This topic has come up on another list, and I was surprised at how many people said that health was foremost to them. I am with Peggy. If we end up breeding ugly little cavaliers that live to be 20 years old, what have we accomplished? Myra Savant
>From: Peggy Mickelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [CKCS-L] health before type >Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 09:58:34 -0400 > >1. I agree with Linda - if you don't love them first, why do you have >them? >2. Winnie - No, I do not and never will put health before type. What a >question, >when I thought I'd already made that clear. Health is important...but if >you >want to put health before type so your little dogs live forever, you are in >the >wrong breed. Do what the anti-breeding people say and get a mutt...your >chances >of it being healthy are 50-50. Putting health before type will lead to >loss of >type. > Do Not Put Words In My Mouth! Yes, I test...but if the dog is ugly >and/or >unsound, I frankly don't care if it lives to be 25 and still has a clear >heart. I >don't want an ugly dog no matter how strong its heart is. >3. I resent Susan Cochran's post that "the US has tried breeding for type >and >gotten the beautiful Cavalier that drops dead at age 7." The implication >is that >we have a corner on that market, and that simply is not the case. In >addition, >not all dogs who drop dead at 7 do so from heart problems--no matter what >country >the dog was bred or lives in. > In other breeds, I know there are certain lines prone to particular >problems...if anyone can tell me of ANY Cavalier line anywhere where no dog >has >ever died before it was 10 or no dog has ever had a heart problem, I'd like >to see >them prove that. I believe there may be some lines that seem to have lots >of >long-lived dogs...but there are others who have them, too. So far as I >know, no >country has managed to eliminate MVD-----I mean really eliminate it. Am I >wrong? >Peggy > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 1999 by its original author.
