Do you really think that Cavaliers are difficult to housebreak? I find them extremely easy. I am astonished that you have found them difficult -- try a Bichon -- they are impossible! Anne
Myra Savant wrote: > I always tell people who inquire about buying a puppy from us that we have > no reason not to believe that 50% of them will be diagnosed with MVD just as > the statistics say they will. I also tell them that they are very hard to > housebreak and shed enough to build a whole new dog every week or so. I > honestly don't test my dogs so that I have something to tell the puppy > buyer. Most of them don't even ask. I view it as a challenge to produce > healthier puppies. My hope is that by the time I get too old to do this, I > will be able to tell people that my testing has made a difference. I figure > I have maybe 10 years left to breed my dogs if I am lucky. I hope that we > can at least eliminate HD and bad patellae from our lines by then...the eyes > should be relatively easy, and the MVD?? Who knows. Myra Savant > > >From: "Susan A. Schlenger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Why NOT boast about testing? > >Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 22:37:40 -0500 > > > >Hi, Myra, > > I guess I just look at this as a "given"? My difficulty is > >convincing > >pet buyers that because I DO test doesn't mean that their pup won't get > >ill. :-((. To me, advertising "healthy" isn't the same as saying "of > >course I test". Unfortunately, "all I can do" is not much in terms of a > >polygenetic disorder. I can never guarantee a pup's health anymore than > >I could guarantee that my children would be healthy. I sure do wish I > >could do more for both kids and dogs. > > And, one thing I wanted to add; we Cavalier breeders talk a lot > >about > >MVD as we should.......but there are few breeds of dogs with fewer > >problems than ours if I am correct? If I were to ask a golden breeder > >about cancer for instance...... > > > >Suze > > > > > > > >Myra Savant wrote: > > > > > > Testing DOES guarantee something. It guarantees that the breeder is > >doing > > > all that they can do to find, and eliminate from their breeding > >programs, > > > dogs who are affected with genetically transmitted diseases. Myra > >Savant > > > >-- > >Suze at Llawen Cavaliers > >"...I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man > >to depend simply upon himself." -Isna Ia-wica > >"Thought comes before speech" Luther Standing Bear > > > >========================================================= > >"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. ========================================================= "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.
