CHARACTERISTICS OF A REPUTABLE BREEDER

 A Reputable Breeder understands the importance of giving your Cavalier King Charles Spaniel a happy, healthy, loving start in life.

A Reputable Breeder is an associate or full member in good standing of the American Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club (ACKCSC) and/or the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club USA (CKCSC). These are the only Cavalier registrations recognized in the United States. In order to become a club member, candidates must sign a code of ethics promising to practice sound breeding practices and conduct. 

A Reputable Breeder will have a registered Affix. This means that all puppies will bear the kennel’s name on all papers of registration. A willingness on the kennel’s part to claim the puppies they have bred is a display of integrity and responsibility on the part of the breeder. At Kilbrides Pride, our puppies will be proudly registered with the KBPride Affix.

If you are interested in the Cavalier breed and, more importantly, our dogs, we encourage you to visit our home and to meet our dogs so that you can see the environment in which the dogs are raised. This will also allow for us to have conversations together regarding our breeding and health philosophies.

A Reputable Breeder will, upon request, provide you with written health clearances of both parents from veterinarians who are specialists their fields. Typical health clearances should include eye, hearts, hips and patellae as well as MRI screening for the neurological disorder, syringomyelia. All puppies will also be current on all vaccinations and examined by a veterinarian prior to leaving our home. 

A Reputable Breeder spends time handling his/her puppies each day. Socializing puppies includes loving them and preparing them for their ‘forever homes’. 

A Reputable Breeder is committed to the dogs they breed and considers them extensions of their own family and will welcome back a dog that, for whatever reason, needs to be re-homed. 

A Reputable and Ethical Breeder will charge an appropriate fee for a puppy. This money helps to cover the annual health certifications for the parent dogs. Reputable and Ethical Breeders will commonly require spay/neuter contracts and limited registrations on pet puppies. 

A Reputable Breeder does not sell to pet stores or brokers, does not place classified advertisements to sell puppies, and does not post web advertisements for the sale of puppies. 

KilbridesPride is committed to breeding quality, healthy Cavalier King Charles Spaniels. It is essential for us to follow the highest breeding standards in order to protect the health and well-being of our beloved Cavalier Breed. 

While some of our Cavalier puppies will participate in the show ring, all of our puppies have one job which is far more important... to be the loving companion of their forever family.