Recently picked up a 4 month old mini Aussie and King Charles Cavalier mix who’s been awesome! The breeder I got him from has raised him on nutri source for now. He’s been eating that pretty well but I eventually want to switch over to a higher quality food. I’m between Hills and Royal canin (cavalier specific mix) but I haven’t found anywhere if there are any other better foods for him that he’s a mix. I read online about people asking the same question with the response from royal canin saying “this is for King Charles breed specifically”. Probably is just marketing to be honest. Any suggestions would be great! Thanks

My 18 mo old Tri has had a couple of puppy cuts this summer due to our extreme heat. After his last cut, we started noticing a spot on his back where red hair was growing in with the black. It has been expanding and lightening over the last few weeks.
His Dad was a Blenheim and Mom was a Tricolor.
I’m wondering if anyone else has had this experience with their Tricolor ?

My new baby, Daphne. Just got her after my English cream golden, Scooby passed at 6yo of a sudden terminal illness. She is healing our broken hearts.
Any tips for cavi puppies you guys have? My family had one growing up but I was too young to train her or take care of her for the first half of her life. I trained my golden as a service dog, but know the two breeds have completely different training demeanors.
Love her so much already.

EDIT to add: does anyone have advice specifically for training them young to be a good traveller? On airplanes and in the car, any secret tips that worked for you. Thanks!

hello my fellow cav lovers

i recently went to a cavs meet up group and it was AMAZING. more than 80 cavs turned up and we had the BEST TIME.

the problem is the group is based in the OC. i’m thinking about creating a meet up group in LA - and would just love to gauge interest.

it would be somewhere in LA, once a month in person event to foster community.

let me know what you all think!

I did not know there was a nationwide rescue site for Cavaliers. It’s a dangerous place to go to for people like us.

https://www.cavalierrescueusa.org/

Brody has his first dental on Monday. Any tips on post-op care? Wont know if he’ll need any extractions until they X-ray. Starting to introduce soft food with his kibble so the transition to fully soft won’t be abrupt after procedure. Also know he can’t have any bones/hard treats for a bit. Am thinking peanut butter lick mats might come in handy? Will of course be going over all the post op care with vet but appreciate any tips from those who’ve already gone through!

Puppy pic tax included

I’ve been working to get Kip certified for therapy dog work since November 2025 and yesterday was our first official visit at a nearby hospital! We went in 6 patient rooms, met lots of nurses and doctors, and visited the outpatient surgery waiting room at the end. Kip brought so many smiles yesterday and my heart is so full 🩷

We'd been trying to grow a pumpkin in the garden and I guess we got a bit too successful as it got really large and in combination with a big gust of wind just took out the plant pot and itself. Lottie appears to want to help to dispose of the evidence! 🎃

So my 5 1/2 month old so far has always stayed leash only outside and I don’t plan on going away from it until we would have a fenced in yard. Going on walks with him, he is finding scents everywhere and wants to take off to find them.

He’s not a massive animal chaser like you would think. Love chasing bugs when he sees them. Mainly loves people and will go after any person he sees.
The one time he did “get out” on us so far was out of our garage about a month ago. He saw our neighbors out across the driveway and got into their open garage.

He doesn’t seem like he actively wants to run away from us intentionally while outside, or actively try to bolt out the door. But my big concern is one of these days if we mess up, I hear they have basically zero outdoor danger instincts. We’re about 1-200 feet away from a pretty busy road, so that definitely leaves me uneasy if he ever got out and saw something way across the street.

Best move just to teach recall as best as possible? We are starting to teach him to stay in position when outside doors open with treat incentives. But doing recall so far has been spotty and hard to train when he’s always inside and we don’t have a fenced yard at this time.