The swimmers we have had looked like fat little frisbees with stick out legs, and the first time I saw one, I almost died on the spot. Their little legs feel like little flippers with no muscle tone. The fix is a quick one and they looked just like the others after they were hobbled for a while. You can tell they are different, because their chests are very flat. Myra
>From: Laura Trunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] swimmers >Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 18:11:57 -0500 > > > Actually, the books say that they are more common in smaller litters as >they > > don't move as much and they have a large supply of milk. We had a >swimmer > > in a litter of one. Two swimmers in a litter of two, and a swimmer in a > > litter of six. My friends had two swimmers in a litter of two, and my >other > > friend had two swimmers in a litter of two. > >Do you really think there is such a thing as a *swimmer*? Or are they just >slow to get up and walk? I had 2 children. One was up walking around >furniture by 5 months, the other never took a single step until he was 18 >months old. Couldn't these puppies just be manifesting immature muscle >tone? Do swimmers ever appear 100% normal--in other words has anyone seen >a >typical swimmer puppy who went on to be a very good structured dog with >really good front and rear movement--no tendency to cowhocks or close >movement or looseness? Or is some structural fault--lack of muscle tone, >whatever--contributing to it being a swimmer? > >In other words, we are all different. Some of us are much better runners >than others, some of us much better in strength and some much better in >mind. Every one of us has things we are good at and things we are not so >good it. Is a swimmer just a manifestation of something that puppy is not >as good at, or is it indicative of something structurally/genetically >*wrong*? Not that the two aren't related, but towards which end of the >scale do you think it would fall? > >Laura Lang >Roycroft Cavaliers > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
