> This speaks volumes. "pet people" really love their Cavaliers, wherever > they buy them. I went to a heart clinic last year and a couple who had > purchased lovely and well-loved dogs from reputable resources had diagnoses > of Grade 2 and Grade 3. Their dogs were too fat. not too heavy, TOO FAT, > but they refused to understand that they were really stressing the entire > system of their dogs by over-feeding them in the name of "pampering". each > person blamed the other for the overweight problem. Neither seemed to > recognize that even with their "window of opportunity" in the grade 2 and 3 > murmurs sans any other complications that they were streesing their > Cavaliers' systems by over-nutrition/over-feeding.
I mention this in both my pet contract and my Puppy Manual. I STRESS how important it is to keep their dog fit and not let it get overweight. But they do it anyway. I guess they have just as hard a time saying *no* to their dogs as most of us have saying *no* to ourselves! Laura Trunk Roycroft Cavaliers ========================================================= "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.
