It would be a good idea to get steps for the settee and perhaps your bed. Hyperdrug do good ones at a reasonable price - look at their website. Jumping, either up or down, can be uncomfortable as it jars the spine. If Ziggy has a pedigree, the Estimated Breeding Values project at the Animal Health Trust would be glad to have information about him:
If your Cavalier has been MRI scanned for syringomyelia and/or screened for mitral valve disease (heart murmur) then we would like to have a copy of the results certificates, together with the Kennel Club registered name and number of the dog or a 5-generation pedigree. For quality control purposes we cannot include in our database screening information about a dog unless we hold a copy of the results certificate and have owner consent to have it. All results certificates and the actual disease status of individual dogs will remain completely confidential and will not be shared with any other parties outside the AHT.
All copies of screening results certificates and pedigrees should be sent to:
Dr Sarah Blott,
CKCS Health Breeding Programme,
Animal Health Trust,
Lanwades Park, Kentford,
Newmarket,
Suffolk CB8 7UU
Or electronic copies of the documents (e.g. pdf files) can be e-mailed to[email protected]
Are you and Ziggy still hoping to come on the Sunday to our Cavalier Weekend at Copt Oak? I hope you will manage it, it would be nice to meet you both.
Kate, Oliver and Aled
PS Would you mind if I copied the photo over to the Companion Cavalier Club Facebook page, as it shows Ziggy's syrinx so clearly?