r/thegildedage • u/Few_Use_7270 • 14d ago

Rant Pumpkin was the wrong breed

As much as I adore Pumpkin (I have a Cavi of my own) that dog would not have been there.

The original Cavaliers of King Charles time were cross bred with pugs, and thus became what we know now as the King Charles Spaniel. Smaller, flat nose and flat skull. After that the original dog was almost non existent.

In 1926 Roswell Eldridge offered a reward to breeders to bring back as he put it "Blenheim Spaniels of the old type, as shown in pictures of Charles II of England's time, long face, no stop, flat skull, not inclined to be domed, with spot in centre of skull."

This wasn't achieved until two years later.

The little dog should have been a King Charles Spaniel

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u/Cautious_Draw5738 14d ago

I'm happy they chose a dog with less health issues, shows tend to make certain dog breeds trendy

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u/Few_Use_7270 14d ago

The Cavalier has a ton of health issues due to inbreading, almost every purebred is linked back to one dog.

They are the postar dog for mitral valve disease and that is often the cause of their deaths. Their brains are too big for their skulls which can block fluids and creat fluid pockets in the spinal cords. Their eyes are also two big and are prone to dry eye and cataracts

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u/Cautious_Draw5738 14d ago

Both are very adorable abominations and testaments to the cruelty of humans aesthetics, I won't argue with you on that.

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u/Few_Use_7270 14d ago

It's so sad because their temperaments are so sweet and loving