Blacklash Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

We feed raw, which we consider to be the gold standard of diets. All our puppies have the best start to life and are weaned to raw. We feed raw to all our adult dogs, through the stages of breeding and into old age. We help our puppy families to understand the importance of nutrition and show them how easy it is to feed this way. We provide advice and support for the lifetime of the puppy. Diet is the cornerstone of health and with a natural diet, we can avoid a lot of illnesses and diseases that are common in our dogs. Cavaliers are prone to lots of health issues - but it doesn't have to be this way. We have full control over what and how we feed and these things have a direct impact on the wellbeing and the quality of life our dogs lead. Raw feeding promotes: ♥️Good dental hygiene with clean teeth and gums ♥️Shiny soft coats and skin ♥️Healthy hearts ♥️Healthy anal glands ♥️Healthy gut ♥️Physical & mental fitness #rawfedcavaliers #rawbreeder #rawfood #feedyourdogbetter #ditchthedry #nokibblehere #healthycavaliers #healthydogs #naturestoothbrush

Nina and Violet enjoying a paddle at the beach today! 🏖 #cavalierkingcharlesspaniels #seniordog #olddogsofinstagram #healthycavaliers #cavlove #cavlife #ankcregisteredbreeder #happydogs #canineenrichment

Good boy, Louis! ❤ #recall #positivereinforcement #rewardsbasedtraining #cavalierkingcharlesspaniel #cavlove #cavlife #healthycavaliers #healthtesteddogs #happydogs #puppyculturebreeder #puppycultureraised

Our puppies are introduced to a new item or given a new experience every day from when they were just a few days old. At 7 weeks, our puppies know that new things are good, not scary. As you can see, they are very happy to see this strange new object in their puppy pen and they all go over to explore it.

These water bladders make great puppy toys! A little air blown in it makes it squishy and noisy. They love it! ❤ #dogsofinstagram #puppyplaytime #puppiesofinstagram #novelty #puppyculturebreeder #cavlove #cavlife #puppies #cavalierkingcharlesspaniels #doglovers

Kit wearing his first snood. 😍 ❤ #12weeksold #kongfun

Every day we introduce a novel item to the puppies. This gets them used to seeing and touching different things and gives them the opportunity to explore. They learn that new things are good, not scary. ❤ #puppyplaytime #puppyculture #cavalierkingcharlesspaniel #cavlife #cavlove

Emelia's babies at 1 week. Here you can see our daily routine of weighing the puppies and doing the ENS exercises. ENS stands for Early Neurological Stimulation and is the first part of the Puppy Culture programme that we follow. These exercises are done between the ages 3-16 days. There are 5 exercises, which are done for 3-5 seconds each with each puppy. 🧠You can learn more about ENS here: https://breedingbetterdogs.com/article/early-neurological-stimulation #puppyculture #ens #breederlife #earlyneurologicalstimulation

Sorry for the lack of posts of late. We have had a crazy month with the storms and damage to our property. We were evacuated due to falling trees and broken power lines and have been living in temporary accommodation since. We are currently in our 3rd week away from home. We had an hour to collect our stuff and leave. I bundled up Kit (who was 8 weeks old) Emelia and her new litter of 6 (who were 19 days old) and the other 6 adult dogs. It has been stressful, as we have faced lots of challenges during this time and this is ongoing. I am just taking things day by day and focussing on with what I can do, rather than what I can't. I have had to make do with found objects, as I have not had access to my usual puppy things. I have bought some 2nd hand things and am improvising a lot. Kit is now 11 weeks old. I have continued with his socialisation and his basic training and he is a shining star, in what has been a dark sky at times. He is confident and happy and takes things as they come. We have continued to implement the 'meat' of the Puppy Culture programme with socialisation, crate training, manding, toilet training, loose lead walking and recall practice. I will make an album for Emelia's babies in the coming days. I have a ton of photos and videos to sort through, for those of you who like to follow along with what we are doing. This litter is now 5 weeks old, so the fun is just beginning. Here is a clip of Kit yesterday, down at the jetty, practising his loose lead walking. This was a new environment for him - he was a good boy. #puppyculture #socialisation #puppytraining #breederlife

🔊🔊 SOUND SOCIALISATION 🔊🔊 6 week old Kit is snoozing while I'm in the kitchen with the blender going. We're exposing him to as many different sounds as possible, so that he'll stay calm in noisy places. We listen to real sounds, as well as using sound recordings, apps and CDs for noises we don't have at home. #socialisation #newsounds #puppyculturebreeder #puppycultureraised #puppylife

TRAINING BEGINS ❤ CLICK = FOOD Our first training session is getting Kit to associate the click sound with food. I'm using roast chicken for this, which he loved! ✅Kit doesn't have to do anything particular when I click in this session. ✅He is learning that the click means food is coming. ✅The clicker is a training tool which marks a moment in time and helps us to shape the behaviour we want. #6weeksold #clickertraining #puppyculture #makingdogshappy #newexperiences #rewardsbasedtraining #positivereinforcement #fearfreetraining

Practising our Puppy Call in a new environment. Kit nailed it! ❤ #puppyculturebreeder #puppycultureraised #puppylife #puppytraining #ankcregisteredbreeder