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I have looked at a few dogs that I want to get for a relative and came down to two different dogs. One is the English Toy Spaniel and the other is the Cavalier King Charles. However, I saw that the Cavalier King Charles has a very high chance of getting MVD at least sometime in their life. I know that my relative wont want a dog that has that possibility. So what are the chances for an English Toy Spaniel to get this disease? I know it is still listed as a concern, but from my research it seems like Cavalier King Charles are usually connected with it. Yea I planned on calling him on monday (tomorrow is fathers day and is a sunday so I really cant). I was just wondering if it plagued the ETS as much as it does the CKC. Yea I plan to buy it from a breeder that can show me the history of disease in its family. But they can still develop it even though their parents have not. Really what it comes down to for me is the chances of it developing MVD even though its parents havent yet.
Answer:English toys do suffer from murmers but seem to cope better with it than cavaliers. one of our et's lived to 15 and currently have 2 x 11 year olds & 12 year old But All 5 of my cavaliers have died of heart failure before the age of 10 You do however in either breed need to make sure the ancestors behind the breeders dogs lived to good ages & were screened for heart problems.
Are Eng toys hard to train? Also are there alot of good breeders of are they hard to find? If you own one please let me know where you got it. Are male ETS different in termperament than females? What is the tendency towards agression? More independent or clingy? How much exersize do they need? And if you have a breeder reccomendation please feel free to share!! Thank you so much for your time!!
Answer:Hi I'm sorry but I don't have the same dog as you. You don't say where you are from but there are some great English Toy spaniel clubs online, where you can read and get advice and make contact online with other users and exchange information about your pet. American English Toy Spaniel site http://www.etsca.org/ English Toy Spaniel rescue organisation http://www.englishtoyspanielrescue.org/faq.html and this site has a good list of recommended breeders http://www.barkbytes.com/direct/entoy.htm It may help to do a web search on the English name for these dogs as in the UK they are known as King Charles Spaniels Hope this helps
I would love a bleinheim English Toy Spaniel in Oregon (the entire state) or Southern Washington ( like vancover).
Answer:http://www.luckystarcavalierrescue.org/page.php?name=Rescues&detail=yes&id=50 Have you thought of a rescue?I heard there were several from the WV mill rescued and looking for homes
Answer:http://www.etsca.org/il.htm Google the breed and contact the breeders,above is a breeder advertising in IL
and why?
Answer:English toys (King Charles spaniels) are quite rare, more reserved than CKCS, and a bit smaller. CKCS are a wonderful breed (I have three and run the national breed rescue for cavaliers in Ireland -- www.ckcsrescue.com) but have a lot of serious health issues -- mitral valve disease (MVD) that means many get a disease of old age, heart murmurs and congestive heart failure, as young as two or three. There is now a quite serious neurological problem called syringomyelia in the breed as well. Note that BOTH these conditions also affect English Toys though SM to a far lesser degree. Because of health issues in purebreds -- which are primarily genetic -- it is very important to go to a registered, health-focused breeder who does appropriate health testing. There are plenty of internet breeding sites and backyard breeders who will charge you a bit less and hand over a puppy far more prone to very expensive health problems. These are both breeds now under considerable health pressure due to backyard breeders and puppy mills, so it is extra important to get puppies from a reputable source. Do your research and take your time, and expect to wait for a puppy from a good breeder! If you are interested in CKCS, I run a discussion board that has lots of health and breed information (the Library section has dozens of articles and links on every aspect of cavaliers). This can be found at www.cavaliertalk.com. I also run a website that provides information on syringomyelia in cavaliers -- all prospective CKCS owners need to be aware of this condition. All my content there is checked and okayed by leading researchers into this condition. The CKCS SM Infosite: http://sm.cavaliertalk.com. The wikipedia entry on CKCS is also quite good and will provide lots of general breed and health info. Crossbreeds are not necessarily any less prone to health issues than purebreds except in a first generation cross (eg a purebred of one breed to another purebred of a different breed -- this is well proven). But the problem with deliberate 'designer' crosses of this sort is they are only going to have the health benefits of healthy parents -- and no reputable, health focused breeder would ever sell a dog to such breeders. Hence the so called 'healthier' designer crossbreeds are just as likely to have all the *bad* health issues genetically carried by each parent, and each parent is likely to have more potential poor genes than two purebred dogs from a health-focused, reputable breeder. That said -- there are many, many needy dogs in shelters as well as breed rescue. :^) That is always another option to consider.
