Dogs 101 Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

We recommend these books about cavalier King Charles spaniels and how to care for them. There are very few books about CKCSs which are totally open and honest about the serious genetic diseases which afflict the breed. Most books on this subject are written by cavalier breeders who want to promote their dogs and their kennels.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels: An Owner's Companion, by John Evans. It was first published in 1990 and was updated and re-released in 2003 as a paperback. You may order it on-line by clicking the book cover at the left or click here.

The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, by Mary Forwood. Published in 1967. Try to find a copy on-line by clicking the book cover at the right or click here.

Your First Cavalier, by Barbara McKenzie. Published in 1984. Try to find a copy on-line by clicking the book cover at the right or click here.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Today (Book of the Breed), by Sheila Smith. Published in 1995. Try to find a copy on-line by clicking the book cover at the left or click here.

How to Raise and Train a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, by Elizabeth C. Spalding. Published in 1965. Try to find a copy on-line by clicking the book cover at the right or click here.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, by Eilidh M. Stenning. Published in 1964. Try to find a copy on-line by clicking the book cover at the left or click here.

The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (World of Dogs), by Margaret Workman. Published in 1999. Try to find a copy on-line by clicking the book cover at the left or click here.

See our Diets for Cavalier King Charles Spaniels webpage for a list of books we recommend to cavalier owners who are interested in feeding their dogs home-prepared meals.

Here are some other books about the breed, some written by breeders of cavalier King Charles spaniels and others by professional writers. We make no recommendations regarding any of these books, mainly due to their lack of candidness and thoroughness about the main genetic disorders affecting the breed.

, edited by Barbara Garnett-Wilson. This book is about the breed in art. The cavalier King Charles spaniel, and its predecessors, have a long history in the world of fine art, and this book is a masterpiece of its own. You may order it on-line by clicking the book cover at the left or click here.

, by Peter Bowron, Carolyn Rose Rebbert, Robert Rosenblum, and William Secord. You may order it on-line by clicking the book cover at the right or click here.

The Dog Writers' Association of America has awarded this book the "Book of the Year" award for 2010. You may order it on-line by clicking the book cover at the right or click here.

, by Charles Faudree, Francesanne Tucker, and Jenifer Jordan. The late Charles Faudree was a very popular interior designer in Tulsa, Oklahoma who was famous also for featuring his cavalier King Charles spaniels in his books about his design successes. He even designed a toile fabric aptly called Cavalier Toile. In this book, he showed how to design your house around your cavaliers. You may order it on-line by clicking the book cover at the left or click here.

, by Charles Faudree and Jenifer Jordan. The late Faudree did it again. He was a very popular interior designer in Tulsa, Oklahoma who was famous also for featuring his cavalier King Charles spaniels in his books about his design successes. He even designed a toile fabric aptly called Cavalier Toile. He showed how to design your house around your cavaliers. In this book, he even put one of his cavaliers on the cover.

, by Mario Buatta, Emily Evans Eerdmans and Paige Rense. Mario Buatta is the interior designer who made cavalier King Charles spaniel artwork a decorating icon. He has been adding paintings of cavaliers and King Charles spaniels to the walls and tabletops of nearly every one of his clients' homes since the 1960s. He finally has published his own 400+ page tome, richly illustrated with color photos of the interiors of dozens of homes. Cavalier lovers will not be disappointed.