Cavalier King Charles Spaniel breed registration requirements
Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease [MMVD]
- All Cavalier King Charles Spaniels must complete a pre-breeding health check every 12 months using the MDBA pre-breeding health check form. The results must be sent to the MDBA.
- Any new adult Cavalier King Charles Spaniel breeding dogs entering the MDBA registry after 1.12.22 must be tested by DNA for the MMVD gene variants. Result documentation is required before acceptance.
- Any Cavalier King Charles Spaniel on MDBA-restricted papers requiring an upgrade to Breeding papers from 1.12.22 must be tested by DNA for MMVD gene variants. Result documentation is required before acceptance.
- Any MDBA breeder member who wishes to register a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel pup on mains papers as part of their litter from 1.9.23 must have either both parents tested, or known by parentage, or the pup tested for MMVD status. Result documentation is required before acceptance.
No dogs will be removed from the gene pool or deemed unsuitable for breeding by the MDBA REGARDLESS OF THE RESULTS OF THEIR TESTS. The primary objective at this time is to enable educated breeding decisions, locate any dogs with one or no copies, and demonstrate the progress in this breed as we work toward having dogs with less risk of disease. It is not to take the ability to make decisions away from the breeder or to lower the gene pool diversity in any way. We highly recommend that these two tests be done sooner rather than later and that the results be sent to info@mdba.net.au. Health and DNA results will not be listed on the pedigrees, and breeders are encouraged to send both the bad and the good results to the MDBA, even for dogs eliminated from breeding, to enable us to ascertain the frequency of problems and disease incidences in the breed.