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Originally Posted by Tashasmom Dogs are meant to run play bark dig sniff ect. ect. Those are the reasons I have a dog..or dogs shall i say..If i wanted something that was to be kept in a cage i'd get a hamster or a fish..why get any dog if you can't enjoy doing with them what dogs love to do the most..thats just silly if you ask me..yep she looks pretty..she walks pretty..oh no she can dig up a bone..nope she can't swim in a pond..oh no no no she can't walk in a park..no can't do that either..but she sure can hold her head just right and look at that coat..oh that is just beautiful.. |
I see where you're coming from, but I have had the opposite experience. Show dogs I have known are pampered and catered to and doted on. They get the best possible diet, exercise and training. While they have some restrictions while their coats are in wraps, when they are young and when their show careers are over, their coats are cut down and they live a normal dogs life. Showing is not something everyone wants to do, but it's hard to listen to an argument that show dogs are somehow abused. I'm sure some are, but so are some people's children. Generally speaking, they get the best care any dog ever gets.