Dutchesscav Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
Wellington, VIC
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Hi, I'm Melissa W.
Dutchesscav is a small home style kennel where our dogs are family members first. We only breed occasionally and strive for well-tempered puppies that are healthy well-adjusted members of society.
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- Breeding & Welfare
- Health Practices
- Home Environment
- Documentation
- Feeding
- Physical Condition
Our Breeding Practices
Behaviour and socialisation
We pride ourselves in raising happy, confident puppies that are very much a part of our family. Our puppies are raised in our home amongst all the craziness of being a busy household with younger children and we use Puppy Culture protocols to ensure we have well balanced babies. We take our puppies out to our…
Health
Cavs - We fully DNA test as well obtain eye certificates from an ophthalmologist and heart certificates from our local and well-renowned cardiac specialist. We feed a diet of Royal Canin kibble, Prime100 along with raw butcher supplied meat (lamb bones, chicken carcasses etc).
Home environment
We live on small acreage, around 2 hours drive from Melbourne on a hobby farm with our dogs, cats, chickens and cows. We have some outdoor kennels space and designated indoor space. We have a whelping pen set up inside our open plan lounge and a large doggy room with a sliding door, which our dogs can use to go…
Included with our puppies
With our puppies comes a comprehensive resource folder and Royal Canin puppy pack containing food, a measuring cup, toys, collar and lead. We supply Pedigree Papers and standard Dogs Victoria Breeder Contract.
Health Tests
Core Tests(1/1)
Dutchesscav Cavalier King Charles Spaniels conducts 1 out of 1 core health test which RightPaw believe are most important to conduct for the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.

Heart Certificate
Physical Test
A heart certificate indicates that a breeding dog has been screened for heart disease such as DCM…
Additional Tests
Dutchesscav Cavalier King Charles Spaniels conducts 4 additional tests available for the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
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About the Breeder
Melissa W
Member since Mar 2021
A little about us
Hello, my name is Mel and I'm a mother of 3 children who are actively involved in raising puppies, I have an amazing job that I can travel around the state with my goldens as they are therapy dogs for a government program called the living safely with dogs program. I live on a little 5 acre property in longford…
Why we got involved in breeding
Having grown up with dogs all my life, they have always been and played an important role in my life. Before retiring, my Nana was a well known Corgi breeder, so we now have 3 generations strong of dog enthusiasts! My first Cavalier Dutchess brings me ample amounts of joy and will always be my first love. …
Our special touch
We are ethical breeders with a home style kennel, where our dogs are family members first and foremost.
Credentials
Association
Dogs Victoria (ANKC)
Association number
3100033217
Prefix
Dutchesscav
Breeding since
2010