Karlin,
OH DEARIE ME, I have just been challenged once more ,could you allow me to answer it here please.
I think the saying is, Once more into the Breach Dear Friends.
The question asked of me was, would I stop Folk Breeding Cavaliers I think is how it was Phrased.
My answer is ,definitely YES, if the Cavalier Breeders are not prepared to carry out Health Tests for SM and MVD.
I think my views about this for the MVD afflicting the Cavalier Breed have been well known about for the Past 20 years.
Now that SM has appeared on the Scene for the Cavalier Breed ,my answer is the same for that Insidious Disease.
I will even go further and say ,for me , I would far rather see a Smaller Gene Pool, but that Gene Pool has only Healthy Cavaliers ,who will have the chance of Healthier ,Longer Lives in it, than what is happening to to-days' Cavaliers.
Even in the article advertising about the Pedigree Dogs Exposed TV Film to be Broadcast in America 10 -12- 09,8

m,ET/PT,there is mention about the wee Cavalier writhing in agony because of a Brain Condition
This has now been stated by the APGAW Committee ,is because the Cavalier Heads are too Small for their Brains.
That ,the Article goes onto say , many Dogs are Molded purely for their looks and success in the Show Ring.
I wonder what America will make of the PDE Program?
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