King Charles Spaniel

badfinger

Hi, I am not sure if this is correct but we are looking to give a home to a King Charles Spaniel around 5 to 6 years old. We have lost two in the past year due to the dreaded heart defect and our one remaining King Charles misses the others badly. We are trying to give him more and more TLC but he has never been without a dog companion.
We have applied to all the rescue centres that advertise on the web and the like.
It must be a King Charles though as the other dog only relates well to them. Just a thought and sorry if I have placed this post incorrectly as I am not sure Martins rules are with animals.

Regards

Badfinger

Glad

I'll move this to 'I wanna'
the site is mainly to deal with money issues, but maybe someone can help if I transfer it there

Cat72

Hi
Why dont you ask at the local vets to see if they know of any recue centres or with the king charles spaniel club. Often these are the first places breeders will turn to to rehome their pets. Also if you phonearound your local recue centres, mine is the rspca they have a list of organisations who specialise in certain types of dogs.

Lara

If it's a Cavalier King Charles (mine is ) let me know which part of the country you are in as I have several phone numbers of people you can contact and also have rescue home numbers as well.

Best doggies on earth :j - she's our third and a right little greedy devil

mandymack

Hi good luck with your quest I found this list on the web and wondered if it would be of any use to you

http://anita-cooper.com/rescue_contacts.html

rizla01

Great dogs.

Real attitude.

and EVERYBODY loves them, don't they?

Always greeted with lots of Ahh's

badfinger

Thanks to all so far.

Lara, we live in the south but would willingly travel.

Jazzy was our little rescue and died in kennels whilst we were on holiday miles from anywhere in Spain, We cut short the holiday and returned now heartbroken.
He was the third one but now we have only one.

Mandymack, Thank you also and we have applied to 3 of them.

Keep up the community spirit all

Regards

Badfinger

mando_2

Sorry to hear of your loss and hope your other little one is coping.

Try looking on http://www.dogpages.org.uk/forums/ - under the 'we need a home'. I don't think there are any at the moment, but if you post in the 'homes offered' bit, people will let you know if there is one in a local rescue etc.

Also here's all the rescues for King Charles Spaniels listed on dogpages, just in case there are any you haven't been in touch with yet:

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club Welfare and Rescue Service
Mrs J Pagan (Co-ordinator), Wickford, Essex. Tel: 01245 320488
Mrs M Bunting, (Secretary) Wickford, Essex. Tel: 01268 561374

Humberside Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club Rescue
Mrs L Flynn, Nr Boston, Lincs. Tel: 01205 760374

Midland Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club Rescue
Mrs G M Phillips (Co-ordinator), Willenhall, Warks. Tel: 02476 306014
Mrs & Miss M Askins, Beauchamp, Worcester. Tel: 01886 812536
Mr & Mrs R Rees, Coventry. Tel: 02476 403583
Mrs J Wailer, Hinckley Leics. Tel: 01455 611175

South and West Wales Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club Rescue
Mr J Ace, Llansamlet, Swansea. Tel: 01792 773612

Southern Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Welfare Organisation
Mrs C C Li (Co-ordinator), Herts.
Tel: 020 8905 2621. Email: katherine@avalcier.com
https://www.cavalier.info/clubs/southern/welfare.htm

West of England Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club Welfare Scheme
Miss C G Greenall, Nr Kingsbridge, Devon. Tel: 01548 580369

Hope this helps

Lara

mando wrote:

Sorry to hear of your loss and hope your other little one is coping.

Also here's all the rescues for King Charles Spaniels listed on dogpages, just in case there are any you haven't been in touch with yet:

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club Welfare and Rescue Service
Mrs J Pagan (Co-ordinator), Wickford, Essex. Tel: 01245 320488
Mrs M Bunting, (Secretary) Wickford, Essex. Tel: 01268 561374 ] quote

We got our puppy from the litter recommended by one of the ladies mentioned above. It was her dog that had fathered them. They were lovely and healthy looking with tails wagging and weeing everywhere! lol

Having had a Cavalier with epilepsy I wanted to ensure that there wasn't any of this in the breeding line. I was assured there wasn't.

Six months later......................................my Ruby coloured Cavalier had her first fit and has been on phenobarbitone for 2 yrs now. My vet said I should let the breeder know. The breeder didn't want to know, the above mentioned lady didn't want to know and the Kennel Club didn't want to know:mad: . Luckily for my dog she was in the right home because I recognised the symptons immediately and know how to deal with it. Also I have an excellent vet!

Can I also just say that a King Charles is different to a CAVALIER KC. The KC has what I call a squashed nose & is smaller and the Cavalier is bigger and prettier:):) (IMHO but then I'm biased).

So I suppose I am saying be careful when buying one of her puppies:( but obviously the rescue dogs are different. We would have willingly given a home to a rescue but there weren't any around that we could find:(.

They are a wonderful, loving breed.