Conversely by your argument above, there is no evidence that Cavaliers bred by Cavalier club members are less healthy than puppy farm cavaliers.
I know where I would put my money and I know where I would go to buy my next Cavalier!!! (just for the record - it most definitely won't be a puppy farm - they are despicable and anyone who buys from them are in effect condoning their existence)icon_whistling
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Davecav ,
We are not discussing about the buying of a Single Cavalier from a Puppy Farm, it is about Salvaging the Cavalier Breed which is on the Verge of Extinction.
The state of Cavaliers now ,is that 50% have Murmurs at 5-6 years of age ,and this is no better than it was 18 years ago, not my words but those of Cardiologist who is Researching the MVD Problem in our Cavalier Breed.
That many Cavaliers are Carriers of MVD Genes, also the words Cardiologists researching MVD in Cavaliers.
90% of Cavaliers have CM ,which is Chacterised with Brains too Big and Skulls too Small .
Can this be involved with the Cerebro Spinal Fluid not getting properly around the Brain and causing Syrinxes to form .
Then we have the Frightening information that 85 Whelps Researched in the Foetal Tissue Research .
ALL HAD CM.
None of us like the Idea of Puppy Farms, but the Cavalier Breed is between a Rock and a Hard Place, now that it is being considered that Out -Crossing might have to be involved to save the Cavalier Breed ,please tell me Davecav ,what is wrong with the CKCS CLUB buying 30-40 Cavaliers from Puppy Farms ,that have been Health Tested not to have SM or MVD and using them in Cavalier Breeding Programs ,with Researchers and Geneticists supervising this .
This way would bring fresh Cavalier Strains into the Breed.
Or would you prefer that there were no more Cavaliers?
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