Sandy's book has brought comfort and as importantly, knowledge and information to many people who need it when discovering they have an SM dog. It is wonderful that she put hours and hours of time into creating this book in the first place, and then, that it continues to keep helping Cavaliers by raising funds towards critical research, much of it going to directly support breeders in the genome project (Sandy gave many thousands of dollars in donations for scans on older Canadian dogs belonging to Canadian club breeders).
People help in many ways– by keeping their vets informed about SM, by telling other cavalier owners about SM, by making donations or raising funds, by making sure they only ever select a breeder who is doing the health testing this breed needs to survive, by creating websites or blogs or handouts about this condition–every single person can do something meaningful that is within their means and that will help research and benefit this breed.

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