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Cockalier stud dogs

Cockalier stud dogs offered by UK breeders, with health test results and registration details.

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Advertise your Cockalier stud dog

Offer your Cockalier at stud to owners of health-tested bitches. Show his registration, health test results and achievements, and link the listing to your free breeder profile.

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In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.

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Using a Cockalier stud dog

A stud dog for Cockalier litters may be a pedigree Cocker Spaniel, a pedigree Cavalier King Charles Spaniel or a Cockalier. Ask for his RKC registration where he has one and check his results on the Health Test Results Finder. A Cavalier stud should hold a current grade under the RKC heart scheme (dogs can be assessed from 18 months, and a certificate normally lapses at the start of the next age band), DNA results for CC/DE and EF and a recent eye certificate; ask too whether he has been MRI scanned for syringomyelia. A Cocker stud should have DNA results for AMS, prcd-PRA, AON and FN, an eye certificate with gonioscopy, and a hip score. The RKC's inbreeding coefficient calculator, the tool once known as Mate Select, shows a pedigree stud's own figure beside his breed average; the RKC has no such data for crossbreeds, so keep records for Cockalier matings. Put the fee and terms in writing.

Health tests for a Cockalier stud

The Cockalier has no RKC health scheme of its own, and the RKC advises anyone breeding a crossbreed to use the tests recommended for both parent breeds. The two lists share no DNA tests, but both include eye testing under the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme, which the RKC advises within 12 months before mating.

On the Cavalier side the main concerns are the heart and the spine. Mitral valve disease (MVD) is assessed under the RKC heart scheme for Cavaliers by approved cardiologists from 18 months of age, with assessments recommended at 2, 4 and 6 years. The RKC is clear that even two parents graded green cannot guarantee a puppy free of MVD. Syringomyelia (SM) is diagnosed by MRI scan; it is not on the RKC testing list, but the Cavalier Club urges members to have dogs MRI scanned before they are bred from, and the BVA and RKC are running a screening project for invited dogs. The Cavalier is in Breed Watch Category 2, with judges asked to watch for eye irritation, protruding eyes, and incorrect hind conformation or poor rear movement.

On the Cocker side, DNA tests cover acral mutilation syndrome, prcd-PRA, adult-onset neuropathy and familial nephropathy, alongside hip scoring and eye testing that includes gonioscopy, which can be done from six months old.

  • Cocker Spaniel, Good Practice: prioritising genetic diversity
  • Cocker Spaniel, Good Practice: DNA tests for acral mutilation syndrome (AMS) and progressive retinal atrophy (prcd-PRA)
  • Cocker Spaniel, Best Practice: DNA tests for adult-onset neuropathy (AON) and familial nephropathy (FN)
  • Cocker Spaniel, Best Practice: eye testing (and gonioscopy for PLA) under the BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme; BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme
  • Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Good Practice: DNA tests for curly coat/dry eye (CC/DE) and episodic falling (EF)
  • Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Good Practice: heart screening for mitral valve disease (MVD) under the KC heart scheme for Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
  • Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Best Practice: BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme
  • Breed Watch: Cocker Spaniel Category 1; Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Category 2. The Cockalier, as a crossbreed, has no Breed Watch category.

More for Cockalier owners and breeders

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