Urmston gran - you're so right about blue roan cocker spaniels. They are fantastic family members, with such happy , gentle temperaments.
Lumarei, good to hear your granddaughter is ok but as Anja says she shouldn't have been anywhere near a dog she doesn't know. Also, all children must be trained not to put their faces near dogs, even dogs they do know well. Most dogs pose no threat at all but no dogs enjoy small children getting in their faces.
All dogs need training. I don't like to grumble too much but here goes, there are too many people who get dogs and refer to them as 'fur babies'. No they aren't, they're dogs and benefit from being treated with respect, as dogs. They need firm boundaries to be Kindly but consistently maintained. They're rather like small children in that. They should be left alone and if an adult, or especially an adult in charge of a child, wants to approach the dog and touch it the owner/handler of the dog must always, without exception, be asked permission first. Dogs are like people, they don't all like company, or talking to strangers.