Schaller's English Cockers - Wisconsin English Cocker Spaniel Breeders

PUPPIES: Sold out. Call to get on our waiting list for 2012, 608-697-2561.

I am Bill Schaller recently retired and now devoting full time to caring for our field English Cocker Spaniels. Our English Cockers live with us in our home. All puppies are born and raised in our house. We also babysit the grand children during the week and the kids play with our 4 English Cockers and the puppies when we have a litter. They are very affectionate.

I hunt pheasants in Wisconsin, South/North Dakota, and Iowa. A working licensed guide in Wisconsin and get many compliments from my clients. I trained Duke, Brandy, & Sage for guide hunting. I also train started pups. All the owners have reported that the puppies have turned into excellant hunters and great companions in the home. We stay in contact with our new friends after they get a pup to answer questions and offer assistance. Many have become good friends. References available upon request.

We recently added Louie from Ohio to our home. He is white and black ticked, a very handsome dog. I have used Louie already guiding as a back up pup in the field. He is learning how to hunt, has a very soft mouth and loves to retrieve - everything. Louie has retrieved quail, chukars and rooster pheasants. He is a closer working flusher than Duke was at his age. Louie's training is in progress and he will be ready to go on his own next season.

Call to get on our puppy waiting list. 608-697-2561

English Cocker Spaniel

Hunting, Training

Bill Schaller
W8544 Hwy 33 E
Portage, Wisconsin 53901

Breeding quality gun dogs for over 10 years.

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03/17/2011
Hi Bill,
Aubrey’s first birthday is next week and I just wanted to check in with you and let you know what a wonderful dog Aubrey has become. When we brought her home at eight weeks she settled right in and got along just fine with my five year old Springer spaniel and my wife’s three cats. She was just about house broken when we got her and by twelve weeks she had almost no accidents in the house. I have owned five Springer spaniels before we bought Aubrey, our first field-bred English cocker, and she is by far the smartest of the lot. As a puppy Aubrey was ready for anything. She was not too overbearing and not too shy. I think this was probably because of the great job you guys did socializing her before she came to us.
Our veterinary doctor told us that she seldom sees dogs as good as Aubrey. She said that Aubrey was perfect and worth every cent we paid for her. She has had no health issues since we got her. Temperamentally she is mellow anytime she is in the house; well . . . except when she is terrorizing the cats, but that is just what puppies do.
As far as hunting goes she is an absolute natural. At twelve weeks she was retrieving a winged dummy to hand, quartering to two pips on the whistle and coming to me on four pips of the whistle. The first time I threw a toy for her in the house she brought it back to me and dropped it at my feet. I slowly broke her to sounds: clapping my hands while she ate, then moving to clapping wood blocks together and finally a blank gun outside as I threw her dummies. At sixteen weeks I was shooting both 20 and 12 gauges over her and she has shown no signs of gun shyness. At about this same time I introduced her to water. She took to it instantly and loves to retrieve and swim. If there is water around she’s in it.
Also at about 16 weeks I began taking her to a nationally known English Cocker trainer located in North Branch, Minnesota. Since I consider myself a novice at dog training I felt I needed help in introducing Aubrey to birds. Aubrey and I went to visit Tony at his training facility every Saturday morning for about seven weeks. There were many other dogs there at different stages of training. By our fourth visit, Aubrey was flushing, finding and retrieving pigeons to hand. On our next visit Tony told me that “Aubrey was going to be an all star.” Now I know that I might be a bit partial, but I have to be honest, of the six to ten odd dogs who were training at Tony’s place on the weekends, Aubrey was light years ahead of them all. Even dogs who were six months to a year older did not do as well as she did.
I hunted her in Northern Wisconsin for ruffed grouse last fall when she was seven or eight months old and she did great. She stayed close and quartered in front of me and retrieved everything I shot. The first time she ran up on a downed pheasant she paused because she had never seen one before, but by the third of fourth bird she was retrieving them readily.
Well I must say good bye for now. Aubrey is just a peach. She is a real cuddle bug, and best of all her goofy antics make my wife and I laugh out loud every single day. We definitely will be buying another pup from you. Thank you so much for bringing this wonderful dog into our lives.

