Check this out, I'm still laughing. :lol:
Read comments 1 and 2 here:
http://www.dogworld.co.uk/Breeds/BreedNotes/41-CAV
Ditto for me!but now having seen what's ensued in it's wake ,my only regret is that it wasn't done as a 12 part series!!!
I agree -- that Bet person is a broken record on all those posts with the "all small breeds have it, not just Cavaliers" thing! I just don't see what is so important about that point. If it's a problem, it's a problem, no matter if other breeds have it or not, am I right?
I want everyone to take it seriously & work together for a solution
I am so sorry to hear that you have lost your charlie to SM, it is without doubt a most dreadful illness. I doubt very much if these breeders who are not health focused will work together, as they have shown in their hundreds that POLITICS come before breeding healthy cavaliers. They say that some breeders do not want to publicise the fact that they are scanning their dogs, why not? If they are clear of SM then surely it would make perfect sense for their kennel to be proud of that fact to show they are health focused and care for this lovely breed.aswell as cavaliers I have charlies & a papillon , I have just lost my charlie to sm , my previous cavalier had some suspicious symptoms & my papillon is scratching quite a bit (though I think it may be because of a disk problem , i'm going to mention it to the vet ) so I have concerns about her too.
so it really doesnt matter to me wether its mainly a cavalier problem or not dogs are still suffering regardless of the breed. I want everyone to take it seriously & work together for a solution
so it really doesnt matter to me wether its mainly a cavalier problem or not dogs are still suffering regardless of the breed. I want everyone to take it seriously & work together for a solution
Many of the other breeds are only known as single cases or a handful of dogs -- but the worrying thing is that there appears to be a problem with toy breeds that has shown up sooner and more severely in cavaliers but clearly affects other toys.
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if you breed two affected dogs together all the puppies will be affected
I'm also getting sick of hearing that most SM dogs are rescue ( really ?) & thus must be from puppyfarms ( show bred dogs end up in rescue too ) so its all the puppyfarmers fault.
So yes scanning won't find the carriers but it will hopefully reduce the incidence by making sure no two obviously affected dogs are bred together ?
Of all my cavalier acquaintances and contacts (not including anyone from CavTalk) I would have to say the cavaliers diagnosed with SM are from show breeders. I could name off a list of well known UK breeders from their pedigrees, but of course I won't.I get regular reports back from puppy buyers who say such and such breeders says they have never had a case of SM in their lines -- this is what worries me a lot more as I KNOW many of these breeders have indeed had cases because I have had contact from the people with their dogs and have seen the pedigrees. There is a LOT of lying going on and from many prominent names.
But: most puppy farm and BYB dogs are so close to all the main lines anyway and also are so much more likely to have other problems -- that I wouldn't opt for such an unethical option.
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