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Originally Posted by hugz4all4  I was just watching this video.. Its a headliner on aol news. Its very sad and interesting at the same time. I knew that purebred dogs have changed but wow, I didnt relize it was that much. The part about the "show" german shepard and the "working" german shepard shocked me the most, how and why can the show dog have legs like that and it be ok, its just cruel. My heart was breaking for the cavalier, I was actually interested in buying one in the future, but not anymore. I think it will be awhile before I purchase a purebred anything. I will stick with my mutts, its stated in that video that there is links to cross breds being healthier than purebreds because of all the inbreeding that is being done and has been done for years... purebreds are being genetically ruined...
I know that there are a select few that actually do care about the animals they are breeding and put the time, money,love and effort that is needed to keep the standard but That video was a huge eye opener and I have very little faith in the "purebred" world anymore... |
The problem starts with the breed clubs that set the standards and refuse to see the problem.
But it also lies with the breeders who are breeding these dogs, knowing that they carry the genetic defect.
If the breeders stopped breeding them the breed would die off, but if the club changed the standard, the breed could continue and the damage be reversed.
It just makes one wonder that with the YTCA DQing all of the colors if the they are going to go the same direction.
Perhaps the off colors will someday become the standard out of necessity.
Parti breedeers have the option of breeding to any yorkshire terrier line, to create carriers. Our gene pool is not limited.