Brian Boortz
Centuria, Wisconsin

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Where to begin? First off I would like to thank Bill for being such a good and loving person toward his dogs. I consider Bill as someone that I can now call a friend. My schaller cocker is named Rex. Boy he is everything that I expected and some. I bought him as a started dog (hunting)and a family pet (for the Wife). When I say started dog I mean Bill had him practically trained and he has been a pleasure to have on hunting trips and at home. He is the most loving and affectionate dog I have ever had. The one down side for my is that he is a lap dog and I love him for that. He is always trying to please, and does not have to try as hard as he does but we will keep that to ourselve. He is extremely smart and knows all that he is doing. He is a pleasure to be around, and is quite social butterfly. Meaning he has yet to meet someone or some dog that he does not like. I would recommend that anyone looking for a good dog that is both active and loving, should talk to Bill. He is a great man and a great breeder. Bill thank you again.

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I should have named her Champ, and would have if I would have known what I had, before I gave her the name of Jo. With the help of an older gentleman I had met one day out in the marsh, Jo has exceeded all expectations of an upland bird dog. 12 rooster pheasants killed over her at age 1, and probably half that many missed. She busted coveys of quail and numerous ruffed grouse flushed. A dog willing to please, she has become my little "sweetie" as Bill Schaller has referred to her as. As far as Bill is concerned, a fine man second to none and full of information if you but ask him. It's plain to see what these dogs mean to him and his wife. They are wonderful people. One last comment, as far as Jo is concerned "off the field", gentle, protective when needed, and a little stinker that makes you laugh from time to time. My wife just loves her and has told me, "if anything happens to Jo, don't bother coming home."

dan frosch 608-643-4253

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We got Fenway from Bill a little over a year and a half ago. At first I was a bit nervous buying from a breeder that I hadn?t met yet, but Bill quickly quashed any reservations we had. His knowledge and love of his pups was obvious from our first call (he got on the floor to play with our little lady) and I instantly knew his dogs were raised in a loving home. He put us in touch with a previous buyer who happened to live in our area of California, and he confirmed the Schallers to be great people who had amazing dogs.
Fenway has been an absolute dream. She is smart, alert and agile. We do agility with her and she constantly amazes us by the speed in which she picks up commands. In fact we feel we are holding her back from doing agility at a competitive level, as she seems to be picking it up faster than us. She is playful, loves to be with people and to please. Beyond this, she is an easy going dog and enjoys relaxing around the house. With her bright expression, intense awareness to the world around her, and merry nature Fenway is a great cocker and wonderful companion.
This has been a great experience and we would do it all again in a heartbeat.

Nicole & Eric, Sherman Oaks, CA

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I could write pages about my puppy from Mr. Schaller, but I will be brief. Jetta as we call her is everything we hoped for and so much more. My four children adore her, and my wife (not a dog person) loves her like her fifth child. I am pretty fond of her as well, and each time I hunt or train her she finds a new way to impress me. She is extremely intelligent, and eager to learn. She hunts close, and I enjoy watching her work. She can trail a runner like a pro already (she is 14 mos.), and she never misses a retrieve!
As for Bill, he genuinely loves his dogs, and is always an E-mail or phone call away for advice, or just to share a hunting story. I would
certainly recommend Shaller's English Cockers to anyone who wants a dog that is just as at home in your lap as in the field!
JMP

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WHERE DO I BEGIN
I BOUGHT CASSIE FROM BILL TWO YEARS AGO
WE BOUGHT HER TO BE A PET AND A HUNTING DOG
SHE HAS PROVED TO BE BOTH
SHE IS A FAST LEARNER & INTELLIGENT
SHE WAS HOUSE BROKE IN TWO DAYS AND HAS NEVER CHEWED ANYTHING OUR HAD ACCIDENTS IN THE HOUSE SINCE
SHE HAS A STRONG ENDURANCE MAINTANCE FREE COAT
SHE IS A TRUE COMPAION
SHE PLAYS BY HER SELF CHASING BALLS ETC
WHEN MY HUSBAND TAKES HER HUNTING SHE IS ALL BUSINESS
AND FLUSHES BIRDS WITH VENENGENCE COVERS A LOT OF AREA AND STAYS CLOSE
SHE LOVES CHILDERN AND PLAYS WITH THEM
I TRULY BELIEVE YOU CAN TEACH CASSIE ANYTHING AND SHE WOULD LEARN QUICKLY
WE PERSONALLY HAVE NOT TRAINED HER TO HUNT LIKE THE PRO HUNT BUT THERE IS NO QUESTION IN MY MIND THAT SHE WOULD LEARN IT WELL
SHE IS NOT A BIG DOG ABOUT 27 LBS AND MAINTAINS HER WAIT WELL
BILL IS A GOOD BREEDER HIS DOGS COME FIRST !!!!!

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