All our breeding age dogs are regularly heart and eye tested by specialists, and regularly certified as to their overall health by our veterinarians.

Our dogs are photographed in their natural state and habitat - they are not primped and positioned for these sessions




Winjax Melanie (Lilly)


Although a full sister to Holly (below), you couldn't find two girls both similar and different at the same time.   She has a sweet and gentle personality, but has a more 'look at me' regality and nature.   She's also our 'Prima Donna', so dubbed because she is demonstrative and dramatic in her need to be noticed and if there's a problem or she is hurt.


Again, she has the beautiful conformation and movement of this line and is a joy to have in our family, although she's a little tubby with pregnancy in these photos.


Lilly is approaching retirement but not available for adoption


 


Winjax Mira Belle (Holly)


Our little Holly can only be described as a 'stress tonic'.   One only has to rest their eyes on this little girl and it's impossible not to relax and end up with a smile on your face.   She emits an aura of sweetness, kindness and love, so much so that even the 'don't touch my bed' Rotweiler cannot resist her aura and she is one of the few who are allowed on his bed.   Holly 'loves' everyone, dog or human, and although at times she tries to be a big tough watch dog, her natural gentleness and 'wooo wooo wooo's do little but produce a smile on the possible predator's face.


Not only is her personality a joy, but her conformation, movement and markings including the Cavi Lozenge - again an expectation of this line - give equal joy to behold. 


Holly is approaching retirement but not yet available for adoption


 



Winjax Estelle (Stella)


It is impossible to find the words to express how honoured we feel that Win Harrison contacted us recently offering us the opportunity to purchase a few of her beloved dogs following her illness and hospitalisation which made it difficult for her to care for her dogs to her very high standard.  Win still has some of her beloved dogs with her, but just enough to be able to enjoy them and spoil them as is her way.   We have known Win since we became the proud owners of three of her beautiful dogs some years ago and knowing Win as we do, we believe she will have many years yet to indulge in her love of her dogs.


Needless to say, we will certainly carry on with Win's endeavours and high standards, to breed quality, healthy dogs with Casey and Stella's help.  Win's kids are settling in well with us in sunny Queensland and no doubt will regrow their beautiful ears, having been subject to a somewhat zealous clipping prior to coming home to us.


Little Stella is the gentlest and sweetest of little girls.  A little bedazzled by all the chaos that has entered her life lately, but still able to waggle that tail and sidle up for a cuddle and pat.


She is a joy to behold and one just wants to scoop her up in a cuddle and kizz her.


Soon to retire but not yet available for adoption


  


Leolyn Thripenny Rose


Well, it took nearly 18 months, but the wait was worth it.    We finally came home with our little tri girl with exactly the same breeding as our much loved original Cavalier, Penny.


Little Rose has all the beautiful looks and attributes of sweet personality, bright intelligence and total adaptability, and cuddles, don't forget the cuddles, as her older sister.


We look forward to watching Rose grow up to be a stunning young lady.  In the meantime we (and especially Fifi - our Papi girl) will just enjoy her with pleasure.


 



Melriver Heaven Sent (Skye)


Skye would give anyone who doesn't know her the impression that she has always missed out on available cuddles and is going to make sure she doesn't miss out on yours - all with the one simple action of literally launching herself into the worlds fastest and highes lunge onto your lap.   


In fact the opposite of this impression is true, simply because it's impossible to sit down and not find that you have this little ruby girl sitting on your lap while you are surrounded by the rest of the clan at your feet.


Her youthful exuberance and enthusiasm makes her a favourite with everyone, human or canine and she is showing every sign of growing up into a beautiful young lady.


Skye comes from the same kennel as our Flossy, but her 'out there' personality is vastly different from the eternally caring personality of her kennel sister.


 


Jastbah Hope (Hope)


Little Hope would have to have the sweetest of personalities.    She asks permission to do anything at the same time as indicating that she would reeeelly like to do it if it's o.k.


Despite her sweetness, she manages to mingle with the more robust personalities quite happily, although more tenatative about some of the activities, preferring to assess it before joining in.


She's the sweetest little girl and has her father's (Winjax Just Benson) good looks and bone.


She's one of the future generation and we're happy to watch her antics and development as she grows into a young lady.

 

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Miss Jacara

(Cara)


This little 'wasn't meant to be' beauty was all Jack's idea.  Breeder's don't want to admit their mistakes usually, but this little girl only arrived because our Jack decided not to wait for the young lady I had gone off to get for him, jumped over a rather high fence and by the time I returned had happily mated with our Zena (destined for Connor I might add).


Whether meant to be, this little girl certainly believes she had a right to be here with all the pluck of a giant, despite her small stature and a regality that is only fitting for a well-bred Cavalier - which she is, thankfully.


Add a good dose of absolute sweetness and you have the recipe for a captured heart for anyone who comes into contact with her.


