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your not alone, so so so many think to have even bred more than one litter is to have puppy farmed their girl Yet Bluey had 8 "litters" and lived to 17 in great health and arthritis free, well until she decided to help stringy take on a snake one day and was gone before we could get them to the vet. lost track of how many have said to breed a second litter to the same sire is just puppy farming, completely ignorant to the fact that every puppy bred by the same parents is a different throw of the gene dice. The best can turn up in the first litter or the last and no way of knowing until comparing the pups. to breed so few is te massively reduce selection for the gene pool. To even come close to getting a true sample of what a sire and dam can produce you need some 50 to 100 siblings to see a range of the combinations possible to select from, the breeders of old knew this, hence the large kennels with many dogs to select from. Today the ability to do so is already comprised by lack of finances to repeat that. Without the fact that today laws are being constantly redrafted to prevent if at all possible. Few understand that. Go to the library and find the books on genetics and see the stats on the numbers needed for option selection from for the next generation to maximise genetic diversity. . To ignore that fact reduces selection for genetic diversity every generation. fact not fiction

I notice you said "after they have had their 3 litters? " Am I to understand that you believe that no bitch is allowed to be bred more than 3 times? Anyone who is not an ANKC member and registered with their state with a Bin number or equalivant has NO limit on how many litters they may breed, or bred each season? Back to back litters do not create the skeletal girls with dangling boobs the AR mob love to publish, that is the fact they were not fed, look at any well cared for bitch and they are as fat or fatter than before they whelped when their puppies are weaned. But to point that out is seriously NOT POLITICALLY correct. ( ( I'm so lucky you cant now shoot me though the computer screen arent I? ) Until the ANKC DECIDED to pander to the animal rights nutters neither did the ANKC's. You could breed however many you wanted. In actual fact the new rule first decided a maximum of 7 litters permitted then amended it to 6 . ARE you aware of that? You certainly have not mentioned it? I appealed the stupidity of that decision at the time. On the grounds that many toy breeds only have from 1 to three pups. Effectively signicificaly reducing the number of puppies you could breed to choose from. They made the ban blanket to ALL breeds. so in the case of toy breeds many bitches would only produce max 7 to 14 pups in her lifetime. Yet a large breed bitch will produce that number ONE litter. they also added you cant breed back to back litters, how on earth can one or two pups constitute a "litter" or "drain" a bitch? .But by embracing this stupid idea to pander to the AR nutters and the thought police effectively depressed how many toy breed puppies would be available for selection or pets. As my vet at the time commented, this was obviously decided without any consultation with reproduction vets. Dogs never evolved to go season after season unbred. if you not going to breed then desex them. With the new rules preventing obesity between litters became a major problem. That in itself leads to difficulty getting her in pup next season. Particularly in chihuahuas.. one girl took 5 years to get in pup the second time and she too was a single puppy per litter girl. In actual fact even an ankc bitch is allowed to produce 6 litters. so where did you get the 3 figure from? The thought police? before the interference, the majority of bitches had produced from 4 to 5 litters by 4 or 5, and the breeders who did rehome had a very nice young desexed girl ready for her new home... now the average available for rehoming is 6 to 7 and pet people view that age as old. We are being micromanaged to stupid level while the backyarders and puppy farmers are not. Where is the sense in that? Well other than being able to say see im a better person? Do you really think puppy people care a fig you are shooting yourself in the foot to seem superior/ethical.responsible? yet well cared for bitches can and did produce perfectly fine and in excellent health and condition without the micromanage days. charging the few who did not was once the course of action, instead of treating all as potential offenders... why is a person with dogs automatically guilty, UNTIL proven innocent? since when was having a dog automatic cancellation of that basic right? Yes I have done an utterly terrible thing, questioning the politically correct verbiage. And she had three puppies. This girl had 10 puppies and these two had not been picked up by their new homes yet. dreadfull photo, taken 2000, This is Bluey, she had 8 "litters" of one puppy each time. obviously that was before the rules came in so she could not have produced her only bitch puppy in "Litter"number 8. Just in case you do not understand that, she had 7 singleton boys and finally her one girl puppy. and no she was not rehomed or euthanised when she was retired. we had her until she turned 17. our longest resident was Fluffy. she lived to 36 before old age caught up with her recently she and her rider were three in this photo

