Has anyone seen the supplement in this month's Dogs Today - with the idea of recreating a healthy Cavalier by crossing various breeds - including cocker spaniel and papillon

sounds interesting to me...

I have done agility with my Affenpinscher but Chewbacca is getting to old now slown down alot he is 10 but enjoys agility, I have a new dog a small Terrier X Rescued (size of a yorkie) took to Agility like a duck took to water, didn't really have to train Jess,she is nearly as fast as my Border Collies, My Mum & Niece both do Agility with Chinese Cresteds, Hairless & Powder Puff, all 3 very fast

chewbacca?????
is that the name of your dog? if so that is an amazing name lol

Can i just ask why not a BC?? The breed standard for a Pyreneean gives it almost the same height as a collie.
I'm not being funny(so please don't take my question the wrong way!) just curious

Jann

Yes Chewbacca is my Affies Name, He is the only Red Affenpinscher in the UK and he looks just like Chewbacca out of starwars, If I knew how to add pic I would put one on so you could see him

Here is a Pic of Chewbacca at Agility


Jess (Terrier X)


Sugar (Chinese Crested Powder Puff)


Chaos (Chinese Crested)

Why not a BC? Only that I used to be a vet and I never met one that I fell in love with enough to want to live with it for the next fifteen years.... and did meet both Parson JRTs and working cockers that I could happily have lived with....

not saying there isn't one out there... just that finding it might be hard - and getting a dog just to do agility when it's not what I want to live with, seems daft

and... thank you for the pics - they look cracking... seems as if most small athletic breeds can do it if they're given the right motivation.

Jess the little terrier x can keep up with Whisper, Sirius & Ice my BC's at agility

Typical of Ms Cuddy, just think of how many puppies would have to be produced to recreate the Cavalier-no toy breeds could be used as SM is in so many of them, epilepsy & eye probs in Cockers etc etc etc