> was this study specifically about Cavaliers? It is Cavaliers I am commenting > on - not an all breed study
It was a study on all breeds, showing--on average--who is breeding purebred dogs. Back when I started in Cavaliers, the vast majority of the breeders also showed their dogs. I *knew* almost every breeder in the country to some extent. In one month's AKC Stud Book of last year, there were 76 Cavalier litters recorded. Of these 22 were bred by breeders who don't show. Close to half of the 22 were bred by 2 or 3 commercial breeders that I've heard of, the other half backyard breeders or commercial breeders I don't know about--most of the other half were bitches from Ireland with those funny names like Fancy's Beauty or Princess Sunshine. 54 were bred by show breeders. So it seems the Cavalier statistics are beginning to change as well. Of all the Cavaliers registered each month, the percentage of those bred by show breeders is dropping. The statistics seem to say the show breeders are doing a good job of keeping puppies from being bred by backyard breeders. Unfortunately they seem to be buying them from brokers and pet shops and starting to breed anyway. Laura Lang 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 2002 by its original author.
