Hello All I am in agreement with Myra and Peggy. If we "only" breed for health, we will no longer have what makes the Cavalier, or any other breed, unique unto itself.
I'm one of those who have been in Cavaliers only a short time, and have been in Newfoundlands for about 10 years. (also not a very long time). About the time I got into Newfies a breeder "out there", quite well-known in the breed, bred only for health and hips. Type was quickly lost, as was temperament. They got big, ugly newfies, very sound, but not good around kids. After a time, because of wild, overactive huge dogs who bit, they stopped selling their dogs to people with children, because they were unstable. These were newfies...Nana personified...known to be children's guardians. But they were healthy and sound. Now those same people have revised their breeding to get back to type and temperament. Perhaps not quite as sound as they really would like but at least they look and act like newfies. I believe there is some happy medium we can strive to achieve. Check the breeding stock, breed carefully, spay and neuter when applicable, but keep the breeds basically the way we hope and the standard says they should look and behave. And hope for the best after we've done everything possible. Only my opinion, novice that I am. Arlene Proebsting ========================================================= "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.
