The
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is a delightfully affectionate,
playful, intelligent little dog that repays his owner’s care and
attention with an endearing devotion.
Cavaliers are not kennel dogs. Because of four hundred years of
close contact with their owners and their development as lap dogs,
they make wonderful companions. They are happy, outgoing, loving
little dogs who want to love you and be loved, to run and play in
a safe place, and to sleep in a soft bed - preferably your bed,
but they’re willing to negotiate on that point! They get along
well with children, cats, and other dogs.
Because young Cavalier puppies are so small, some breeders are
reluctant to sell a puppy to a family with children under age
five. Such families may find that an older puppy or grown dog may
be more suitable. Cavalier puppies do not thrive when left all day
without human companionship or the company of another animal. They
are highly intelligent and require the same consistent and loving
discipline as does a child.
Cavaliers are active and sporting little dogs that require regular
exercise. They have an instinct to give chase to just about
anything that moves, and should either be on a leash or in a
fenced yard or they will surely come to grief under the wheels of
a car. Because Cavaliers never become “street-wise,” some
Cavalier breeders require a fenced yard as a prerequisite for
Cavalier ownership.
While Cavaliers are clean, intelligent, and easy to groom and
train, they do shed, occasionally chew things, and sometimes
forget their manners by barking, making a puddle, and so on. In
other words, they really are first and always dogs, in spite of
their ethereal faces! |
