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Just Jessica

31/1/2017

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Jessica is the one who lost a back leg back in April 2014. Nearly 3 years later and now 5 years old, it does not seem to hold her back.
​Why she had her leg removed can be read about on the blog trauma at Poundlane and her return from the vets after surgery can be read about on the blog Jessica is home
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Just sleeping

31/1/2017

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Laying claim to the lap

31/1/2017

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Photo taken as I was talking to my husband David, whilst he was eating his supper at the dinner table, and Sasha just came up and flopped right out on my lap.
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Just Ysobel resting

31/1/2017

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Can you see the difference?

29/1/2017

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Two days ago I published two  photos. One of Sasha, who is 1/2 Briitany, 1/2 Cavalier, and one was of her Cavalier Mum Primrose, with the title Can you see the difference? 
​Just a few minutes ago I caught a lucky photo chance of Sasha's litter sister Bertha lying alongside their maternal Grandmother Ysobel. Bertha still has a fairly up right stop, but the ravine between the eyes is not as deep as her Mum or Grandmother. You can see easily though from this photo, that the nose has lengthened, quiet considerably.   
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Just Sasha

29/1/2017

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looking very serious

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Just Henry and his girls

28/1/2017

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Henry (Brittany) with his daughters Sasha and Bertha. Their Mum is Primrose (Cavalier)
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Just a misunderstanding

28/1/2017

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Yes, that is Blottie sat on the table in front of me, after a slight misunderstanding. I asked her to get up on the chair and she misread my body language as I went to pull the chair out, and within a wink of an eye she had popped up on the table, to sit right in front of me. She has the stealth of a cat.
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Between families

28/1/2017

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Lily in between her maternal Grandmother Dolly and Dad Toby. Lily's Mum is Treacle a F1 Cavapoo.
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Just Cavapoos sleeping

28/1/2017

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F1 Cavapoo half sisters (Same Dad Reggie) Belle (Mum Ysobel) and Treacle (Mum Dolly)
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Can you see the difference?

27/1/2017

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Primrose a Cavalier King Charles spaniel.
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Primrose's daughter Sasha who is 1/2 Cavalier, 1/2 Brittany.
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Like Grandmother, like Granddaughter

27/1/2017

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Dolly with her Granddaughter Lily who is 3/4 Cavalier, 1/4 Poodle
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Just Belle and me

27/1/2017

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Mad as a box of frogs, but you will find it hard to get a more loyal and loving dog.
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Cavalier Health research CM/SM

27/1/2017

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PictureFig 1. 24 measurements used to map the hindbrain and craniocervical junction on T1w mid-sagittal MRIs of a CKCS without SM.
A new study Use of Morphometric Mapping to Characterise Symptomatic Chiari-Like Malformation, Secondary Syringomyelia and Associated Brachycephaly in the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel will help in understanding and diagnosing CM/SM in Cavaliers and is reported at CavalierHealth.org saying, "The study includes a motion picture which highlights the dynamic changes of the skull conformation and brain parenchyma associated with progressive brachycephaly and airorhynchy [the upward rotation of the front of the palate]. As the video morphs from the control dog to one with CM pain that the nasal bone and hard palate become closer so that the hard palate becomes more horizontal, the nasal cavity and frontal cavity reduce involume and the rostral forebrain is flattened. As the model progresses into SM case 1 the nasal and rostral forebrain changes become more extreme. In addition to the forebrain changes, the hindbrain is pushed down and the craniocervical junction kinks as a consequence of the cervical vertebral being closer to the skull with flattening of the supraoccipital bone. Consequently there is a “concertina” flexure of the brain with a compensatory increase in height of the cranial fossa. In SM case 2 the concertina flexure is more extreme lower with the cerebellum appear to be folded back under the occipital lobe, and the olfactory bulbs are much in size and displaced."

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"Vets, it's time to stop the suffering and speak out."

