Category: News

  • Ceva Pet Lovers Animal Welfare Winner

    April 2012 winner of this award is Carol Fowler

    ‘For her continued campaigning to  improve the health of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel breed and sterling efforts to improve the genetic welfare of all purebred dogs.’

  • BVA/KC MRI Screening Scheme for Chiari-like Malformation/Syringomyelia (CM/SM)

    The long awaited BVA/KC CM/SM is ready to be launched.

    Unfortunately the Cavalier clubs are objecting to the publication of the MRI scanning results (all other BVA/KC schemes are published on the KC website and printed on pedigree certificates).

    There will now be a further consultation to resolve the issue and further delay in the implentation of the scheme.

    Clearly Cavalier breeders’ representatives are still not willing to put the interests of the dogs first.

  • Advisory Council on the Welfare Issues of Dog Breeding lists its priorities

    • Brachycephalic airway obstruction syndrome
    • Limb defects (including hip and elbow dysplasia
    • Ocular disease secondary to conformational problems
    • Heart Disease with a known or suspected inherited basis
    • Separation-related behavioural problems
    • Syringomyelia
    • Epilepsy
    • Skin conditions with a known or suspected inherited basis

  • Tania Ledger launches Cavalier Matters charity (no. 1141674) and online shop

    An exciting new charity has been set up to help to save the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel breed.   It will raise funds for research, give advice to Cavalier owners and prospective owners, and help to raise awareness of canine genetic welfare issues.

    In the longer term Cavalier Matters aims to extend its scope to other breeds and campaigning for change in the pedigree dog breeding industry.
    www.cavaliermatters.org
    www.thecavaliergiftshop.org

  • BVA and Kennel Club Announce Offical SM/CM Health Scheme

    At long last the BVA and KC have announced this much needed scheme to try to eliminate CMSM from the Cavalier breed (and other breeds). Breeders will now be able to MRI scan their breeding dogs as part of a standardised scheme in order to know if their dogs have the disease and are likely to pass it on to their offspring.

    Scans will be graded for CM and SM and the results will be passed on to the Animal Health Trust (AHT) to aid the development of Estimated Breeding Values (EBVs) for Cavaliers.  Results will be published on the KC’s Health Test Results Finder.

    The scheme will start in January 2012.