YES SO TRUE. as for the one Tdierixk described both that person and sandgrubber would be pillaried by their fellow members... my friend was even show secretary of her breed club, but the thought police decided even though she was showing as well as breeding and winning mind you. She was breeding too many litters to their opinion and began dailing the RSPCA in hopes of either getting her charged with something (instant cancellation of membership) or the stress would make her give up. As for me. one chap who I bought one of my male's from decided he wanted him back and I was getting rspca visits every fortnight for over 4 months, even the rspca in the end decided one more complaint from that source would be facing a stalking charge. (Mind, the reson he offered him to me was he had recently imported a new male and the new one was determined to kill my boy. on the way home noticed his mouth seemed crooked to one side, straight to the vet and learned one side was broken! Yet his previous owner had not even noticed) My hubby hated the show scene and banned me from showing. so the knives were out for me and it wasnt the puppy people doing the targeting... one of my so called friends in the Chihuahua Club boasted at a show in front of a group of my friends, that the call that ended in Stringy being seized was theirs. As Sandgrubber said "the snobbery aspect is real" Nancy and Betty took to "borrowing" one of my dogs with my prefix every now and then and showing in my name to champion to get the thought police to leave me alone. Frankly I thought it disgusting they felt they needed to do this to protect me. My biggest laugh was when Betty was too ill to get to shows later in her life and asked for someone to give her a lift. So I volunteered. If there had ever been any doubt how the "thought police" viewed me. it was utterly evident the day they were busy fawning over darling Betty as she introduced me to them as my darling friend. They were utterly shocked to see her say that about the dreadful puppy farmer... gee it was worth the looks on their faces to be there to see it. That was in the 80's and 90's if anything its worse now. Make no mistake. Its about time the ANKC's reminded their members ALL members have the right to march to their own drum, not the tune the self appointed thought police like So many lovely people have left because of the self appointed thought police. I have lost count of the number of people who have burst into tears who had rang looking for a puppy and my crime? I was nice to them?. Explained what they needed to do to become a member and help them find a nice pup..............They had been made to feel so guilty when they made the mistake of dialing a thought police's number in their search for a pup with the view to become a member and wanted main register. Its today's swear word , has been for quite some decade now. Also to answer the question what would you do with your old dogs... You keep them as pets. might be hard to digest but it sure happens. Think the most disgusting thing our government tried to do a few years ago when it tried to slip in that amendment to the act. was not only wanted to make it illegal to keep any breeding bitches unless they were housed in fully enclosed air conditioned concrete floored sheds, (whats so bad about that? well factor in our wonderful scorching summer heat, our well documented number of random blackouts and may as well lock them in a car, they will die just as quickly) forget the figures but think it was no breeding bitch should experience less than 16 C or over 30 C , turned out it had been lifted from a best practice for reptile keeping... I kid you not. BUT it also included that any registered breeder was to be allowed only two options for their retired breeders.... rehome or euthanise ! DISGUSTING. we were to be denied the rights to keep our pets when they were retired... fortunately the RNSWCC learned of their plans and a massive meeting convened and it was stopped from happening, very happy day that one. The government go on about preventing puppy farms then they treat us and our dogs like what? puppy farms.