26/1/2017

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Just seen this very moving post Fighting for air their whole lives over on the Pedigree Dogs Exposed ​blog. The post is about the French Bulldog in the photo below.
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Taken by Ralph Rückert
The French Bulldog in the photo has just woken up from an anesthetic with the endotracheal (ET) tube that supported his breathing whilst under anesthetic in place. Note the dog lying bright eyed and not trying to fight and remove the pipe. Dogs normally fight this tube, just like a human would if they woke up with one still in place, as it makes you gag, but for this dog, he is a Brachycephalic. He has been bred with a square skull (The skull has been concertinaed) and a short flat nose, but everything a longer skulled , longer nosed dog internally has, has not been reduced. The brain, the 42 teeth, the soft palate, it has to find space and one of the spaces it fills to accommodate being bred with no nose is the dogs airway. The ET tube opens the airway and you are looking at a dog, that probably for the first time in it's life, it can breathe properly. 
The moving bit of the Pedigree Dogs Exposed ​blog is the re-posted post from Facebook written by the German vet,  Ralph Rückert who attended the French Bulldog in the photo above,
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""It might sound implausible, but the French Bulldog in the photo just woke up from anaesthesia. The eyes focus on me and see me. Seconds later we removed the pulse oximeter from the tongue, and the dog rolled itself upright. 
Every (every!) other dog will immediately try to dislodge the endotracheal tube at this moment, which is why we usually take it out much sooner. But with Frenchies (and other flat nosed dogs) we leave the tube in position as long as possible, dreading respiratory collapse during the home stretch of their anaesthesia. 
This frequently leads to the moment - a moment that regularly sends cold chills down my spine - when you realise that these dogs, while fully conscious, are enjoying the ability to breathe without effort (through a tube) for the first time in their life. I know that I am anthropomorphising unashamedly but nonetheless: when you pull the tube eventually, the wheezing starts up again and you see - I swear to high heaven - a glaze of resignation and disappointment fall over their eyes that were previously bright with fascination. 
This is a moment where the lifelong - and too often ignored – suffering of many brachycephalic dogs becomes crystal clear to see. Sadly it is a moment only vets witness. The first time I noticed this phenomenon, I was inclined to dismiss it as my own sentimental fabrication. But as time passed, I heard stories of the same curious and touching moment from several colleagues with a lot of experience with flat nosed breeds. You absolutely have to ask yourself honestly what it means when a dog prefers the discomfort of an endotracheal tube to its natural airway."

It's good to hear vets starting to speaking out, about time, but still to few do. That is why we are where we are now. You only have to see the Kennel Club figures for breeding extreme Brachycephalic dogs to understand that vets are not that pro-active in educating people to how cruel it is to breed dogs intentionally to be extreme Brachycephalic, in 10 years registration for French Bulldog pups has gone from 526 puppies a year to 21,000 puppies registered with them in 2016 and now 1 in 6 dogs registered with the KC is extreme brachycephalic, up from 1 in 50, ten years ago. That is a lot of veterinary work coming in to surgeries, so you can understand why maybe vets have not been so quick on speaking out about this.
​Let's be honest here, one of the biggest growth sectors in the UK and the world is the veterinarian profession and those figures above are one of the main drivers, breeding extremely deformed dogs to feed the obscene demand to people who either don't understand or care about the health of the dog and just think it's "cute." I see a lot of suffering in those figures for the breeding of extreme brachycephalic dogs, but I also see that a lot of vets that have bought there homes, put their children through private education, had a wonderful holiday, off them as well. An unhealthy bred puppy on the vets table is worth more to a vet, than two healthy pups rustling around in a bush. Very sad, but true to often. Greed, the need for IOU's is insidious for many, I'm afraid. Vets though do swear an oath to protect animals, I think some need reminding of this.
The KC also should be brought to task, can they really say (As they do on their home page) that they are "dedicated to protecting and promoting the health and welfare of all dogs." when we see them happily taking money registering puppies, that they know the majority of them will spend their lifetime struggling to breath. This is cruelty and exploitation by the KC, which has been helped along by the silence of the majority of the veterinary profession, often seeming to care more for bums on sits in the surgery and the "kerching!" of the cash register, than the health and welfare of the puppies that come in to their care. "Vets, it's time to stop the suffering and speak out."
As  Jemima Harrison says on her Pedigree Dogs Exposed blog about breeding extreme brachycephalic dogs "It is, frankly, the biggest explosion in suffering the purebred dog world has seen in modern times." ​
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Just Dolly

26/1/2017

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who will turn 10 years old this Summer.

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Just Sasha

25/1/2017

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Alfie in the Alps: "wondering where all those animal tracks are going!"

25/1/2017

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Stunning photo sent to me this morning of Alfie in the Alps. Alfie is from our first Brittany/Cavalier litter born Spring 2015 Smudge has nine little Hudges
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"Hi Jane this is a photo of Alfie just wondering where all those animal tracks are going! The view is taken from just above the Chalet. We had some serious snow fall .... 18" over a day and a half ..... but the snowplough kept the roads clear lower down, they don't come up this part of the road though! Best wishes Joan and Colin xx"
"Wow, that is a stunning view.
Thanks for sharing
Jane x"
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Just sleeping

24/1/2017

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Henry asleep with his daughter Sasha behind him, and with his shadow Ernest cuddled in to him , with Ernest's sister Lily lying behind Ernest.
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Just Lily

24/1/2017

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Lily, who was born Spring 2016. She is 3/4 Cavalier, 1/4 Poodle. Treacle is her Mum, a F1 Cavapoo and Toby our Cavalier boy is her Dad. Our Dolly (Cavalier) and Reggie (Miniature Poodle) are her maternal Grandparents.
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Enjoying the sunshine

23/1/2017

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Caught in the act

23/1/2017

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Bertha eating the seeds from the bird feeder

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Just Henry and his shadow

21/1/2017

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Henry with his shadow Ernest
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Just puppy love

21/1/2017

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Molly and Sasha
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Like Mother, like daughters

21/1/2017

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Ysobel with her daughters Belle and Primrose
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    Hello, I am Jane!
    You might of guessed, I love dogs. My family and me are situated in the North Devon countryside, England, United Kingdom. Our home is occupied by my husband, David, our children, pack of dogs and me.
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