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My daughter is thinking of buying a puppy. Read about defect heart and eye conditions. How do you know if the puppys are from good breeding. Do you got some kind of certificate to say that they are free from defects. Thanks any help appreciated.
 
Sorry but do you mean a Charlie, or a Cavalier? Lots of people get them mixed up
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A Charlie has a squashed face and shorter nose??
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If you mean cavaliers then ask away as mum and sister breed them
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Naturally I would say that theirs come recommended...
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You dont get certificates for eyes and heart when you get your puppy, they are too young to be tested, but a good breeder will have certificates for the parents
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Ooooh sorry I have just noticed what I put above - I had better clarify that the breeder might well not own the sire of the puppies, so the certificate(s) would be held by the sire's owner
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Oh - I have just googled for my mum's prefix - if you look on the cavalier king charles spaniel club website there is a list of dogs with clear heart certificates
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we breed cavaliers..ruby, black and tan, blenheim and tri-colour....if they are registered with the kennel club when you buy one then it should say their breeding on there...the price is slithly higher when KC registerd, but not much...we have pupies now! and are due!:):)
 
My dog had a clear heart certificate . Never had a heart murmer till she was 7 . Then last week died of a heart attack on the way to the vets . Aged 8 years old . cavalier king charles spaniel was her breed and i have another one . On reading about them i believe its very common for heart problems as they were breed in with so many dogs to get so small . Kerry never suffered from any eye problems at all .


The way i see it is whats going to come to you wont bi pass you !!!!! What will be will be . There lovley dogs .
 
My aunt bought a KC registered puppy cav many many moons ago from a reputable breeder. At around the age of 5 he was diagnosed with heart murmer and spent rest of his happy days taking tablets. He lived to good old age of 14 though.
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She now has a rescue cav from a puppy farm (ex breeding bitch) and was born with only one eye but they bred several litters from her. I knew they had a tendancy to get heart problems but was unaware of any eye issues.
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Eye problems used to be an issue (thinks back to when I lived at home!!!) - that must have been 20 years ago, and reputable breeders got them all eye checked then - they probably still do, I just dont ask my mum/sister
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Latest thing seems to be syringomyelia (sp???) which is causing massive panics in the show world
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Yes, CKC are susceptible to eye, heart and hip problems. In fact when we got ours someone suggested we call him CHD (Congenital heart disease!)
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Our guy is a dote, not yet 5months but havent had any problems yet (touch wood!)
Many of the musculoskeletal disorders that occur in CKCS occur between 4-7months of age.
Iv been told by many vets that they have never seen a king charles (or cavie) over the age of 8 WITHOUT a murmur, but many live perfectly well with it.
 
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Yes, CKC are susceptible to eye, heart and hip problems. In fact when we got ours someone suggested we call him CHD (Congenital heart disease!)
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Our guy is a dote, not yet 5months but havent had any problems yet (touch wood!)
Many of the musculoskeletal disorders that occur in CKCS occur between 4-7months of age.
Iv been told by many vets that they have never seen a king charles (or cavie) over the age of 8 WITHOUT a murmur, but many live perfectly well with it.

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Sorry but the vets you are talking to are talking a load of c**p - there are plenty of cavaliers who dont have a murmur over the age of 8, my mums being a case in point

ETS - oh, and they dont have hip problems either!
 
Yes they can have hip problems. they are an indicated breed for them.

And this is from those vets experience. Its a common problem as you well know and can occur in any older animal - at that age it may not be hereditary though, obviously enough.
 
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Yes they can have hip problems. they are an indicated breed for them.

And this is from those vets experience. Its a common problem as you well know and can occur in any older animal - at that age it may not be hereditary though, obviously enough.

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Yes they CAN have hip problems, I was just pointing out that my mum/sisters DONT as they are reputable breeders
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Same goes for the heart problems...

The moral of this story = go to a reputable breeder, as with any dog
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sorry - thought you were saying its not/has not been a breed trait. sorry!

And yes, as Acolyte says - as with any breed its best to buy from a reputble breeder.
 
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