Also what the purebred pedigree breeders seem to completely forget is the massive gene pool of unregistered purebreds to be found for the puppy farms to draw from. They dont need your certificated purebred puppies to stock their kennels anyway. Just ring the family with a litter or another puppy farm with the breed or breeds they want. Breed less registered dogs every generation, then the only place that breed can be found is the unregistered ones out there in barckyard and puppy farmer land. I know a lady with over 200 purebred Cavaliers and Poodles. Was once an ankc member but became fed up the the harassment and snobbery, Decided pet people are far nicer. so another lost. Last I saw her she had three ex greyhound properties with licences for from 140 to 170 dogs. Millionaire now too. You will never find her in the phone book or an add. All sales are solely from word of mouth. I love my purebreds and I like to continue the legacy of the breeders before me, but I also know financially (looking at the results of her decision) financilly I shot myself in the foot.. When the Stumpy Tailed cattledog had been bottlenecked into just one only ankc kennel with registered purebreds, what did the ankc do? they opened the stud book to classify suitable dogs to "upgrade" to purebred status. HUNDREDS of dogs were assessed for classification. one comfort for the day when each breed ends up close to extinction. The ANKC WILL AGAIN, open the studbook and "upgrade" from the unregistered gene pool. When the King Charles Spaniel no longer resembled the dogs in the paintings of the Cavalier King..... someone offered a reward to anyone who could recreate the dogs in the paintings with the original longer face with their loving master King Charles I, known as the Cavalier King etc..............the challenge was taken up and the new creation named the Cavalier King Charles................. "cavalier /ˌkavəˈlɪə/ HISTORICAL 1. a supporter of King Charles I in the English Civil War. 2. a small spaniel of a breed with a long snout. " Which rather makes a complete mockery of the elitist's who think the only hall mark of the "purebred ankc registered dogs" is PURITY... Probably why have so little time for those who think parentage dna to verify who the mum and dad was to have a certificate to PROVE what the breeder already knew. But their think its guarantee of their PURITY.. Money is far, far more usefully spent on DNA profiling for genes that are detrimental to their health and well being WELL there's not a single Australian Stumply Tailed Cattle dog, except from that lone kennel with unbroken descent that all the parentage verification's in the world can be traced back past the name of the dogs graded to inclusion in the upgrade register. PURITY is not the be all and the end all of being elite. Soundness, both health, mental and breeding ability along with conforming with the standard for the breed is and always has been the basis for the old time breeders who created them in the first place. Our job was to preserve them for future generations to enjoy... so far its not looking like those before us would be pleased to see what is happening. is it to late to get real again? I sure hope not.

Some really useful tips for new dog

Come to think of it, there was one other thing that happened . for some reason the garden gnome after doing so many wonderful "road tests" of many breeds, great promotion of the purebred, even had purebreds themselves. Suddenly turned on the pure breed world and when some one with such a huge fan base begins promoting oodles and x breds as superior, the damage was huge and still much in evidence wish I knew a quick fix solution the long term one would not win any friends. Start concentrating on the good in people not searching for or assuming the bad. I believe the constant exaggeration of conformation from what the breeds were to what is defined as "improved" in so many breeds that they cannot survive a hot day, self whelp etc needs to be addressed. The show scene is not preserving soundness its too often a follower of "fashion" regardless how detrimental to the living, "work of art" who actually has to live with the results. the problem is in all species shown, google "halter QH" then a working one.. It is no accident the German Coolie has never been applied for recognition , as their fan base want them to stay as they are, Ditto for the working kelpie breeders

from the prices i am seeing the designers are fetching twice or more The rot began in the 80's when members were being encouraged to spot and deamonise any fellow member who could be accused of being a "backyard breeder" and or "puppy farmer" .when my friends Nancy Gate and Betty Step began saying it, I looked at them in surprise as they sat in their homes with their much loved dogs playing not only in the kitchen, but in what? The backyard? I pointed out both could be targeted as they too had a back yard, they thought I was being silly, They show, their dogs are champions, no way that could happen so it continued and they did not see the impending danger of destruction from within and has escalated unchecked sadly. Today both these women would be targeted, both were pensioners who gladly bred their girls to supply pet people with puppies, keeping the pick for themselves to show and title and thus earn "pin money" to supplement their pensions. All puppies they were proud to put their prefix on were sold on main register so could continue their lines if the puppy owner became interested in joining and registering a prefix... below standard, went as pets with a certificate of their pedigree but not for breeding. The modern ankc member seems unaware there are actually three classes of a litter... show and breed, breeding quality, (as Scratch mentions) and pet. not to be bred from. Now unless you A - show B - dont breed except for your self C - dont sell on main register D - dont have more than 1 or 3 litters at most you are highly at risk of being targeted for elimination and humiliation.

you were absent on calling out the snide remark to a newbie OP on the ANKC Internal Complaint Process thread. As I suspected the newbie hasn't been back . I did pm her and apologise, that the remark was from just one, as I suspected was very hurt and humiliated. Its not just our dogs that need positive vibes

