Lisa_T
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I was looking for pics of the fluffy Cavalier toys (people toys, not dog toys!!) mentioned on another thread, and ended up on one of the generic sites for selling pups.
...and I'm left wondering how people can be taken in. There's 'Cav' pups there that I could swear are actually English Cockers with Cav style markings - definite Cocker heads, muzzles and ear sets. But the ones that really break my heart are the tiny undersized ones. Like Karlin says, they're not simply miniature - it's obvious that there's something very wrong there, and I hate to think of the health issues that will face the new owners. The head shape is... just not right. I'm almost wondering if someone has managed to cross a Cav and a Chi, cos those head shapes... Just surely, if a prospective Cav owner does ANY research at all, surely they can see that some of these pups just do not look right!
It shows the difference between a Cavalier who happens to be small (both my own pair are very much on the small side of the standard), and one that is deliberately bred as a tiny Cav. Dreadful. It has been a salutary experience looking at the lists, and seeing the terms and they ways the pups are photographed and marketed. I think everyone should do it, actually, though I'm sure most people here already have.
...and I'm left wondering how people can be taken in. There's 'Cav' pups there that I could swear are actually English Cockers with Cav style markings - definite Cocker heads, muzzles and ear sets. But the ones that really break my heart are the tiny undersized ones. Like Karlin says, they're not simply miniature - it's obvious that there's something very wrong there, and I hate to think of the health issues that will face the new owners. The head shape is... just not right. I'm almost wondering if someone has managed to cross a Cav and a Chi, cos those head shapes... Just surely, if a prospective Cav owner does ANY research at all, surely they can see that some of these pups just do not look right!
It shows the difference between a Cavalier who happens to be small (both my own pair are very much on the small side of the standard), and one that is deliberately bred as a tiny Cav. Dreadful. It has been a salutary experience looking at the lists, and seeing the terms and they ways the pups are photographed and marketed. I think everyone should do it, actually, though I'm sure most people here already have.