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Our Dogs
Here are all of our active and upcoming dogs at Pleasant Meadows. Please click on their photos to visit their personal profile pages, and you can use the buttons below to jump to each section.
We have raised the Cavapoo & Brittanypoo for 16+ years and we have been blessed with a Cavalier line that has been very healthy and our Cavapoos are among the healthiest in Canada. However, as much as we love the Cavapoo we have also been among the first to sound the alarm that the purebred Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a very unhealthy breed and its health has degraded over the past 10 years to the point where we firmly believe that the purebred Cavalier breed is too far gone to be saved! The heart issues in the purebred Cavalier cannot be rectified without an intervention from the Kennel Clubs to allow other breeds to be mixed in to rebuild the Cavalier from the ground up! They have done this with the Dalmatian (look up "LUA Dalmatians") and fixed the chronic uric acid issues in the breed by mixing in the Pointer and the Kennel Clubs are now registering these dogs as purebred. Countries like Norway have banned the breeding of *purebred* Cavalier King Charles Spaniel because of the multiple health issues caused by inbreeding and popularity breeding (it is illegal and considered unethical in Norway), and the Kennel Clubs in Finland and Sweden have teamed up together in starting a cross-breeding program to breed different breeds without shared health concerns that also have similar temperament to the Cavalier in order to hopefully restore and breed health and gene diversity back into the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. We fully support this movement and want to see the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel restored and improved to be health once again. We have found that the F1B to F2BB Cavapoo is the healthiest of all Cavapoos because of their diversity of new blood added in through the Poodle and with proper health screening you can have the security of 3 or more generations of health clear dogs in their lineage -- our dogs have up to 5 generations of health-cleared dogs behind them! Over the next few years, we will continue to raise the higher generation of Cavapoo with our remaining healthy and trusted lines alongside the Brittanypoo for those who want more of an F1-type. Other breeders are starting to wake up to the plight of the purebred Cavalier and we are seeing a few litters from other breeders coming from health-screened parents, but the cross-breeding programs that have been started overseas to try and breed other breeds into the Cavalier to improve their genetic diversity but it will take time before we see results! We have (as of Nov. 2022) also seen a few Cavapoo litters pop up over Canada as other breeders begin to follow suit and realize the importance of health and that the health screened higher-generation Cavapoo is the safest Cavapoo. At Pleasant Meadows, we will ONLY raise the higher-generation Cavapoos as the prior generations are simply too close to the purebred Cavalier to guarantee them to be healthy. We have a 16+ year history of health-cleared dogs which gives us complete trust of our lines and we offer a 5 year genetic health guarantee when your puppy is fed a balanced raw species appropriate diet.
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ALL OF OUR CAVALIERS ARE RETIRED
HEALTHIER ALTERNATIVE TO THE CAVALIER
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Our Cavapoos
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Splash Cavapoo (45.25% Cavalier / 45.25% Poodle / 9.5% Springer)
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Our Poodles
Miniature Poodle
Miniature Poodle
Miniature Poodle
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Miniature Poodle
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Our Cavaliers
We do not currently have any active Cavaliers.
We are focusing on our Cavapoo line for a healthier and sustainable Cavapoo, and alongside the Brittanypoo and the ossasional Springalierpoo for those who want a more F1-type mix.
The *purebred* Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is NOT a healthy breed anymore and we no longer raise the *purebred* Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, but we support Cavalier rescue and ethical breeding practices to rebuild the Cavalier as a healthier breed in the future.
Our breeding line is established by following the recommendation of Scientists and Geneticists to breed dogs that have a 3 or more generations of health screening behind them. We have up to 5 generations of health clear parents behind our current lines and as per guidelines and breeding strategies from the scientists at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute from their recommendations which have reviewed the various approaches that are being taken to minimize potential defects in pedigree animals -- for our lines, we ebb and flow between adding in more Cavapoo bloodlines from lower generations or more Poodle into our established lines, and we ensure to only add in new blood (which gives diversity) from other breeders who are also committed to only breeding healthy dogs. This allows for a strong family line of Cavapoos where you have the assurance of the breeder's innate knowledge of that established family line for good temperament and characteristic traits as well as the established genetic health being preserved and maintained while also adding new bloodlines that compliment or improve the family line through the added gene diversity and heterozygosity of new blood. We are proud to be able to ensure that we provide families with puppies that are non-shedding for allergy sufferers, and most importantly, puppies that we can guarantee to be healthy. All of our puppies come with up to a 5-year genetic health guarantee depending on the diet fed in their new home which also impacts the overall health of a dog!
