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I agree with the article's sentiment. Before we got our dog I did a bunch of dog breed research and found a bunch of pictures of what beagles and terriers and labs and all sorts of dogs used to look like. Most breeds used to be simple and elegant. The dog industry is completely awful and many dogs now are a completely ruined form of life. Breeders rarely care about the dogs, all they see is $$$. Especially the purebred snobs. They care a lot more about the little "genetically certified purebred" certificates than they do the dogs themselves. Many breeds like bulldogs, boston terriers, and many of the tiny lap dog breeds have horrible physical problems, impaired breathing, and other serious health problems...and they have those problems by design. To the big breeders and handlers, dogs are just a game. It's sort of like horse racing - another situation where an incredible collection of living creatures is being genetically pushed to the brink and then trained until their legs break and kill them. $$$ drives all.
The best dogs that I've ever had were total mutts and were free. If you're spending $4000 on an English bulldog that practically needs life support just to breathe... re-evaluate.
You can say similar things about cattle, poultry, pork, etc. We're genetically stretching their capabilities to the max, but at least we're doing so for a source of food. With dogs, we're deforming them beyond recognition purely for our own enjoyment.
I agree with the article's sentiment. Before we got our dog I did a bunch of dog breed research and found a bunch of pictures of what beagles and terriers and labs and all sorts of dogs used to look like. Most breeds used to be simple and elegant. The dog industry is completely awful and many dogs now are a completely ruined form of life. Breeders rarely care about the dogs, all they see is $$$. Especially the purebred snobs. They care a lot more about the little "genetically certified purebred" certificates than they do the dogs themselves. Many breeds like bulldogs, boston terriers, and many of the tiny lap dog breeds have horrible physical problems, impaired breathing, and other serious health problems...and they have those problems by design. To the big breeders and handlers, dogs are just a game. It's sort of like horse racing - another situation where an incredible collection of living creatures is being genetically pushed to the brink and then trained until their legs break and kill them. $$$ drives all.
The best dogs that I've ever had were total mutts and were free. If you're spending $4000 on an English bulldog that practically needs life support just to breathe... re-evaluate.
You can say similar things about cattle, poultry, pork, etc. We're genetically stretching their capabilities to the max, but at least we're doing so for a source of food. With dogs, we're deforming them beyond recognition purely for our own enjoyment.
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