Mo1959
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I meet a lady in the park with a French Bulldog and the poor thing snorts rather than breathes. I would be embarrassed if I owned it.
I meet a lady in the park with a French Bulldog and the poor thing snorts rather than breathes. I would be embarrassed if I owned it.
Nothing wrong with selective breeding when its is done with thought and consideration to genuinely improve the health or utility of the breed. I'm a fan of field labradors, selective breeding done cleverly and well.
Its when it is done for the sake of appearance, most particularly to meet current breed fashions at dog shows, is where it tends to go a bit wrong.
German Shepherds with horribly rearward-splayed back legs is my pet hate, but shepherd's from conventional breed working stock are magnificent animals. Selective breeding gave us both as it is a force for good or evil.
I’ve owned a number of Pugs and currently have two. This entire subject of unhealthy life is being thrown around with a VERY broad brush. Should you take no concern with how you feed and exercise your Pug (or any other animal or human?) of course you wind up with an absolutely compromised creature.
It truly is a sign of how much time we have on our hands that THIS is the focus of attention. Start a list of every canine that is susceptible to some form of malady and let’s see what’s left ? Caring for a Pug is quite easy if you simply pay attention to their needs and don’t expect them to be something they are not.
Absurd…….
Nothing wrong with selective breeding when its is done with thought and consideration to genuinely improve the health or utility of the breed. I'm a fan of field labradors, selective breeding done cleverly and well.
It's why I bought a border terrier from a breeder with both parents genetic checked and rated for various physical issues. Both were clear on all counts and highly rated. Which means that mine will be clear too.
My uncle was a gamekeeper and he and most others favour black labs for working (he also had spaniels) with anyone sporting a golden one being seen as a bit of a mistake or a sop to their Mrs who'd persuaded them to get it because it looked cuter.
Nobody was daft enough to turn up with a chocolate lab and expect it to work as a gun dog, as they were universally stupid (but cute). the only choco labs you saw on the grouse moor were those belonging to one of the "guns" trophy wives...
Never doubt the wisdom of Yorkshire gamekeepers...My parents had friends up in Northumberland, one of their gun dogs was a choc lab, they thought she was excellent at her job, but in truth she was rubbish and they just ignored her faults
Never doubt the wisdom of Yorkshire gamekeepers...
There's a load of talk among tweed wearing types when I go shooting that certain coloured labs have different temperaments, make better gundogs, yadda yadda, but breeders, vets and geneticists tend to say this is nonsense - the abberant gene that dictates colour has no bearing on personality or intelligence any more than it does with humans.