▁became ▁Ch . ▁O bo ▁II . ▁He ▁differ ed ▁greatly ▁from ▁the ▁modern ▁bre ed , ▁being ▁only ▁ ▁tall ▁and ▁with ▁a ▁long ▁body , ▁but ▁was ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁excellent ▁dog ▁of ▁that ▁era ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁popular ▁s ire . ▁ ▁Tow ards ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁bre ed ▁had ▁become ▁popular ▁in ▁America ▁and ▁Canada ▁due ▁to ▁their ▁dual ▁use ▁as ▁a ▁family ▁pet ▁and ▁a ▁working ▁dog . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁the ▁bre ed ers ▁on ▁either ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁had ▁created ▁different ▁bre ed ▁standards ▁for ▁the ▁C ocker ▁Span iel ▁and ▁the ▁bre ed ▁gradually ▁diver ged ▁from ▁one ▁another , ▁with ▁the ▁two ▁becoming ▁notice ably ▁different ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁The ▁American ▁C ock ers ▁by ▁now ▁had ▁a ▁smaller ▁m uzz le , ▁their ▁co ats ▁were ▁so fter ▁and ▁the ▁dogs ▁overall ▁were ▁l ighter ▁and ▁smaller . ▁The ▁differences ▁were ▁so ▁apparent ▁that ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁bre ed ers ▁founded ▁the ▁English ▁C ocker ▁Span iel ▁Club ▁and ▁restricted ▁bre eding ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁types ▁of ▁span iel . ▁The ▁two ▁types ▁of ▁C ocker ▁Span iel ▁in ▁America ▁were ▁shown ▁together ▁as ▁one ▁bre ed , ▁with ▁the ▁English ▁type ▁as ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁bre ed , ▁until ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁when ▁the ▁American ▁Kenn el ▁Club ▁recognized ▁the ▁English ▁C ocker