by Cavalier Puppy | Jan 8, 2017 | Cavaliers Are Special
Healthy and tasty as they are, a diet of carrots would have little impact on the plague of inherited disease affecting Cavaliers. The same could be said of metaphorical “carrots”: incentives used to encourage participation and compliance. When it comes to helping...
by Cavalier Puppy | Jan 3, 2017 | Cavaliers Are Special
At the beginning of February 2015 I lost both my Cavaliers. Seven-year-old Aled lost his battle with heart failure on 5 February and 13-year-old Oliver finally lost his quality of life on 10 February. I live alone, so my house became very quiet, and I had to adjust my...
by Cavalier Puppy | Nov 27, 2016 | Cavaliers Are Special
Our new campaign video was inspired by a simple but tragic fact: everybody hurts. When a Cavalier suffers from an inherited disease, it isn’t simply the dog that suffers but its human family. They are burdened not just with the stress of seeing their much-loved...
by Cavalier Puppy | Nov 19, 2016 | Cavaliers Are Special
This week (15th November 2016) the Kennel Club announced it is launching an official heart scheme for Cavaliers. Undoubtedly this is good news, not least because centralising and making data about health tests open is helpful to both breeders and puppy buyers trying...
by Cavalier Puppy | Nov 13, 2016 | Cavaliers Are Special
The Pets as Therapy (PAT) charity was founded in 1983 and now has more than 4,500 registered dogs (and about 100 cats) who regularly visit care homes, hospitals, hospices, day centres, schools and even jails. They visit about 130,000 people a week – over 6 million a...
