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Originally Posted by Krokkful  Color does not hurt . If all show breeders would be ethical ,perthes and patella luxation wouldnt be present as a general problem . |
If colour doesn't hurt then why is blue born lethal? Or white often causing deafness? Or merle to merle in some breeds causes blindness and that can include a mixed breed with merle colouring behind it even of different breeds in its background.
If it is all the show breeders fault that perthes or patella luxation is present then who is at fault that the problems in mutts going back to many generations of mutts have way more problems and incidences of health and structure issues than purebreds from a reputable show breeder.
The problem with health issues in mutts is that they are not tracked. They are either euthanized or surgically dealt with and no one ever knows about it. A mutt isn't a breed so how do you put any health issues on the mutt breed? You can't.
Breed clubs and these are comprised of the show breeders keep in touch with health problems that may occur in their breeds. Exactly where do you think the money comes from to support research into genetic or other congenital diseases in dogs? The byb? I think not!! Try the show breeders, their breed and parent clubs. Where do health testing clinics get held? Dog shows AKC and Canadian Kennel Club shows in Canada and these are put together including getting the Vet specialist by the breed club holding the show and it takes a lot of work to organize that on top of their show.
Do you think all this just falls out of the sky? I can't begin to tell you the work and dedication of the show breeder and our all breed and breed Clubs that are responsible for hosting the dogs shows and keeping the purebred show dogs going into the show rings, writing aobut them for dog magazines, talking about health and care issues. All of it.