seeing advisers insinuate (no matter how subtle) that any dog with behaviour and or health issues is the fault of the previous owner is not only unfair to them, but to the dog. Not one person can life guarantee the health of their or your child, yet I have lost count of how many times I have heard you should do exactly that for any dog you bred? That darling dog the op is asking about is not inherently less healthy because she did was comes naturally............been a mother. I wish the OP a long and wonderful relationship with her new pet. For goodness sake! This is a purebred dog forum, the demonisation of breeding is now at the point of ridiculous. demonization /ˌdiːmənʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Learn to pronounce noun noun: demonisation the portrayal of something as wicked and threatening. "the demonization of enemies continues to be a fundamental part of politics" Could not be more apt, dog politic's too. I have remain silent for decades as the trend grew from the early 80's criminalising anyone who breeds. Look at the mess now. Start to see the good in dog people and dog breeders before its totally too late and I will stop "boring" you. what was so boring about? " Today if any dog exhibits exactly what is the norm for it's breed this is interpreted as what... to exhibit that normal behaviour it will be classed as having been neglected and or abused? a new dog in a new home needs some seriously long slack as it adjusts to all this new learning curve.. Please resist the urge to blame its previous owner folks, square pegs can and do happily adjust given patience and time, as Wish so thoroughly proved"

it is intended to be facetious . facetious /fəˈsiːʃəs/ adjective treating serious issues with deliberately inappropriate humour; flippant.

Kind of ignores the fact that if the "breeder" is inspected, if they do not have the kennels and runs as laid out for the POCTA for breeding dogs and cats. they WILL NOT pass inspection . Thanks to that, unless you comply you cannot pass, yet to pass, this is also the definition of a puppy farm? Any dog that has grown past the puppy stage is bonded to its home and owner and family. So if its "rescued" from either its family home or registered breeder, to that dog, its been stolen from its home and will be wary and suspicious. Many breeds even have the obvious stated in the standard "suspicious" "wary" Lhasa Apso -Gay, assertive, but chary of strangers. How many remember the lady in Victora who had all her dogs seized when one she had recently rehomed had the temerity to be "Chary" of the vet its new owners took it to for a check up? they had no problems with their new pet, but the vet convinced them if she was "chary" of her it may fear bite someone else, so needed to be put it down. The dog died even though it never bit that vet, solely because it might bite?. A titled Australian Champion that had never had a suspension issued during its show career for any form of aggressive behaviour? Australian Cattle dog - Whilst naturally suspicious of strangers" "A warning or suspicious glint is characteristic when approached by strangers. Pretty much a guarantee that "suspicious glint" would be the end of any ACD seized , along with most of these below and I haven't time go go through all the breed standards all of which describe exactly why so many never pass the so called "temperament tests. " Antolian Shepherd, - but wary of strangers when on duty." who is going to tell that dog being re-homed/rescued and only strangers present that its no longer "on duty"? "Boxer, -fearless courage as a defender and protector. The Boxer is docile but distrustful of strangers" "Canadian Eskimo Dog - Usually they will exhibit a rather quiet friendliness and harmless curiosity or become completely distant." "Estrella Mountain Dog - distrustful towards strangers and typically docile to its master." Kangal Shepherd Dog - " Loyal and affectionate to owners, but wary of strangers when on duty." So what stranger is going to be able to explain to the dog that it is no longer "on duty" or any of the other breeds displaying normal for their breed, when its owners no where to be seen and that is the only person it is looking for................. now been rehomed/rescued? Don't forget the ten Border Collies in S.A. seized and court order granted to kill them all based on they "may fear bite" A little light reading if you do not know about this sad fiasco WISH Animal Rescue Team Perth WALike Page Yesterday at 09:30 3/4/2019 A note to RSPCA South Australia and RSPCA Australia We know your watching. We know your reading this. We know you've been inundated with hundreds of calls and emails. We know more than 75000 people support us in our attempt to save the Border Collies. We know that you want to shut the breeder down. But we also know that killings these dogs to "prove" a point, isn't the answer. When Fridays court proceedings concluded, and you were awarded the right to decide what happens with the Border Collies now in your care, we cringed. Cringed because we knew your plan was the kill them. We have been asked how we know this, and the answer is simple. YOU TOLD US in the court documents. "The application said that it was in the best interests of the animals that some (if not all) of the adult dogs be humanely euthanized, and that the rest of the dogs be re-homed from the shelter to a new family or rescue facility." Not only does this show us that you already had your mind made up regarding the adults, but that you proposed the option of "rescue facility". So why now only days later are you stating that you will not allow another rescue group to take them on, or even give us the chance to asses them for ourselves. Your media release stated that "We already have very experienced foster carers who could be called upon if the dogs were capable of benefitting from housing in a domestic environment, and were safe to do so. Unfortunately neither is the case. The dogs’ behaviour indicates that they’ve had little or no experience of life outside a cage. Hence, they have likely never enjoyed the usual human interaction and socialisation received by family pets.". However we have 37 in care that beg to differ this story. We have adults upwards of 6 years old, and all they have ever known is kennels, yet are adapting perfectly, around children, babies, other dogs, cats horses, chickens, everything - and they are settling better than anyone could have expected or hoped. You stated that financially you cannot continue to house the 10 adults, and continue to pay expenses for them. We will take them off your hands TODAY. We will even assist in some of those costs and pay you $1000 PER ADULT. That is $10,000 towards your bills you have acquired. We will ADOPT all 10 adults from you and bring them into WISH Care. We will take over all future vet work, including desexing them and ending the breeding cycle for these ten, just like we have with the 37 in our care. Handing them over will not only free your kennels, but help you financially. Give us a month, let us place them with experienced foster carers who already know what they are dealing with as they have fostered siblings, aunts, mothers to your ten. Let us show you that we can save them. Let us allow you to show the public, that you choose an animals right to live, over the politics. Releasing these animals will not effect your upcoming court case. You have the evidence you need now. Please let them be dogs again, please let us save them. #savethebordercollies #wishanimalrescue Shortly after this was public, 4 had already been killed, to date I have no idea what was the fate of the remaining 6, no press release has been issued to my knowledge of them being surrendered or sold in exchange for the payments offered by Wish. Today if any dog exhibits exactly what is the norm for it's breed this is interpreted as what... to exhibit that normal behaviour it will be classed as having been neglected and or abused? a new dog in a new home needs some seriously long slack as it adjusts to all this new learning curve.. Please resist the urge to blame its previous owner folks, square pegs can and do happily adjust given patience and time, as Wish so thoroughly proved

