That is an interesting question! I don't have the answer to it though:?
Does anybody know how many pups are bred by the "show" breeders and how many they keep and therefore how many are sold on as pets . ...
There is a growing feeling that there may be a need for a Companion Cavalier Club, embracing both pet owners and breeders that are trying to produce healthy pets.
... There is a growing feeling that there may be a need for a Companion Cavalier Club, embracing both pet owners and breeders that are trying to produce healthy pets.
If it was possible to register such a club with the Kennel Club, it could be a powerful voice for change.
The CKCSC,USA is part way there already. Unlike AKC parent clubs, it allows pet owners to join as voting members, and the majority of its members are non-breeders. It has a Health & Conformation class at its shows, with minimum requirements for health testing in order to enter that class. I know of at least one cavalier that obtained its CKCSC,USA championship from that class.
If enough CKCSC,USA voting pet owners voted out the existing leadership and voted in board members and officers who pledged to emphasis the genetic health of the breed, a companion cavalier club could come to life.
As Maggie writes it is impossible to put a definite figure on the number of pet cavaliers bred by breeders that show, but even within the show fraternity it is conceded that most puppies will be sold as companion dogs.
Many of the cavaliers that are kept for showing and breeding will eventually be rehomed to pet homes.
An article in this week's Dog World, on the Advisory Council on Dog Breeding reports:-
"The need to address welfare problems should be paramount, council members agreed, saying it was not acceptable to breed dogs who will then suffer. It was clear, members said, that breed clubs, breeders and society must become ‘more engaged’ in relation to these issues.
Part of the council’s role should be to encourage recognition among breeders that they are breeding pets, not breeding for showing, members said.
A minority of dogs, even from the breeders who are most successful in the showing world, end up in the show ring, and therefore the key objective should be the breeding of fit, healthy and well-socialised pets, it was agreed."
There is a growing feeling that there may be a need for a Companion Cavalier Club, embracing both pet owners and breeders that are trying to produce healthy pets.
If it was possible to register such a club with the Kennel Club, it could be a powerful voice for change.
I would be interested to know what forum members think about the idea?
SHOW BREEDERS PUPPIES ?
This would be a Great idea.
Tania, can I link this Post with saying what a Lovely Photo of You and your Legged Friends in the May Edition of DOGS TODAY.
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I agree rod but for some reason I thought you had to have a ckcsc usa pedigree to vote? ...
There is a growing feeling that there may be a need for a Companion Cavalier Club, embracing both pet owners and breeders that are trying to produce healthy pets.
If it was possible to register such a club with the Kennel Club, it could be a powerful voice for change.
I would be interested to know what forum members think about the idea?