Annette, I appreciate your input on all of this because I know you have been breeding for a good while and know a lot more than I do. I need to ask a question. We did buy puppies from different kennels in the UK, but we were looking for specific dogs in the pedigrees of every puppy. We couldn't exactly look at the type of the puppy because we couldn't see anything but photos which only tell part of the picture. Now, we have our foundation dogs, which all have either Caption or Linjato's Ace of Base in their pedigrees, sometimes..well, usually....more than once and on both sides of the pedigree. We think that we got very lucky because most of them are lovely, lovely dogs. Now that we have our basic foundation, we are making breeding decisions. In some instances we are able to use our own boys that we have imported but in some cases, the bitch has specific issues that need to be correcting and we are looking for boys who are known to throw these traits. Is this an okay way to go about it, in your opinion? We didn't buy from the same kennels, but we did buy into the same lines. We focused on specific dogs because of what we knew about their heart health/history, and know that we have the heart history that we wanted for our pedigrees, we are starting to focus on breeding for type. I am interested in your opinion and nothing you say will offend me, but I would really appreciate your input. Myra Savant
>From: Annette Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] co-owning and other strings..... >Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:19:12 +0100 > >Couldn't agree with you more Linda. There are far to many people "in" >Cavaliers because they are the "in Breed " to own. What is wrong with >starting off with a pet and starting to learn from there??? Why do people >expect to be spoon fed information that it has taken a person many years to >learn themselves. >Why expect there to be a financial return? From where I sit I find it >appalling that no sooner has someone acquired a bitch than the next topic >is >who it can be bred to and how often. I won't even start on what my opinion >is of the contracts that some poor new owners are required to sign!! >As for buying bitches first from one kennel and then from another with no >thought as to type or pedigree be they imports or from the US. That is not >the way to breed and why I foresee a generic Cavalier in the future - >passing all its health clearances but the true essence of the Cavalier lost >Again just my opinion for what it is worth > >Annette >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Linda Berman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 1:18 PM >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] co-owning and other strings..... > > > > After reading Suze's post, I can't help wondering about the phrase >"getting > > into cavaliers". I am of the mindset that many if not most people >started > > out with the breed because they just plain wanted to be around one. The > > romance evolved from there. I did not purchase my first Cavalier as a > > potential investment, or anything I thought would take over my life. >And > > even getting "in" cavaliers there is no guarantee that all of the dogs >we > > own or breed live up to any potential we dream about. Sad to think >that > > the pleasure of owning a Cavalier is looked at as more of a business >deal >by > > many. And I am not looking for flames here, just my opinion. >Linda > > > > > > Linda Berman > > Lancers Cavaliers > > Merrick New York > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ========================================================= > > "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. > >========================================================= >"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.
