Carol, This lady was one I talked to last spring. She claimed to have moved her from New Jersey. She advertised them in the Knoxville paper is how I came to call her. I think she was asking $800-1,000. I pretended to be a buyer. She assured me that all of hers were show quality. I left it at that. Cathy
Carol Richards wrote: > I took Dinah with me today to a church to pick up tickets for their > Christmas concert One of the women in the church office came over and > asked me if Dinah was a King Charles. I said yes, that she was a Cavalier > King Charles Spaniel. She said that she had one at home. I asked > what color he was, and she said, "the same color as yours." I said that > Dinah was a tri-color. She said, "Mine doesn't look like yours > though. He's really big. Yours is really beautiful. I've > never seen one as pretty as yours." She was very obviously sincere and > just overcome by how beautiful Dinah was. > > I asked how big, and she said he weighed about 25 lbs. and was 9 mos. > old. I told her that Dinah would be 13 years old in January. I got > the feeling she did not realize that was a very old age, and she didn't ask if > she had a heart problem. I have a feeling since she didn't even know the > name was Cavalier instead of King Charles, or to say "tri-color" that > she knows little to nothing about them. > > I asked where she got him, and she said that there were some > breeders in Greeneville, TN, which is about an hour and a half from me in > Knoxville. She said she thought they had moved here from Ireland and > brought their dogs with them. I was expecting her to say she'd bought > him at a pet store after her earlier comments. I had no idea there was a > puppy broker so close to me. Has anyone heard of a broker in this > area? I would be really interested in any information anyone has on this > person. > > This is not my church, so I had never met this person before. There > were so many people coming around to see Dinah that it wasn't the time to > educate. I really wish I'd given her my phone # and asked her to call me > some time to discuss Cavaliers and their health and care issues. It is so > sad to me that people like this woman have absolutely no idea how to find a > reputable breeder. I just hope she has a good vet. > > Carol Richards > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.geocities.com/carolscavaliers/ > > "My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet." > > Edith > Wharton > > ========================================================= > "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.
