If there is still money in that PR fund in the UK Club, why not put it towards a drive to get breeders who have scanned to make sure their scans are in the possession of Sarah Blott and Tom Lewis, and encourage others to scan and submit?.
Or maybe we too can organise a fundraiser here to gets scans done on 5 or 10 or 20 pet owner, pedigreed cavaliers in the UK done age 5 or 6 on up? That would be a great pet owner initiative that would greatly benefit research. 2000 pounds as the goal -- I'd kick that off with a 100 pound donation if someone might organise the actual scanning day and if we can find the dogs to scan on this board or beyond.
Just thinking Margaret,
If you're planning Chestergates as the venue,there's the cost of the scan plus vat and for an extra £10 you could add in the cardiologist check as well and have info on both MVD and SM to send to the AHT.
So for £125 you could get a lot of valuable information to the AHT.
I sent Daisy's info on Friday.I'm sorry now I didn't get the MVD check but will know better next time.
I think this is an excellent iniative to allow pet owners to do something constructive toward combatting the health problems.(That and buying from breeders who do all the tests)
Sins
Yes this would be an issue -- Chestergates is wonderful and very supportive but won't release actual scans.
I have a plan to raise some funds as well.
Are there members here with dogs age 6+ with KC registration, who would like to have them scanned? This is not something to fear -- if your dogs is symptomatic at 6, you are unlikely to have to worry about any serious onset of SM with symptoms in the dog's lifetime. Dogs with no symptoms would be especially desireable, in the attempt to find clears. Perhaps we could work through a coupe of supportive vets as well as they'd know clients who might be interested.
I would, if Nicki will give permission, like to call this Rupert's Fund in honour of a much loved and well-remembered senior cavalier.
There was an appeal to raise £8,000, I think, to pay a Public Relations firm to organise a campaign to deny there were any health problems in Cavaliers.
This was a private initiative by some of the die-hard breeders, but certainly the Canadian Cavalier Club was led to believe it was the UK Cavalier Club that was begging for funds.
I think it was that money that was used to set up the lamentable Cavalierhealth site. ( Readers of this post really need to go and look if they have not already seen it............. Denial or what? )