Links

Cavaliers Clubs in Arizona and through out United States

• American Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club (the National AKC parent club for Cavaliers)  www.ackcsc.org
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club, USA  www.ckcsc.org
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club of Central Arizona (the accredited AKC cavalier club for Metro Phoenix)  www.cavalierclubofarizona.com
• Cavaliers of the West (COTW)  www.cavaliersofthewest.org

Recommended Web-sites to visit for good information:

• The most comprehensive accurate web-sites is the ACK Cavalier National Club’s newly update site  www.ackcsc.org
• www.phouka.com I don’t know this doctor but she gives some sound advice on looking for an ethical breeder of any breed.  Go to the 6th selection down on the home page titled “dogs” and then to “choosing a puppy”.
• More info on cavalier health www.aboutcavalierhealth.com
• A one hour lecture on some current (2010) studies on canine heart health and choose ”Matters of the Heart”  http://ondemand.thecanonhouse.com/CHF/index.html

Links to the relevant organizations:

• Society for Theriogenology (SFT)  www.therio.org  Society for Veterinarians dealing with reproduction including physiology and pathology of male and female reproduction systems and the practice of veterinarian obstetrics, gynecology and semenology.
• Orthopedic Foundation of America (OFA)  www.offa.org
• ACVIM (American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine) Cardiac Registry -(ARCH) – www.archcertify.com
• Canine Eye Registration Foundation (CERF)  www.vmdb.org/cerf.html
• Canine Health Information Center (CHIC)  www.caninehealthinfo.org
• American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)  www.avma.org
• Arizona Veternarian Medical Association (AzVMA)  www.azvma.org
• American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA)  www.aahanet.org
• Delta Society – great organization for training and liscensing for you and your dog for service and therapy volunteer work   www.deltasociety.org
• Gabriel’s Angels – Their mission is to “deliver healing pet therapy to abused, neglected and at-risk children, thereby freeing them from the cycle of violence.”  www.gabrielsangels.org

Magazines

• Royal Spaniels www.the-royal-spaniels.com
• The Royal Dispatch  – order through AKC parent club www.ackcsc.org

Rescue Group and Organizations

• The AKC National Club Rescue www.cavalierrescuetrust.org
• The USA Cavalier Club rescue www.cavalierrescueusa.org

Dog Trainers and Behavior Issues

• Team Canine – Canine Obedience & Behavior Modification in Arizona with a positive approach  www.teamcanine.com
• Behavior Books Reviewed – go to American Veterinarian Society of Animal Behavior www.avsabonline.org

Photographers in Arizona

• Dream Maker Images – Special thanks to Shelly Fields for many of the photographs.  www.dreammakerimages.com

Recommended Reading:

• The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel in Fact and Fancy by Barbara Garnett-Wilson
• Cavalier King Charles Spaniels – A complete Pet Owners’s Manual by Caroline Coile, Ph.D.
• Good Owners, Great Dogs by Brian Kilcommons and Sarah Wilson
• The Dog Who Loved Too Much by Nicholas Dodman
• Dogs Behaving Badly by Nicholas Dodman
• More behavior books reviewed by American Veterian Society of Animal Behavior www.avsabonline.org