In Staying loyal to my dogs, Ive gotta side here. We have had 3 Nuetered Cocker females over the last 7 years. One of them who was a stray that we adopted died quickly and terribly last year from what was a case of heart worms that we could not come back from. The other two like her, are the sweetest dogs Ive ever had other than my childhood mutt. They will ultimately force us to remove all the carpet and replace with tile in our home but I love them like family.