Laura has a point here. Why don't the Regional or main club in UK organize health fairs which is what we do here in the Northeast, the South, the W est and the Midwest. The United States is a HUGE expanse yet it seems we all manage to get to a cardiologist annually with our dogs. Some breeders are not accessible to a cardiologist so they capitalize on the heart clinics at shows for their show dogs and they make an appointment with a cardiologist, get together with a friend and drive the remaining dogs in their respective kennels many miles to a cardiologist's clinic. Living in the boonies where cardiologists are not available in the immediate area is not an excuse for not having the dogs examined by a cardiologist. Anne
Laura Trunk wrote: > > 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. ========================================================= "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.
