Hi-I just purchased a male Cavalier King Charles spaniel and I'm interested in breeding him. Any advise on how to get started? Any information would be appreciated.

Thank you,
Julie
CA

Julie Yes with a bitch:d sorry could not resist that;)

Julie a lot more info is needed if help is to be given first how old is the dog
2nd is he registered.3rd has the breeder an endorsemet on him 4th do you have a bitch yourself
5th have you any experience on raising puppies 6 th have you done any research into the background of the proposed stud.
there is a link devoted to breeding if you would like to have it, just post your email up on board and it will be sent to you.It was compiled and put on a web site by Sierra milton. and called lets talk breeding .most of the posters here on champs contributed to it in some way so you would be getting all the advice they sent to Sierra when the site was being prepared and then some ,,best wishes mari

Hi, he would need to have his heart tested before you even consider breeding him as sadly Cavaliers do have heart problems in the breed and many are not long lived. You need to be as sure as possible that he wont pass on any hereditary problems to his puppies, or you may be held partly liable. If you are planning on having visiting bitches - belonging to others - you will need to know exactly when the bitch is ready for mating - as trying to mate them, when the bitch is not ready could be very dangerous to your dog - its not just a question of putting 2 dogs together and leaving them to it. You will also need someone experienced to hold the bitch as many pet owners are incapable of doing this. Having a stud dog is a fairly thankless task, you and the dog and your helper HAVE to be available on the right days, as bitches will require 2 matings. You will not be able to charge very much unless the dog has been successful in the show ring, and you should insist any visiting bitches are also heart tested with a NAD (no abnormality detected) result. You will also need to know how to read a pedigree, and know the dogs in the pedigree, as you dont want to mate your dog with a close relation. Even if the same names are not repeated in the 2 pedigrees - dogs could be half or full siblings without you knowing it - and it DOES matter. Why does everyone who buys a pedigree dog think that the world will want to use it at stud? Could it be for the money? If it is beleive me - you wont make any! Why not just enjoy your pet.

As Mari says, this would be a good place to start.
http://www.dogstuff.info/
And here's another one
http://www.geocities.com/virtualbreeding/virtualbreeding.html