Susan wanted chocolate for a long time just not the kind you eat. See there are more color varieties to the cavalier king charles spaniel breed than typically you see in commercials, magazines, shopping carts, park, street or your neighborhood. Cavaliers have been listed in the top twenty breeds by publishers for more than 20 years yet most only know the cavaliers to be blenheim, ruby, black and tan, or tricolor (black and white with tan markings).
There are a few other colors for cavaliers that are not recognized as a breed standard with the American Kennel Club yet find them listed in less conspicuous places. These other colors of cavalier are sought out by individuals seeking the same loving, like velcro breed but with a non-standard color. You may see cavaliers that are black, black and white, tan, chocolate, chocolate and tan, tan, chocolate, merle and even white but not realize they really are cavalier king charles spaniels.
Susan will be making a trip to pick up Godiva as a new addition to our family around Memorial Day. Godiva as a beautiful pure chocolate cavalier that has finally been found by Susan after years of looking with Milt’s resistance to adding a cavalier with a non-traditional color chocolate.
We both fell in love with this beautiful chocolate little girl, so everything is always up for negotiation. Godiva will be AKC registered, DNA tested clear for breed health issues and be evaluated and followed extensively for breed specific health issues here with us just like the rest of our babies.
I hope the traditionalist for the breed will understand the need for diversity, passion for uniqueness, and an individual’s want for that all special puppy to love and nurture that just may not be main street cavalier.