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Originally Posted by bindi boo
oooh i see this is VERY useful and if more people followed there would be less pes in rescue BUT what about when the slightly not breed standard makes a healthier pet... my cav faith is kc reg with 5 generation pedigree but she would probs be laughed out of crufts because of her slightly longer snout.. now faiths only 11weeks old so obviously im not just saying this as if trying to jusify breeding her coz shes way way wayyy too young but ust from a personal point of view wouldnt breeding all cavs to have this ever so slightly longer nose whether they were show winners or not be better or the breed, afterall healh and wellbeing of the dog as well as the breed should come frst right? i lost my last cav BECAUSE of that smaller muzzle so for show judges to demand a muzzle tha short seems stupid to me
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How is your cav doing? I've heard a lot of them get cerebral pulsy (I really can't spell that haha), where their brain is too large for their skulls. I saw a horrible documentary on it. It was 55 minutes long and made me cry. It had to do with people breeding dogs to death (all of the in-bred dogs and making things "better"). Apparently the cavalier is the most unhealthy purebred if up to show standards. 70% have heart murmers by age 6
A lot of the cav breeders they interviewed were aware of the cerebral disease, but none will test for it because they don't see it as necessary, even if their studs or dams don't show signs of it until they are older.. it was based out of the uk too..I will try find the link to the video, only if you'd like to watch though..it is graphic and very, VERY upsetting. I cried several times.
I really hope your girl is a healthy pup! I don't mean to let you down by any means either!!!! If she has a longer snout, she is probably one of the healthy few.
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