Shenandoah Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

Sally Minetree
Cell: (540) 878-9594
Email: shencav@aol.com

Website updated
February, 2012.

"Elegance and Substance are Paramount"

Shenandoah Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

Flash News....Beautiful litters have arrived in January.
Tricolor and blenheim puppies are available.


I have owned Cavaliers since 1982 and have been showing and breeding blenheim and tricolor Cavaliers exclusively since 1990. My emphasis is on breeding for elegance and substance, with special attention to maintaining the lovely temperaments that are so closely associated with this old breed. Few breeders today remember the elegance and beauty of the English Cavaliers of the 1980's, which is what I am striving to maintain. Board certified heart and eye health testing is performed annually on all breeding stock. The maternal line of my Cavaliers has enjoyed good health into their 'teens. I offer a health guarantee on all puppies, who are vaccinated and dewormed appropriately, well socialized and veterinarian checked before leaving home. Puppies are eligible for AKC registration, and they are sold with a health certificate and booklet of care and breed information. I am committed to my puppies throughout their lifetime and offer my support and advice whenever needed.

Below you will find examples of my Cavaliers, present and past. I specialize in tricolors, however often I have a beautiful blenheim or wholecolor puppy available. I breed to show my own, and am very particular as to who I keep for my show and breeding program. The other puppies are offered as pets on spay/neuter agreements to responsible, caring families. I sometimes place show prospects. Potential show owners are screened carefully to ensure that my bloodlines and those of the people who have entrusted me with theirs, will be used responsibly and ethically.

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Looking out from my front balcony to our horse and goat field.

***Available Puppies***

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The photos above: Blenheim male puppy with lozenge by Shenandoah Rain Dance and Shenandoah Royal Rebellion. He is 8 weeks Jan. 23rd.

Photos below: Godiva with her litterwho will be nine weeks old in Febuary, 2012, and they are sired by Sebastian (a son of Shenandoah Midnight Cowboy). Godiva has one of the prettiest faces I've ever seen on a Cavalier and Sebastian is equally handsome. Her puppies are gorgeous.

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Blenheim Male, 12 months old By Shenandoah Sir Roger

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Ruby girl, Persimmon is by Veribas Enter Fred Estaire and Shenandoah Gabriele. Taffy is a three year old girl. Her parents are Bavaria and Midnight Fantasy

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~ RECENT PUPPIES ~

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Puppies, among these by AKC Champion Wandris That's Entertainment and Shenandoah Tiramisu this summer taking a photo break...At left and top right are Halsey and Sundae puppies (placed).

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Flash News!! Roger and Haviland are expecting their litter at the beginning of February, 2012. Alfie, below, is their full brother who is two years old.

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Below, is my friend Melissa enjoying her Alfie who is from Roger and Haviland's first litter in 2009. Thank you Melissa for such a great photo! Shenandoah Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

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There are several retired Cavaliers who I would like to place in the near future.
A questionnaire, personal interview and visit are required before I decide to place them.
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Shenandoah Fiora
A beautiful granddaughter of CH. Shenandoah Danzig who is just beginning her show career.
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Shenandoah Tiramisu
(Shenandoah Winston x Shenandoah Scottish Thistle.) Took Winners Bitch 2 out of 4 days at the Pear Cluster in Virginia, January, 2010.

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AKC CH Wandris That's Entertainment, owned by Karen Cusick

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Shenandoah Sir Roger x Shenandoah Limoges
Male puppy

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Lucy and Bodhi litter at six weeks. They are up to date
on their vaccines and have their new "report cards" from my wonderful veterinarian.

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This beautiful tricolor puppy is by Veribas Point Break out of Shenandoah Minerva.

Lucy, this puppy's dam, is a granddaughter of English Champion Pamedna Fan T-C and Bodhi is a grandson of English Champion and Specialty winner Wandris Entertainer. The sire of the litter is pictured at center below at an AKC event.

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Veribas Point Break, courtesy of Karen Cusick
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Veribas Fanfare 'Enter Fred Astaire', courtesy of Karen Cusick

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Caprine News!! We had twelve goatlings this past January, 2012. Kidding is so much easier than whelping puppies ;) This is one of our lovely pastures with my new Nubian babies and their mothers from last spring. Below is one of my 2012 bucklings available. I have registered Nubian bucklings and does/doelings for sale from excellent milking and show lines.

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Photo Gallery from 2010

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Lamia with her puppies by Shenandoah Sir Roger.

Gold Sovereign is now done with his siring and is now living the grand life with another Cavalier in Northern Virginia. His best buddy is a wonderful owner who takes him everywhere. Here are photos of "Jesse", or Gold Sovereign, playing in the snow.

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Photograph of Jesse courtesy of Peter Walmsley
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Photograph of Jesse courtesy of Peter Walmsley
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Sundae's (a Gold Sovereign daughter) two blenheim daughters. One girl has been placed and the other girl is being retained for my breeding/show program.

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Blenheim boy of Shenandoah Butterscotch Sundae x Shenandoah Admiral Halsey.
Adopted by a wonderful family in Timonium, MD

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Gillian's blenheim daughter, Zoe.

Zoe is a litter sister of Guinness, pictured toward the bottom of this web page with her new family. They are like identical twins, only she is a blenheim!
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Other News... I am currently feeding Purina Pro Plan for the present. Some of my dogs are on a raw diet. I am also feeding NuVet Vitamins. It has been a big change for us but the results are worth it. I will change my web site pages to reflect this. My Cavaliers are healthy, happy and the puppies do well on raw food also. I did feed Royal Canin dry food to some of my dogs this winter but I was very disappointed with the results. I intend to stick with my current regimen and add Fromm Salmon dry dog food.

I will update this web site with more information on feeding in the near future. In the meantime, go to www.dogsstuff.com to see a list of approved dog food brands. This list is constantly being updated by a knowledgeable pet food store owner. Read her web site thoroughly and familiarize yourself with the dangers of ethoxyquin, a dangerous chemical antioxidant found in fish meal. Know that the FDA does not require pet food makers to list ethoxyquin as an ingredient when the pet food maker buys the fish meal containing ethoxyquin already in it. BEWARE and be sure you are buying a quality food that will not harm your pet.

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Gillian's litter of six.

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Gillian's three puppies playing.

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Shenandoah Sir Roger, or "Roger" is enjoying his afternoon high on the Parkway overlooking the Blue Ridge mountains.
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Roger and Limoges on their late summer "honeymoon."
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Limoges and Roger ready to explore.
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One last pose??
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Something interesting over there...
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Roger taking one last gaze over the mountains.

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Jasmine has found a new home! Her new name is Riley, and she is curled up with her half-sister, Guinness.

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My friend Kate DuPont Ross with her two Cavaliers Smarty and Jonesy, and the rest of her handsome menagerie.

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Two puppies by Shenandoah Sundance Kid


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A beautiful Blenheim boy.
(Shenandoah Midnight Velvet x
Shenandoah Sundance Kid.)

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Pebbles with her new owners.

For additional information check out our website at:
http://www.shencav.com

For more information please contact:

Shenandoah Cavalier King Charles Spaniels

Sally Minetree
Cell: (540) 878-9594
Email: shencav@aol.com

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