Cavapoos
Size
Height: 12-16 inches
Weight: 16-20 lbs
Easily carried.
Coat
Long, wavy to curly hair.
No to light shedding.
Grooming to prevent tangled hair.
Professional grooming every 2-4 months.
Personality
Fun, loving, playful.
Gets along with kids.
Loves family
About the breed.
The mixing of Cavalier King Charles Spaniels and Poodles has been going on for decades. The cavapoo breed began to increase in popularity since the 1990s with increased breeding in Australia and Europe. Cavapoos are offered in several varieties. The size of cavapoos can differ between toy, miniature and standard size dogs depending on the size of the poodle bred.
F1 cavapoos are first generation of the breed this occurs when a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel is bred to a Poodle resulting in a 50/50 gene sharing.
F1B cavapoos are the result of F1 cavapoo being bred back to either a Poodle or Cavalier. Most are bred back to a poodle resulting tighter curry hair.
F2 cavapoo is a result of 2 F1 cavapoos being bred together resulting in a second generation cavapoo. Second generation cavapoos are still a 50/50 gene splint between Cavaliers and Poodles.
Health
Like with all dogs some breeds are more at risk than others at developing health issues. Fortunately cavapoos allows us to have generally healthy puppies with the crossbreeding of cavaliers and poodles.
Combining cavaliers and poodles help decrease the occurrence of health problems. According to the OFA greater than 97% of cavaliers have normal eyes, hearts, hearing, shoulders, hips and elbows on exam. According to the OFA greater than 97% of mininature poodle had good hearts, ears, eyes, elbows, legs and patella on exam.
Genetic Testing.
All of our genetic testing is completed through Gensol Diagnostic.
Degenerative Myelopathy (DM)
Degenerative Myelopathy is a recessive disease that causes a progressive decrease in use and function of the hind legs leading to paralysis. DM is typically diagnosed from ages 10-12. Forunalty approximately 90% of poodle are DM clear and approximately 67% of cavaliers are clear or not effected.
Episodic Falling(EF)
Cavapoos are included as a breed susceptible to episodic falling syndrome because of its close relatedness to the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel breed, which is known to develop this disease due to mutation of the BCAN gene. The frequency of mutation in the general Cavapoo population is unknown. Clinical diagnosis of EF is rare.