The Cavalier is by most measured the largest toy breed,though clearly a lap dog,fully grown adult dogs tend to fill one amply.Unlike other spaniels the Cavalier has a full-length tail.The ears,chest,legs,feet curl,and tail are feathering.The height is 12in. to 13in. and weight is 13lb. to 18lb. 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!
