Registered: Apr 2004
Location: Cutler, Il.
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Did anyone watch the T.V. show Thursday night about all of the problems in purebred dogs?

I missed it, but seen a short article about it on the Computer. One of the problems it mentioned was called "Syringomyelia" where the dogs SKULL is to small for it's BRAIN, & causes severe pain. In some cases people had the dogs "EYE BALLS" removed to relieve some of the pain.

I think the show was put together in the U.K.?????????????

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That program was made & presented by Animal Rights people. One of their strategies, to eliminate "breeders" is to attack purebred dogs, convincing the public that "mutts" are healthier and better "pets." By cutting into the breeders' market, they reduce the number of dogs produced and steer people toward shelters as the total population of purebreds is reduced.
I haven't seen the program, but have heard from those who watched it and evaluated it as an obviously biased piece, made soley to suit the AR people. Anyone who watched this should contact the TV network that presented it & let them know the so-called reporter investigation was very one-sided, slanted to suit AR philosophy & the TV network should be ASHAMED of presenting such poorly researched information. We should let that station know that those of us who know "the real story" about purebreds because we own, breed, train and use them will boycott that station and ithe advertisers who sponsored it.

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Registered: Aug 2004
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thats all b.s. being sprea by the animal rights people in there attempt to stop breeding of purebred dogs. theses are the same people that push crossbreeding of the toy breeds calling them designer dogs

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This is one of the tactics used to work against purebred breeders but it isn't their favorote tactic, atleast not in this area. Around here the number one tactic used against purebred breeders is that they fill the shelters beyond capacity with pups that no one wants to buy or pups bought and turned in to the shelter once they are not cute puppies anymore. But the fact is that by the shelters own admission, the overwelming majority of the dogs left at shelters are in fact mixed breed mutts. So their own stats don't support what they are trying to feed to the public.

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Location: Central Michigan
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There is one author who writes against pure breeds, and frequently makes the statement that german shepards and labs make a very good mix breed. She then goes further to claim that the mix breed has much healthier hips than the two individual breeds.

Anyone who knows genetics know you can't take two breeds prone to hip problems and breed them to reduce hip problems.

There is also a huge amount of anti-pure breed dog info on the web. Most of it is very loosely based on scientific information which in turn makes it dangerous to those who don't know any better.

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The breed that was highlighted with the condition called syringomelia is the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. The premise made in the show was that, by breeding these dogs to achieve a certain appearance (big eyes), the breed now has a genetically transmitted defect that is due to breeding for the desired look.

Another breed that this program highlighted was the English Bulldog and the fact that, breeding for the current appearance of the breed, has made them prone to many health problems, breathing difficulties and they can almost never whelp naturally. They showed old pictures of what the breed used to look like when it was actually used for bull baiting. The heads were smaller, the jaws were more proportionate in size and the dog's chests were not so wide.

Generally speaking, breeds such as the larger sporting breeds, hunting dogs and working terrier breeds (earthdog breeds), do not see the same level of genetically-related challenges due to the fact that they still do what they were bred to do - i.e. they hunt, flush fowl or go to ground. The appearance of these breeds has not changed as dramatically over time as many of the smaller toy and non-performance breeds have. Breeds that still work have fared much better than many others.

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