I want to thank the people for the responses to the list and me privately. I have been doing alot of research along with my vet and we are going to take the best course for my boy. One thing I think we all need to keep in mind is that yes this occurs in over 30% of Cavaliers. But it has been proven to be a congenital and heriditary problem. I hope owners and breeders alike are taking this seriously. The only way we can combat it is to not breed the Cavaliers if they or their offspring is to come up with this. I think if we don't start taking this seriously in ten years it's going to be almost as bad a problem as the mitral valve in instances. I have had responses that basically said (and I'm not repeating or quoting but you will get the gist) well it's common in Cavaliers, nothing is wrong and basically why stop breeding the animals that it shows up in. To me that is the wrong mentality. I am very into the health & welfare of my animals and I care about the breed. We have enough health problems, why would people want to add to them? This is still a small enough problem that if we work hard we can combat it before it gets out of hand.
Again, thanks for the responses - let's keep the discussion going so we can educate each other on this. Cynthia ========================================================= "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 2002 by its original author.