yes rescues dogs are preferable. 'Adopt, dont shop" remember, we hear it all the time so it must be true

some more light reading https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.00388/full?fbclid=IwAR3qU5PwdGUOT9ivK4ZI1nrq_k9xWTcwLKHHgzdOye8V1r2IDG0QNeTKK7U

Hilarious, yet we are told women who have never had children are more at risk of breast cancer , yet you have been told a bitch that has had puppies is more at risk? https://my.puppyculture.co.uk/resources/flipbook/spay-neuter-booklet/?fbclid=IwAR3lEykaEOdbnqftX3VbyCLpK_GirhYKqQqwG7yudTQlOcPswB_8Q-vJzeI

Marianne Whyte 17 November 2019 Dog Poisoned by the Diffuser Saturday night I got home late and my dog didn't recognize me. Being a nanny I thought I woke him up and he was having a night terror. Sunday, he was still acting weird. I realized that I had been running my new diffuser and decided to turn it off. Sunday afternoon, he was feeling better. Today at work, my dog sitter said that he wouldn't come out from under the bed. It was very odd as he is a happy dog. I came from work early and again, he was very confused about who I was. So I took him to emergency vet. It turns out that the tea tree oil I was using in the diffuser is toxic for dogs. Thankfully the test showed that his liver was ok but we weren't out of the woods yet. He was given fluids under his skin to get the toxins out. The vet and the poison control are saying that they see these cases often now that the popularity of essential oil is growing. Please make sure that the essential oils you are burning are not toxic for your pets. Here is a list of essential oils not to use if you have a dog at home Anise (Pimpinella anisum) Birch (Betula) Bitter Almond (Prunus dulcis) Boldo (Peumus boldus) Calamus (Acorus calamus) Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora) Cassia (Cassia fistula) Chenopodium (Chenopodium album) Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) Garlic (Allium sativum) Goosefoot (Chenopodium murale) Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) Hyssop (Hyssopus sp. with the exception of Decumbens) Juniper (Juniperus sp. with the exception of Juniper Berry) Mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) Mustard (Brassica juncea) Oregano (Origanum vulgare) Pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) Red or White Thyme Rue (Ruta graveolens) Santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus) Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) Savory (Satureja) Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare) Tea Tree Oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) Terebinth (Pistacia palaestina) Thuja (Thuja occidentalis) Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium) Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) Please share this story as it may save someones precious furry family member!

