> Two heart clinics in England (which is about the size of Connecticut - > I am sure that you are aware that according to KC rules only dogs actually > entered at the show are supposed to be within the precincts of the show.
But if England is only the size of Connecticut, why wait for a clinic at a show? I took a dog to a cardiologist just a week ago Wednesday to have a color doppler done. I drove 350 miles that day to do so. Was it hard? Yes. But no harder than driving to a show. If I have the time to go to a show, I have the time to go to a cardiologist--they are equally important. What we often do here in the States is *hire* a cardiologist to come to our house. A club member just did this last Saturday in Michigan. The cardiologist came to her house and all breeders and pet owners that lived nearby were told about him and drove to her house to have their dogs done. Over here, if a cardiologist is able to see 20 dogs or more, they will gladly do this. Have any of you asked a cardiologist to come to your house to do a clinic? You can look for someone who is decently close to a cardiologist (so the cardiologist doesn't have far to go) and in an area with several breeders. This makes it a lot easier on everyone. I am fortunate to be in an area which has sponsored two eye clinics a year for over 20 years--this year they added a cardiologist to this clinic--although in the fall it coincided with a Cavalier show. It is getting easier and easier for all of us to get our dogs checked annually. 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.
