Laura I don't think individual breeders breed more cavaliers than individual breeders in the US (if you see what I mean!) There are some breeders that have several litters in the year just as there are in the US. However there are a lot more Cavalier owners in the UK and a lot of cavaliers that should not necessarily be bred from! Hence the 10,309 registered in 2001 I would think in a few more years your numbers registered will surpass ours in AKC. After all they have only been recognised "officially" for a few short years. Our registrations are slowly coming down from the "explosion " there was in the seventies whether this is because there are less being bred or whether it is because people are not registering them is another story!! VBG
Annette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Trunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:02 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Restriction lifted > > I think they buy here because there are no strings attached - purchased > out > > right - to do with them what they will. > > > I think the majority of people who continuously buy in the UK would have no > problem buying dogs with no strings attached here. The *strings* are mainly > for first timers. I am sure there are those who sell dogs to long time > breeders with strings, but doubt there are many. > > In my opinion the reason people buy in the UK is because you breed 5-8 times > more puppies than we do on a yearly basis. If we consider 10% to be of > really top quality, and we produce 2,000-3,000 puppies a year and the UK > produces 15,000 or more a year--there are A LOT more top quality puppies > available in the UK! So we here in the U.S. have a much better chance of > getting a *good* one in the UK than here. In addition since there are SO > few good ones in the U.S. the breeders tend to keep them for > themselves--they are not just not available for sale. > > 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. ========================================================= "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.