We raise the Cavapoo and other Cavalier cross-breeds, as per the ethical breeding practices based on trials and studies done on minimizing the genetic defects in dogs through breeding strategies from the scientists at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institut from their recommendations which have reviewed the various approaches to minimize potential defects in dogs, and especially for breeds like the *purebred* Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and the need for out-crossing to unrelated dogs for diversity and health, while still maintaining a family line to retain predictability of traits, and sustainability of health and type. The Roslin Institute's review is published in Canine Genetics and Epidemiology. You can read more on the links box below (click the link boxes):
The UK Kennel Club joins the team in supporting the healthy cross-breeding of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels in effort to breed back the health and vitality of the breed through other breeds.
The UK joins:
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Norway (banned *purebred breeding* of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel deeming it "unethical" and only allows cross-breeding)
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Sweden (embarking on a cross-breeding program with Finland to mix other breeds with the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel to breed new blood and ultimately better health / heterozygosity back into the Cavalier)
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Finland (embarking on a cross-breeding program with Sweden to mix other breeds with the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel to breed new blood and ultimately better health / heterozygosity back into the Cavalier)
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Australia (in support the cross-breeding program, Cavapoos in AUS live up to 18-20 years because they have "unofficially" been cross-breeding the Cavalier for this purpose since the early 1990's and are ahead of the other countries, plus they almost exclusively feed raw/fresh diets to their dogs)
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Canada (ethical breeders fighting to save the Cavalier through cross-breeding and proper health-screening. Ethical breeders across Canada are waking up and crossing the Cavalier with the Poodle, Tibetan Spaniel, Bichon, Springer Spaniel, Brittany Spaniel, Cocker Spaniel, Papillon, and more in effort to save the beloved Cavalier!)
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Spaniel Mixes for Health & Diversity
Springalier (50% Springer -- 50% Cavalier)
Specifically for Adaeze: Adaeze is a mix between the Springer, and the Cavalier. The purpose of her mix is to add breed diversity and health into the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and the Cavapoo through new spaniel blood which is now being done in countries like Finland and Sweden in a cross-breeding program to improve the health and vitality of the purebred Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, similar to what has already been done with the LUA Dalmatian (which is a cross between the Pointer and the Dalmatian to fix the chronic uric acid issues within the Dalmatian -- LUA = Low Uric Acid). We do not intend to be crossing dogs for the "heck of it", but these are purposeful crosses with breed-appropriate health screening in place for the overall improvement of the purebred Cavalier King Charles Spaniel's future.
Brittanypoo Mix (50% Brittany - 19% Cavalier - 31% Poodle)
Springalierpoo (22% Springer -- 39% Cavalier -- 39% Poodle)
Trinket is RETIRED -- she is here as an example of our contribution to re-establish health diversity in the Cavalier.
Specifically for Adley: She is a mix between a Brittany, Poodle, and a dash of Cavalier, to combine size, temperament, and low shedding traits for the future. Adley is our "Mini Britt" which is only a fun nickname to describe the fact that she looks like a "Miniature" Brittany -- but she is, in fact, a mix of Brittany, Cavalier, and Miniature Poodle and when she is paired with a Poodle to make Brittanypoos, the resulting puppies will be low-shedding and will only be 6.5% Cavalier in the equation allowing her puppies to still appeal to the Cavapoo lovers being part Cavalier without detracting from the wonderful spaniel nature from the Brittany. And this mix is likewise only done for the improvement of the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with breed appropriate health screening, and to decrease the size of the "Brittanypoo" mix.
Specifically for Trinket: Trinket is a mix between the Springer, Cavalier, and Poodle. The purpose of her mix is to add breed diversity and health into the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel and the Cavapoo which is now being done in countries like Finland and Sweden in a cross-breeding program to improve the health and vitality of the purebred Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, similar to what has already been done with the LUA Dalmatian (which is a cross between the Pointer and the Dalmatian to fix the chronic uric acid issues within the Dalmatian -- LUA = Low Uric Acid). We do not intend to be crossing dogs for the "heck of it", but these are purposeful crosses with breed-appropriate health screening in place for the overall improvement of the purebred Cavalier King Charles Spaniel's future.
We do not currently have any active Spaniel mix studs (males).
Our Retired Dogs
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Don't forget to check out our Retired Dogs page so you
can see the history behind your puppy!
Available Adult Dogs
And below you can see older puppies or adult dogs that are AVAILABLE for adoption. They could be finished breeding and are retiring with the highest respect after giving us some amazing puppies, or they could be dogs that we have decided not to breed for a minor reason. All dogs available will be amazing pets! To inquire about an available dog please CLICK HERE!
Sorry! No older dogs available at this time!
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