Caverpoo - can someone tell me about their health? Health

No I dont think the breed Is. Yes It 'can' suffer from alot of health Issues. But for most of them you can test and by using two clear dogs produce pups that are clear. You do that for a number of generations and you will hopefully get a line free of certain problems.

Of course If you dont test, then you will get dogs that can suffer a number of them problems. Its not about what 'they' can suffer. Its more about the status of the dogs you use In your programme, and what they go on to produce. Theres a number of breeders working on the breeds health Issues.

Oh dear.

rune

sorry sometimes my mouth does run away with itself

LOL.. But Rune It would depend on your Idea of ruined and mine.

Ruined In this case to me would be, at an end, nothing could be done to correct the Issues. Where as I feel things can and are being done to correct these health Issues and bring the breed forward by pedigree breeders.

Your Idea of ruined must be a little different to mine.

Sorry If you want to talk about the crosses thats why i was saying join in the designer breed section. In seriousness, I may not agree with all thats said but if someone has somehting to say about it they should say it on there so when someone wnt to see the contreversy in both sides they can see it on that thread

There are over FIFTY problems identified in that list, now, even allowing for several coming under the same umbrella, eg heart problems, that still has to leave THIRTY or so.

That is what breeders have allowed to happen to the breed. That to me is totally irresponsible and counts as ruined.

The fact that they are now doing some testing is down, in part, to the TV programme. If it hadn't been for that many of the breeders would still be wrecking what is left of the breed.

rune

Yes Its a hell of alot of problems to rid the breed of. and Its going to take time, effort and alot of money to do that.
Im not saying the breeders are not to blame In the first place but I take my hat off to them now correcting the problems within the breed, even If It Is due to the tv programme (which for the record the cav filmed was not from a registered breeder, was brought from a pet breeder).
I do agree Its Irresponsible to let a breed go down hill like that, I would hate that to happen to a breed I was passionate about but still these things can be sorted out In time.

he is 13 1/2 weeks old and growing fast. what have you got.

Oh please

Syringomyelia is mentioned at least 3 times & the Chiari Malformation & Syrinx are part of SM !!

Lots of what you quote refers not just to Cavaliers but mongrels, crossbreeds & all pedigree dogs & some are not even genetic !!!!(the only breed not to have HD is the Racing Greyhound !)

Crossing two breeds will not make the puppies healthier & breeders of these designer crossbreeds rarely if ever do the full gamete of available tests

There is no such"breed"as a "Cavapoo", the se dogs are just crossbreeds bred for money with no thought to the improvement of the health status of the offspring !

So can you not read from Cavapoo as a cavalier and a poodle, its shortened for ease. It is of course not a breed. It is clearly a cross. Its name even says so. It can improve the health status through widening the gene pool. That does not mean it eliminates and they are the worlds answer to the sick dog. If you are going to get any dog OP please ensure the dog has had appropriate tests. It can eliminate a lot of heart ache aand costs in the future.

Must say ive never seen so much discussion of crossbreeds in one forum who is meant to welcome cross mongrel or ped. Not to say everyone is not welcome to what they have to say it just seems to be constant here. Maybe it would be worthwhile to have crossbreed, "Designer Dog, Mutt, Mongrel, Heinz 57 section where people can talk about these dogs without continually being shot down? Just an idea. It seems to cause a lot a lot of contreversy in what otherwise appears to be a friendly forum.

Oh dear again---no one said that crossing would make anything healthier---the list was in reply to the commment that cavvies weren't ruined as a breed.

I am aware that things were doubled up on---thats why I knocked 20+ of them on the head.

If other breeds all have the same problems then the breeders of those breeds have a lot to answer for as well.

The fact that the only breed not to have HD is the greyhound simply proves it is genetic!

Some breeders do health test crossbreeds and some don't test pedigrees. Some breeders of working collies don't do all the tests available---lurcher breeders the same. Happens in all dogs.

rune