The puppy mill formula is simple,... buy any registered (AKC or one of the new «fake» registries
like CKC) male and any AKC registered female, and start making puppies.
Breeders attempting to sell puppies through registries
like the CKC are likely guilty of animal cruelty and potentially deadly living conditions.
However, in certain breeds
like the CKCS, this figure is almost doubled.
Not exact matches
Examples include, but are not limited to the Weimaraner Club of America (WCA), American Kennel Club (AKC), Canadian Kennel Club (
CKC), North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association (NAVHDA), and other local breed clubs or all - breed performance clubs (
like an obedience, agility or hunting club)?
Chiari
like malformations and syringomyelia (CM / SM) are a common problem in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (
CKCS) causing severe neuropathic pain.
Like UK kennel has real breed standrads, AKC works on designing the breed,
CKC adds some more features and hence we have multiple breed standard.
Like for English Mastiffs, we have 3 breed standards., UKC, AKC and
CKC.
When we researched
CKC Spaniels, we were made aware this breed has a number of serious hereditary health issues
like Heart and Eye disease.
CKCS under 2 years of age with Chiari -
like malformation (CM) and syringomyelia (SM)(
CKCS CM / SM) have a more crowded Rostral CCF and Caudal CCF than
CKCS over 5 years of age with CM but without SM (
CKCS CM).
CKCS under 2 years of age with Chiari -
like malformation (CM) and syringomyelia (SM)(
CKCS CM / SM) have a relatively larger cerebellum than
CKCS over 5 years of age with CM but without SM (
CKCS CM, Panels B and D).
The authors are currently investigating the possibility of neurological deficits in
CKCS which are referable to cerebellar dysfunction (including a specific «puppy -
like» ataxia).
Chiari -
like Malformation (CM) and syringomyelia (SM) is a debilitating and painful disease complex in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel dog breed (
CKCS) which is regarded as a complex oligogenic trait of moderately high heritability [1], [2], [3], [4].