 


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Tennasee Rose

(Tenna)


Take a look at this stunning little girl !!!!   Right from birth, Tenna has had 'look at me' in truck loads. 


We still have to blink to make sure we're not dreaming when we look at her and I doubt that this will change.


With stunning good looks and a beautiful, placid little personality, Tenna has only to be herself to bowl anyone over.


She's a joy to behold and to have.


 

Jastbah Cooloola Girl (Connie)


I can't look at this little cherub without firmly believing I'm looking at a reincarnation of our beloved Connor.  The likeness is stunning as you can see in the comparison photo.


She has her mother and father's sweet disposition and character and with her lovely markings, she is quite a stunner.


 

Cavalrite Sweet Harmony (Harmony)


In the stampede for puppies from this litter, I neglected to keep a little girl of our own, however, recently the opportunity arose to bring little Harmony back into the fold and we were delighted to take up the chance.


Harmony has exactly the same sweetness and charm that she had as a little puppy and coupled with her good looks she's an absolute delight to have.


Harmony still has a lot of maturing to do but in the meantime she's fast becoming a favourite of all the older girls with her beguiling ways.


 

Cavalrite Unchained  Melody (Melody)


With both Lilly and Holly nearing retirement age, we felt it was time for us to have some girls from these two ladies with which to carry on.


The first to take our eye is this young lady with her typical Winjax style and quality.


Melody is a very self-assured young lady and a joy to behold and have in our household.


 

Cavalrite Kiss Me  Kate (Katie)


Daughter of our Reba and Duke, little Katie is practically a clone of her mummy, right down to the passionate kizzes she's only too happy to share with anyone who's willing to receive them.


A very pretty little girl, sweet but with plenty of pluck which indeed she needs to survive the energetic and gunho crowd of youngsters she's growing up with.


Always the first to ask, and of course get, a cuddle and with half closed eyes, absolutely adores every minute of it.  That's our Katie.


 

Cavalrite Perfect Grace (Gracie)


Utterly beguiling in every way, little Gracie is the daughter of Holly and Rev (Winjax Mira Belle and Clarelly Bad Moon Rising).


Making a choice of the girls in this litter was nigh on impossible for us  as their quality was so high and so equal.   Only after the choice having been made, on some inexplicable basis which couldn't be defined, did the realisation came to us that this little girl reminded us totally of our little Gracie that we had previously lost to a tick bite.


Gracie's sweet little personality and mannerisms never fail to tug at our heartstrings and we believe she will be equally as engrossing as an adult.


 

Our Young Hopefuls

We have several girls close to retirement and the girls below are the 'next generation' girls to replace them.   These girls have yet to reach breeding age and/or have yet to be specialist health checked.

Jesse is too young yet to be active in our breeding programme

Cavalrite More Than Magic (Jesse)


We gave this little miracle girl a derivative of her mother's formal and call names as she will be the last ever of Jessica's litters.   We call her our miracle baby because she became very sick during the Qld floods.   Unable to get her to see the vet, or the vet to come and see her, it was only due to our fabulous vet, Cathy's, intuitive ability to be able to do a phone diagnosis, and prescribe treatment that I had on hand that our little beauty is still with us.


A tiny little baby as a result of her illness, one would expect all sorts of shocks with her vet check, but no, Jesse had rallied forth unscathed and continues to make up for lost time and is now right on track.


As beautiful as her sister Cassie, and with a more outgoing and demonstrative personality, Jesse turns heads and keep the interest tuned in on her.


And rightly so.


 

Hannah is too young yet to be active in our breeding programme

Cavalrite Hollyanna (Hannah)


The second of our girls kept from our Holly, Hannah is named after her mother.


Hannah is a very bright and chirpy little girl with plenty of confidence and 'luv' to give.


She carries on the lines from Holly and Lilly and we look forward to watching her grow into as beautiful young lady as her sister.


Hannah has 'all it takes' to be noticed and 'all it takes' to keep the attention.


 

Beth is too young yet to be active in our breeding programme

Cavalrite Lillibeth (Beth)


We waited several years for our Lilly to give us a tri girl and when she deigned to do so, she not only gave us a little beauty, but another beauty which was on special order for a special client.


This little 'princess' is very similar to her half sister Gracie in personality - born to be royal and although confident, not particularly keen on too much rough and tough rumbling which she soon makes known, but always ready for smooches and cuddles.


She was certainly worth the wait and could well rival Gracie for stunning looks and head jerks from admirers.


 

Cindy is too young yet to be active in our breeding programme

Cavalrite Cinderella (Cindy)


Every time I look at this little girl, I'm reminded of her grandmother Jessica.   The same looks (with perhaps better markings than Jessica) and expressions abound.


A bigger girl than little Sirah, below, Cindy is the second of Cassie's daughters and we look forward to watching her grow up, hopefully more and more like her lovely grandmother.


