Cantabria was named after a province in northern Spain, where I got my very first English Cocker.  She was a uniquely funny and peculiar dog, and I have never looked back.  She was not a particularly beautiful dog but she oozed personality.  When we returned to Canada, I began to pursue knowledge of this breed in earnest, and was kindly mentored by a few good breeders over the years.  I bred my first litter in 1993, hoping to be able to breed my ideal English Cocker, in both mind and body.  It has been a great journey!  Although we lived for many years in beautiful Victoria, BC, CANADA, we moved to Powell River, BC on the Sunshine Coast about six years ago.  We are a short flight from Vancouver, or a pleasant drive.

Kuka aka Cantabria Jazz Fest was one of my early dogs.  She was sired by a BIS winning dog named Am. Can. Ch. Wittersham's Charlemagne.  She was a confident, dominant, funny dog of beautiful breed type.  I bred her to a dog that I had fallen in love with when I went to our ECSCA National Specialty in Denver.  He was the beautiful sweet BIS winning Champ aka Am. Can. Ch. Canterbury's Golden Gait.  Those dogs marked the real beginning for me.

Chai aka Ch. Cantabria My Cuppa Tea was from Kuka's breeding to Champ.  She was a wonderful little dog, full of the pizazz that helps a dog be a successful show dog.  She finished her championship quickly and was WB at the BC Cocker Club Specialty at the age of nine months.  She was a little lady, always demure, ready to pose for a picture anytime.  Both Kuka and Chai have gone on to the rainbow bridge now.   

Lucy aka Ch. Cantabria Music In Motion was the offspring of a Champ son named Ch. Dawnglow Diamond in the Ruff, bred to Kuka.  She was a Cdn. Ch. and had a very successful sister named Ch. Cantabria Sweet Harmony aka Tori. 

Tori aka Ch. Cantabria Sweet Harmony was owned by Pam and Roger Elliot in Wisconsin.  She did very well and was WB at the HOM Specialty show in Michigan.  She was their first English Cocker, the start of their love affair with this breed.  She is behind some nice dogs out there today.

Morgan aka Cantabria Angel of Golden Gait was owned by Deb O'Crowley in Mn.  Deb LOVES agility competition, so trained Morgan, who is by Champ and out of Kuka, to do agility.  She did very well for Deb, and then retired to be the mother of some nice pups for Deb.  Very well loved, Morgan has now gone to the rainbow bridge and is greatly missed.