i have a beautiful 2 year old pedigree cavalier. i brought him for my daughter but when she leaves home she will be taking him with her. He is an amazing dog... so gentle and gorgeous that i would love to breed him in order to have a bitch from his litter as i willbe lost without him. does any one have a bitch of goodqualtiy that they would be willing to breed. he has bnot sired a litter b4 and it is not the money i am after but another pup. yes i could buy one but he isso wonderful i would like to have one of hisown offspring.
thanks.

Hi Caikia

Much as I can tell that you love your dog very much, and he is obviously very special to you, you really could do with an independent assessement that he is of sufficient quality to be worth breeding from. Cavaliers are a lovely little breed, but they are a breed that are beset with health issues and before any Cavalier is bred from, it should be tested for these problems, which include heart, eyes and the awful condition syringomyelia. These tests will cost you a fair bit of money - but it is money that needs to be spent if he is to be bred from. Breeders can be deemed to be liable if they produce puppies that develop problems that could have been avoided by using health tested parents. As I am sure you can see, responsible dog breeding is not to be taken lightly

If the breeder that your purchased your special boy from has carried out these tests on his parents, then I would advise you to go back to him/her and see if you could get a close relative.

Totally agree, great reply

One of the best replies I have seen on the forum relating to breeding in a long time,
DT

hi
i own and breed ckc.

if you need any help or info on health checks just send me a pm i wont bite !

some things to think about before you stud him

1 his he kc reg
2 his he to breed standard (have you put him in a show)
3 does he hold clear health certificates
4 temprement

these are the 4 main things i look for when im after a stud dog
thats even before i check both lines
please think about all this before you stud him out!

As a breeder of the occasional litter, I agree with what has been said.
The only thing I wouldn't necessary agree with is breeding to a close relative. Sometimes outcrossing is best. This has to be looked into thoroughly before deciding whats best line-breeding or outcrossing.

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I'm not too sure where you've got the impression that anyone is recommending breeding with a close relative? Perhaps you misunderstood what I said in my initial post, maybe I didn't make myself clear. I meant to suggest to the original poster that they try to BUY a close relative from the original breeder (if that breeder is a reputable one that health tests).

PS Thank you Trekkiemo and DT for the nice comments

You made yourself very clear ,but we are all guilty of not reading posts fully,well as least I am.

I too think BUYING from same breeder if they health check is best option.

What a great post