Peggy, I know not everyone's nuts!! VBG Look, I can understand the concern of people who have actually experienced a health problem of some kind - that's happened to me too over the years. But it seems to me that someone only has to mention some condition and its like a sled that takes off and gathers speed until everybody feels they have to jump out of the way just in case it hits them. (i.e. test for everything just in case the dog MAY have something)
My perspective on the breed comes from many years, many visits to breeders in many countries and from breeding many litters. On the sheer numbers bred, some would classify me as "commercial" ( Hard to cut down on litters when people keep ordering pups) but no more so than the "big name" breeders in UK who commonly had many more dogs than I have kept over the years. But having a show team and breeding nucleus for nearly 30 years and for 15 of those running two breeding programs for two prefixes (Elvenhome and Braganzar) means keeping more dogs than the "norm". So my opinions come from experience, not from reading vet journals or trawling though web sites to find more health related information than I could read and absorb even if every day had 48 hours. Besides which. I am too busy looking after the dogs to sit for hours in front of the computer! My experience from dealing with literally hundreds of pet buyers over the years and feedback from them, tells me that this is a pretty healthy, robust breed. The vast majority of Cavaliers do just what they are supposed to do - provide love and companionship for a pretty good stretch of time. We often hear on this list when a problem crops up, but we never seem to hear about all the wonderful, long lived, healthy cavaliers who quietly and without fanfare do their job............. lets not forget them, lets try and keep a good perspective and a balanced view that all is not doom and gloom! Jeanie ========================================================= "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.
