This is heartbreaking to see these German Shepherds - they look in pain just to move - this does not make sense to me. Will we learn that liver shunt in yorkies also comes from inbreeding & over breeding?
Interesting that this BBC documentary interviews a Univ of Penn professor. The eugenics info was interesting - while I know the breeders are wanting certain traits - some of it is very scary. The dog historian was interesting - pointing out how much of this has to do cosmetics - but in turn endangers the dogs health & lifespan. To point out the bulldog would die by the hands of the bull if the dogs wasn't agile enough (ok -don't know much about bulldogs - didn't know that they once ever faced off with bulls
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How heartbreaking that this gal puts down her ridgebacks if they don't have a ridge - even when though know it's a deformity - a mild form of spinabifada
I don't know that I buy or believe that a "common mutt" lives longer than a pure breed dog. From my personal experience that is not true.
For most of my life, I always thought inbreeding was something most people wanted to avoid - really in recent years, in part to what I have read in YT, I have come to learn how much of inbreeeding is considered somehow acceptable - I understand breeding for a certain trait - but the continuous inbreeding is mind-boggling
Of all the dogs they showed changes in - the Pug was the most drastic - really very sad - I didn't realize. How incredibly sad to hear that a dog is more endangered than Giant Pandas - not because they aren't a popular breed but because of health issues inbred into the breed.
I know that frequently we hear how good a yorkie breeder is because they test every pup for liver shunt & other issues -- but I had never stopped to think that AKC or YTCA should require or demand these health screenings. It does make sense although I am not on for over regulation on anything in this world. But after reading so many heartbreaking stories here on YT, I think all yorkie breeders should be testing for liver shunt.
I also had no idea that some airlines refuse to fly certain breeds because they so easily overheat - basically because they can't breathe correctly.
It doesn't make sense that a dog with a serious defect - like in the cavillers - that they can still win a dog show & that these breeders are so irresponsible to continue breeding these dogs knowingly with syringomyelia - THAT IS TRULY GREED, GREED, GREED
This was just really educational.
I'm going to watch some of the Kennel Club's response that is also on youtube