The Cocker Spaniels

Little Darwin and Skippy with the newest family pets. This photo was taken sometime around 1955 or 56.  After their experiment with Shetland Sheepdog ownership failed, the Warriners got a couple of Cocker Spaniels.  Darwin is holding buff colored Tommy, and Skippy is holding solid Black Dolly Girl. Her AKC name was Geroco Baby Doll.

Dolly Girl was a beloved family dog.  She was spoken about with great love and appreciation over the decades, because she saved Darwin's life.

The story goes like this:  The kids were all outside playing on the sidewalk.  Baby Darwin was toddling around in his diaper, and wandered into the street.  Dolly Girl saw him step off the curbing, and she ran over and grabbed hold of his diaper, pulling him out of the street as a car drove by.

They got Tommy later to use for breeding to Dolly Girl.

Dolly Girl had a litter or two over the years.

The last time she was pregnant, one of the girls was walking her a couple blocks away on Fort Stockton Drive in the business area of the neighborhood.  There used to be antique shop near the pet shop.  As they walked past the antique shop, two white standard Poodles came charging out of the house and attacked Dolly Girl.  One grabbed her by the neck and started shaking her.  She later that day had a miscarriage from the stress.

That is why Mom never cared for Standard Poodles, or any large dogs in general.