Blackstone English Cockers History

Our History

My involvement in dogs began in 1973 with a small, smart and sassy, field Irish Setter, Molly Malone CDX that I trained in obedience. Shortly after that time I acquired my first Gordon Setter.

That first Gordon, "Mcky" went on to become Muriel’s first Champion UD dog, Ch Gordon Hill Rob Roy McGregor UD. Gordon Hill Chloe joined our family, coming from Susan DeSilver’s continued breeding of the Gordon Hill line for Muriel.

L to R Gordon Hill Chloe,
Molly Malone CDX, and
Ch. Gordon Hill Rob Roy McGregor, UD

Although Chloe never completed her Championship, she was pointed from the puppy classes. Her litter brothers, Ch Gordon Hill Casablanca "Bogie" was a three-time all-breed Best in Show winner during the late 1980s and Ch Gordon Hill Alabama Slammer won the Sporting Group at Westiminster Kennel Club in 1985.

Merryborne Sesame

BIS Am/Can Ch. Rustlin's Gallant McDuff

Other Gordons came and went thru the years and my involvement with them stayed mainly in obedience competition. When it came to downsizing to a smaller breed, it was without question that it would be a black and tan English cocker. By this time Muriel’s involvement with dogs had ceased, but she was very much an integral part of the dog community and networked me to Linda Robinson of Rustlin English Cockers, Dallas, Georgia.

Linda and Ruston Robinson have been involved with dogs since 1976. Their first red English Cocker bitch, Merryborne Sesame produced their multiple Best In Show winner Am Can Ch Rustlin Gallant MacDuff. It is these dogs, along other significant cockers such as, BIS/BISS Am Can Ch Wittersham’s Emblem ECM that is behind Blackstone English Cockers. It is also the help, generosity and friendship from the Robinsons that have made Blackstone English Cockers what they are today.