORIGINALLY WENT
THERE TO LOOK AT ANOTHER PUPPY, BUT WHEN HE GOT THERE, DIXIE JUST
STOOD OUT AND THAT IS WHO HE BROUGHT HOME.  SHE WAS THE FUNNIEST
LITTLE DOG AND HAD HE QUIRKS.  SHE LOVED TO SIT IN MY MOM'S LAP AND
CUDDLE, AND EVEN LEARNED HOW TO "SING" ON COMMAND!  SADLY, WHEN
SHE WAS THREE, SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LYMPH NODAL CANCER. IT DID
NOT TAKE LONG FOR THE CANCER TO TAKE OVER. TAKING HER TO THE VET
FOR THE LAST TIME WAS HEARTBREAKING, BUT WE KNOW THAT SHE PASSED
OVER THE RAINBOW BRIDGE AND IS NOW PROBABLY CHASING AROUND MAX
AND PULLING ON HIS EARS LIKE SHE DID WHEN SHE WAS A PUPPY!
ALL OF MY PAST EXPERIENCES WITH OUR BELOVED COCKERS FUELED MY
PASSION TO BREED THE BEST COCKERS THAT I CAN- GREAT FAMILY PETS
WITH GREAT HEALTH, BEAUTY, AND THE NATURAL ABILITY TO EXCEED IN
WHATEVER THEIR AND THEIR OWNERS' PASSIONS MAY BE.
TONY & I MET IN MY SECOND YEAR IN COLLEGE. BY THEN, I HAD MY FIRST
PAIR OF COCKER SPANIELS. HE HAD NEVER HAD PEDIGREED "HOUSE-PETS"
BEFORE & IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO GET HIM USED TO IT. NOW HE LOVES
THEM AS MUCH AS I DO, & AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES, THEY LOVE
HIM TOO!   WE GOT MARRIED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2007 & NOW HAVE 9
BEAUTIFUL "COCKER KIDS". WE LIVE ON A BEAUTIFUL FARM IN
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO & STAY BUSY ALL YEAR ROUND!
Our kennel name "AM's" comes from ANTHONY and MIRANDA- as this is a
passion for both of us. It also makes an easy search for all of those other
cocker spaniel lovers looking for their newest addition.
THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AND PLEASE LET US KNOW IF WE
CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE!
This is our kennel. Only about half of our kids stay here
at one time. Since our house is small, they have to take
turns being inside! It is heated and air-conditioned,
insulated, and spacious! Each dog gets their own 3x3
pen on the inside and a 4x15 pen on the outside where
they can enjoy their own toys and treats.
Not only do they have a big
fenced yard to play in, but we
also take them on group walks
around the farm.