 

Sirah is too young yet to be active in our breeding programme

Cavalrite Petite Sirah (Sirah)


This little tyke has no idea she is the lillest of the youngsters and is full of pluck and personality.


With a lovely combination of her parents' good looks and that personality, it's not surprising that she's very popular with everyone who sets eyes on her and that the others all seem to play softer and more kindly with her.    She of course, doesn't notice and just thinks she's a big tough girl.


She has plenty of confidence and young Gracie certainly has taken her under her wing.


We looking forward to watching this little beauty grow up to be as stunning as her mother


 


Melriver Lucy (Lucy)


Our two Melriver girls have reached retirement age and when little Lucy was born Trish honoured us with the opportunity to bring her into our fold.  We gladly took up the opportunity to have another beautiful little reliably healthy girl from Trish's breeding to replace those retiring.    Lucy arrived and soon had everyone totally lovestruck and in the palm of her little paw, as is usually the case with these lines.


She is not only striking but also has the sweetest of personalities.    Melriver dogs are always a joy to have and behold.


Thank you Trish for the opportunity of having this little bundle of joy in our home.


 

Cavalrite Waltzing Matilda (Tilda)


We had to wait for Cara's second litter to have the pleasure of keeping one of her little girls, and the wait was well worth it.    This little mini-Cara has already wormed her way right into our hearts with a duplicate of her mother's sweetest peronality in the world.    With a sweet father like Duke she could hardly miss out on being yet another little angel.


Tilda has all her parents good looks, solid bone and beautiful colouring as well as that lovely head with soft expression.


We already love her dearly and we're sure she'll grow up to be equally as beautiful as her mother.


 

Retirees

In keeping with our 'open honesty' policy here at Cavalrite and to allay negative gossip as to the 'disappearance' of our dogs from time to time, we've added this section in regard to our retired, older, dogs.    

We would love to be able to keep each and every dog we have, but unfortunately, practicalities dictate that we can't.   We will not force our girls to breed, flog, overbreed or breed our girls too long, so from time to time we do seek appropriate and suitable adoption homes for our older girls, or girls who are not suited to breeding for one reason or another.    We believe our responsibility to ensure wellbeing covers all our dogs, young and older, and will continue to do everthing we can to ensure that each and every dog in our care has a happy, well cared for life ahead of it.

Our Beautiful retired girl Penny is a Cancer Survivor !!!!!


Penny was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of lymphatic cancer  back in July/August 2011 and our beautiful vets, Kathy and Shannon instigated protocols to allow Penny to be treated locally.     Treatment commenced as soon as the condition was confirmed.    The little trojan trundled into the vet once a week for the first few months and then fortnightly to have her treatment.   She didn't complain about the need to isolate her from the others although she was able to see the other kids and everything that was going on.   She responded very well to the treatment and halfway through her bloods were normal.   Penny had her last treatment on the 17th February 2012 and her bloods remain normal.   Once her immunity rebuilds, Penny can join in on the day's activities again.    She has monthly checkups for a while but no more chemo !!!!!!  


We are soooooo proud of our little girl.   She took everything in her stride, the needles, the mild tummy upsets for a day or so after, and the isolation.    If ever there was a little dog that would indicate that it's worth the time, the expense and the worry of treating cancer - she would be it.    We hope she goes on now to live a normal happy life.


Our special thanks to our wonderful vets and staff who not only reorganised their day and surgery protocols for Penny but also ensured that she felt very special and loved throughout her long ordeal.   Neither Penny, nor I, could have endured it as well as we have without their support.



In Memorium

Cavalrite Faith (Faith)


It is with a very heavy and sad heart that we had to say goodbye to our little darling on 11th March, 2009.


Faith was raised with the assistance of our beautiful Papillon Princess and our teamwork at hand-feeding as she just couldn't cope with all the brothers and sisters in her litter and was missing out on titty all the way.    There were times when we wondered whether she had the fight to pull through, but she hung on and what she lacked in size, she certainly, without question, made up for in 'pluck'.  


We're not sure whether we're just absolutely and totally biased or not, but we believe our little girl was one of the prettiest and sweetest little Cavi girls we've known.   For one so young and who's life was cut short at 6 months, she certainly packed a lifetime of selfless love into our lives, always with that cute little smile of hers, .   We will always miss her dreadfully.



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Saving Grace

(Gracie)


Gracie was rescued in the nick of time from underneath her mother as a tiny baby, Gracie was seconds from her last breath.


Her absolute will to live and our teamwork in 'being there for her' resulted in her revival after a week of question marks as to whether or not she would survive.


Gracie was a little behind her siblings in development, but continually displays her determination to make up the difference and live a happy and healthy little life.


We were absolutely devastated when we lost little Gracie with complications following tick poisoning.  Although caught early, her reduced mobility skills and her reactions to the anti-venom treatment overtook her, despite the immediate, professional and lengthy efforts of the vet on duty.