She looks like a purebred to me, I have two just like her, Kellie and Bluebelle both ANKC registered purebreds. Hilton Sinclair of Berrilyn, told me to always keep a few reverse speckles as they keep the blue mottle in the breed or you will lose it, which is the hall mark of the breed. in the 80's a dog was so popular a lot of pups were his, some of his pups were really dark, seemed to look all black. Never forget those years. People would come and oo and ahhh over what beautiful blues they were, which I thought odd. since all cattledogs are supposed to be either blue, or red?. One lady in particular, stopped at my gate, wound down the window and handed me the money, she didnt even get out of the car? I asked her, but you havent even examined the puppies ? she said, "they are blue, Ive been searching for a blue and your the only one whose puppies arent black and tan!" so I decided to have a look for myself and phoned one with those line pups, when I arrived at the property, what I thought were three stocky black and tan Kelpies came running to the gate at the farm, he worked there and they were all purebred pedigree Australian Cattledogs with him in their breeding. So Hilton was right. lose the mottle and you lose the blue.

Dog I was born with was dads red heeler, Blue . First dog I owned was Pickle a silver toy poodle. Amazingly intelligent trainable breed and just as protective as dads boy Blue. No one could raid my room . Sure didn't need a lock on the door. Fascinated by the Japanese Shih Tzu. Do you mean Japanese Chin?

so true julesluvscavs and NikkiandKane, Its the price we pay for all that love and joy they share while we have them, few pets have the long lives we wish they had, but it can be hard to remember we made that choice and took that risk when we let them into our hearts. It can take weeks, months and sometime years to remember when the pain of their loss causes you to forget that. Parents dont expect to lose their children either but that too happens. Life truly is a lottery and hiding from that fact denies you the joy of taking your courage and accepting that.

Retriever, Pointer and herding breed, Border collie... Fascinating and sooo true. Felt a bit sorry for the poor pointer. looking to his master for guidance when the birds were advancing on him instead of vice versa as he was bred to do. Their focus on the pigeon was remarkable

a pup my brother bred, the vet said his heart sounded so bad he wasn't even going to vaccinate him. My brother told him to vaccinate him and kept him as a pet. he lived to 7 years and they only lost him when he knocked over the kitchen tidy and stole cooked chicken bones and one perforated his stomach. One I bred developed serious heart murmour at six months and died in her sleep at 2 1/2. it is a complete lottery. Friend had one was diagnosed at first vaccination like my brothers and lived to 9 which makes it hard to as to what will be the outcome. no proof no pay and right to second opinion, and you can decide on money back on return or pup or a percentage if they want to keep it, as the others have said.

LOL The grumpy winner would have to be one of my favourite vets, Prof Dave Hutchins. Head of cobbity branch of Sydney Uni. One of a kind our Hutch . Gave the pollies short shift when he locked us down when Equine Influenza arrived here in a shuttle stallion

mind if you are very active a cavi will stay with you, just not as fast as the other two breeds

big diversity in temperament there, all right , Kelpie, intensely loyal, loving, higly trainable, workaholic, "Quick and agile, Kelpie's are great dogs for families that love to work out. ... Kelpie's are obedient and easy to train , not to mention very intelligent and they will quickly learn new tricks and commands. A Kelpie will stop growing around 12 months old." Dont have any experience with an Akita. but heard they can be a challenge to train. Akita "Temperament: Alert and responsive, dignified and courageous. Akitas may be intolerant of other dogs, particularly of the same sex" "Training can be a challenge, for the Akita Inu is assertive, strong-willed, and bores easily. He may use his intelligence in ways that suit his own purposes. Yet owners who know how to lead will find him eminently trainable via praise and reward methods." Cavalier King Charles. loving, eager to please lounge lizard. "The Cavalier King Charles is a sweet and loving little dog who is highly trainable. Learn how to start their training on the right paw. ... These small companion dogs are highly trainable, and dogs learn most easily during their early months of life." although some will try the roll over. look cute and want to be picked up instead. and you end up trained. Good luck making a decision huge diversity in health parameters too.

as for your comment, "registering 14 litters in 5 months" just to get a little perspective on what you said. "Lets do the Math Again ! In 2016 – 6,525 ANKC Ltd Breeders produced 14,091 Litters 3,583 Breeders (55%) 0nly had 1 Litter 1,406 Breeders (21%) had 2 Litters 659 Breeders (10%) had 3 Litters 338 Breeders (5%) had 4 Litters 539 Breeders (8%) had 5 to 10 Litters Only 86 Breeders ( 1.3%) had more than 10 Litters" quote is from this ANKC STATS for 2016 http://ankc.org.au/media/6598/a-forensic-view-of-puppy-breeding-in-australiav4.pdf