Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
	Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, type Blenheim
FCI Standard No. 136
	Group 9: Companion and companion dogs ; Section 7: English Society Spaniel ; Without a working test ;
Origin :	Great Britain
Weight:	5.5 to approx. 8 kg
Varieties :	Black and tan (Black & Tan); Ruby red (ruby); Pearl white with chestnut red markings (Blenheim); three-colored (tricolor);
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The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a British dog breed recognized by the FCI ( No. 136, Gr. 9, Sec. 7 ) . He is a "nose variant" of the King Charles Spaniel , d. that is, he has a longer nose than this and is on average slightly larger by breed standard .

Origin and history

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dogs were first mentioned in general in 1486 (Jullana Berner "The Book of St. Albans") and 1570 (Dr. John Caius "De Canibus Britannicus").

Spaniels in the "Portrait of the Children of Charles I"
Anthony van Dyck, around 1635
( Royal Collection , Windsor Castle )

It can be considered certain that the cradle of today's cavaliers lay in courtly England, Charles I and Charles II . This is clearly documented by pictures of old masters, such as B. by Anthonis van Dyck (1599–1641), who shaped the image of this type of dog as a friend of the children, in his “Portrait of the Children of Charles I”. When the dogs were first registered as King Charles Spaniels in the Kennel Club - Stud Book (England) in 1892 , the dogs had become shorter-nosed. This change was probably brought about by the crossing of the Japan Chin .

The American Roswell Eldridge offered prize money in London in 1926 for every King Charles Spaniel with a long nose, just as van Dyck had depicted in his portrait of Charles I and his Spaniel. In 1945 these dogs were recognized as a new breed. In the English Civil War of 1642, Charles I's royal troops were referred to as "Cavaliers", so the new breed was given the addition of "Cavaliers".

Brief description

They are small, compact spaniels with long hair in the four color variants Blenheim (white with maroon markings), Tricolor (black and white with tan markings), Ruby (monochrome red) and Black and Tan (black with tan markings).

Ruby
Black and Tan
Tricolor
Blenheim

The weight of the adult dog should be between 5.5 and 8 kg. A certain size is not required, but the average height is 32 to 34 cm. The ears are long, set high, with abundant feathering. The tail and round paws are also well covered with hair. The eyes are big, round and dark. The short black nose shouldn't be pointed, but rather flat.

Essence

The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a lively, happy and adaptable dog and also very obedient. That's why it's not difficult to train even for first-time dog owners. The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel loves people, gets along well with children and can also be an ideal companion for older people. He also gets along well with other dogs and pets in general. He appreciates long walks. Most Cavalier King Charles Spaniels like small sporting tasks, such as retrieving or agility adapted to their height .

Health

The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is very often affected by endocardiosis , a progressive degeneration of the heart valves . This develops due to a genetic predisposition . The founding population of this breed consisted of only a few dogs, among which there was apparently a carrier . Through the initial mating of related offspring, the recessive hereditary disposition came together more frequently. Also syringomyelia ( Chiari malformation type I), a malformation of the brain that leads to progressive neurological deficits, is widely used in this breed. In addition, shoulder dislocations, conjunctivitis and retinal dysplasias are more common in this breed of dog.

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ Jens Häggström, Clarence Kvart, Kerstin Hansson (1995): Heart sounds and murmurs: changes related to severity of chronic valvular disease in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. In: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Vol. 9, No. 2, 1995, ISSN 0891-6640 , pp. 75-85, PMID 7760313 , doi: 10.1111 / j.1939-1676.1995.tb03276.x .
^ D. Caroline Coile: Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Barron's 2000.
↑ Katheryn C. Wolfe, Roberto Poma: Chiari-like malformation - syringomyelia in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. In: Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde. Vol. 134, No. 18, 2009, ISSN 0040-7453 , pp. 746-750, PMID 19911737 .
^ Clare Rusbridge, Susan P. Knowler: Inheritance of occipital bone hypoplasia (Chiari type I malformation) in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. In: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Vol. 18, No. 5, 2004, pp. 673-678, PMID 15515584 , doi: 10.1111 / j.1939-1676.2004.tb02605.x .
↑ Thomas, Alison, 1964-: Breed predispositions to disease in dogs and cats . Blackwell Pub, Oxford, UK 2004, ISBN 978-1-4051-0748-8 .

[1] Jens Häggström, Clarence Kvart, Kerstin Hansson (1995): Heart sounds and murmurs: changes related to severity of chronic valvular disease in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. In: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Vol. 9, No. 2, 1995, ISSN 0891-6640 , pp. 75-85, PMID 7760313 , doi: 10.1111 / j.1939-1676.1995.tb03276.x .

[2] D. Caroline Coile: Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Barron's 2000.

[3] Katheryn C. Wolfe, Roberto Poma: Chiari-like malformation - syringomyelia in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. In: Tijdschrift voor diergeneeskunde. Vol. 134, No. 18, 2009, ISSN 0040-7453 , pp. 746-750, PMID 19911737 .

[4] Clare Rusbridge, Susan P. Knowler: Inheritance of occipital bone hypoplasia (Chiari type I malformation) in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. In: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. Vol. 18, No. 5, 2004, pp. 673-678, PMID 15515584 , doi: 10.1111 / j.1939-1676.2004.tb02605.x .

[5] Thomas, Alison, 1964-: Breed predispositions to disease in dogs and cats . Blackwell Pub, Oxford, UK 2004, ISBN 978-1-4051-0748-8 .