Loving & Caring (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel)

Member Name: DocDan3

Product:	Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Date:	11/08/09 (153 review reads)
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Advantages: Really Friendly, Loving, Caring, Doesn't Bite, Quite Playful, Not Too Big

Disadvantages: Not Playful Enough? Naturally More Inclined To Get Heart Problems

We have had a King Charles Cavalier for 11 years now since he was a puppy. He lived with a family and all his siblings, named after the teletubbies. He was called Po, but we renamed him. He's a lovely dog with a lot of character and he's very loving, caring and harmless too.

You can get these dogs in three colours: black and white, brown and white or the tri colour including black, brown and white. Ours is actually the tri colour as he is black and white with brown eyebrows and a brown bum. He looks great and developed odd curly hair on his sides as he grew older. He has curly ears too and we get him short haircuts, which make him look really cute.

He is relatively easy to look after, as he doesn't need as much exercise as large dogs. He has grown to 13kg, which is still quite heavy but he can sit on your lap without crushing you too. So, I feel he's an ideal size really. He never ever bites, even when you are playing games, so he won't harm you. He only bites your fingers on the odd occasion, but he doesn't apply any pressure - merely putting your hand in his mouth and he even licks it after to say sorry.

He's very caring and loving - he seems to know when one of us is feeling down. He will approach you and comfort you by wiping his head against your leg and in return, he likes a massage. Our dog was very fussy with food since a young age, as he never liked dog food. Therefore, he is spoilt with cheap lamb steaks as well as chicken breast fillets along with vegetable rice, peas, sweetcorn and pasta as a topping for his main meals. It's actually a very healthy diet and he even eats things such as fruit like sliced grapes and banana but he doesn't like citrus fruits. He has lunch everyday too, which is chopped up cold meat, tuna, mackerel or toast with a light cheese spread. We have severely cut down on his cheese intake as when this breed gets older, they are much more likely to have heart problems and cheese will cause a build up of fats in his arteries and could turn out to be fatal.

He has a rather large bed but he sleeps on the floor beside it when he's too hot. He also has some soft toys, which he does like and he also takes them out in his mouth when we get him up in the mornings. He's currently on some pills for his heart and fluid on his lungs so he has these within biscuits followed by Pedigree Rodeo Sticks and Denta Stix, which clean his teeth.

He has a great personality and is very loving. He's very clever too as he tries to play games with you and trick you to get what he wants. I think he's an ideal dog because of his personality and also the fact he doesn't need much exercise and also doesn't have as much to eat as a larger dog would. He's a lovely pet and I'll always love him.

Thanks for reading,

Dan ©

Summary: A great dog with a superb personality full of love and care