Getting our next Cavalier King Charles Spaniel - advice.....
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We lost our 14yr old CKC spainel, 3mnths ago and now feel its time to find a replacement, however this seems to be a lot harder than we first thought. We don't want a puppy and would rather a b
h 2yrs or older, but it seems the ones we come across are ex breeding bhes that aren't house trained and need other dogs in the household (according to the rescue centres) and can't be rehomed with children (we have a 5yr old and 7yr old. Any from non rescue centres are snapped up within hours and even then the adverts don't seem that genuine.
We would dearly love to find a replacement, but it seems like we might have to go for a puppy and find a reputable breeder, which is not as easy as it sounds.
Any thoughts ?
h 2yrs or older, but it seems the ones we come across are ex breeding bhes that aren't house trained and need other dogs in the household (according to the rescue centres) and can't be rehomed with children (we have a 5yr old and 7yr old. Any from non rescue centres are snapped up within hours and even then the adverts don't seem that genuine.We would dearly love to find a replacement, but it seems like we might have to go for a puppy and find a reputable breeder, which is not as easy as it sounds.
Any thoughts ?
Sorry for your loss, we lost our 11½ yo Cavalier suddenly last August. I managed 2 weeks before I knew we needed another dog.
We went round the rescue centres, with two (older) children in the house the dogs they had available for us were very limited. Typically only huskies, lurchers or Staffies. And they wouldn't let us have most of those.
We ended up with a Labrador puppy.
Many in here will say get a rescue, but with young children you might be better with a puppy. Not sure I'd have another cavalier though. Quite a few crosses about, Cavapoo?
We went round the rescue centres, with two (older) children in the house the dogs they had available for us were very limited. Typically only huskies, lurchers or Staffies. And they wouldn't let us have most of those.
We ended up with a Labrador puppy.
Many in here will say get a rescue, but with young children you might be better with a puppy. Not sure I'd have another cavalier though. Quite a few crosses about, Cavapoo?
Chester draws said:
Sorry for your loss, we lost our 11½ yo Cavalier suddenly last August. I managed 2 weeks before I knew we needed another dog.
We went round the rescue centres, with two (older) children in the house the dogs they had available for us were very limited. Typically only huskies, lurchers or Staffies. And they wouldn't let us have most of those.
We ended up with a Labrador puppy.
Many in here will say get a rescue, but with young children you might be better with a puppy. Not sure I'd have another cavalier though. Quite a few crosses about, Cavapoo?
Thank you we would dearly love a rescue/older CKC, but they are almost impossible to fine it seemsWe went round the rescue centres, with two (older) children in the house the dogs they had available for us were very limited. Typically only huskies, lurchers or Staffies. And they wouldn't let us have most of those.
We ended up with a Labrador puppy.
Many in here will say get a rescue, but with young children you might be better with a puppy. Not sure I'd have another cavalier though. Quite a few crosses about, Cavapoo?
My wife and her family have always had CKC, so I doubt we can change and they have a lovely temperament.
Chester draws said:
I agree they are a lovely breed, especially with small children. Ours was with two boys from babies to 11 and 13.
I wouldn't hold much hope of finding one as you want at your local rspca shelter. Maybe specialised Facebook groups or forums might work?
thank you, we are watching them like a hawk, some are put off as we have a 5yr old and also because this would be the only do in the household.I wouldn't hold much hope of finding one as you want at your local rspca shelter. Maybe specialised Facebook groups or forums might work?
appreciate the ideas and comments.
Not necessarily helpful to you, but having adopted an ex puppy-farm/breeding dog (Rosie, a cocker spaniel) I can understand why the rescues prefer you to have one or more dogs already in the home. Rosie definitely took confidence from our other 3 dogs, she was terrified of all humans to start with, but learnt from the other dogs that myself and my OH could be trusted to be kind to her.
This is where we got Rosie from:
https://www.manytearsrescue.org/index.php
I recognise that they're quite some distance from you (although they do have dogs in foster homes too) but they have a few CKCS in (you can search by breed). I don't know whether any are suitable to be rehomed as only dogs, but it might be worth an ask (we don't have children, so I can't tell you their policy about that).
In my experience, the smaller, independent rescues tend to be more flexible than the bigger national ones, who often have blanket policies.
Good luck, and I hope you are able to find a rescue dog
This is where we got Rosie from:
https://www.manytearsrescue.org/index.php
I recognise that they're quite some distance from you (although they do have dogs in foster homes too) but they have a few CKCS in (you can search by breed). I don't know whether any are suitable to be rehomed as only dogs, but it might be worth an ask (we don't have children, so I can't tell you their policy about that).
In my experience, the smaller, independent rescues tend to be more flexible than the bigger national ones, who often have blanket policies.
Good luck, and I hope you are able to find a rescue dog
so some opportunities that fell through (mainly due to the fact we didn't see the advert the second it went up), we finally had success and have now adopted 
She is a spitting image of our previous, but as shes only 2 and 1/2 years old there's a lot more energy.
So nice to have the company and presence back in the house, shes a nervous little thing but hopefully in time she will come out of her shell.
Thanks to a few PH'ers who contacted me with possible replacements on adverts i'd not seen.
She is a spitting image of our previous, but as shes only 2 and 1/2 years old there's a lot more energy.
So nice to have the company and presence back in the house, shes a nervous little thing but hopefully in time she will come out of her shell.
Thanks to a few PH'ers who contacted me with possible replacements on adverts i'd not seen.
Edited by familyguy1 on Wednesday 10th July 08:15
moorx said:
How is this little girl doing?
Thanks for asking, she's slowly finding her feet.Her previous home we think she was hardly left alone, so goes a bit crazy for attention if we go out for any length of time, but seems to be calming down slowly on that. I've nearly locked her in the shed as she is a bit of a shadow at times and pops up when you least expect her !
She's been great with our two boys and at the weekend a house full of cousins, gentle as anything, but would hardly sit still so was completely knackered Monday night.
Nights are pretty ok, she does scratch at the door as she does wake at midnight and 2-4am wanting attention, we are slowly learning to ignore it as we know she is 100% fine, but I have been getting up at 5:30-6am as the sunny mornings means she's scratching again.
She loves a walk (when we were told she doesn't) so has been back and forth most days to nursery (a mile and half) with the boys scooting or bike riding and has been brilliant, not phased by them, the cars, blue's and two's rushing past.
Also she's starting to play fetch with us and the boys and she's FAST aswell, we forgot how old/slow Poppy (our old dog) was towards then end.
So all in all she's coming out of her shell, and we all absolutely adore her.
Thanks for asking
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