Re: BBC on Purebred dogs
Unfortunately, I think the bad outweigh the good to be honest. We see it all the time on Dogsey and it really does get me down.Re: BBC on Purebred dogs
I agree completely Azz. Its up to the breeder to ensure that what he or she is doing is being done with all care possible. However the implication that 50 years ago dogs were much different today is not entirely true either. I can trace Cassies linage back 10 generations and if you looked at her and her ancestors you would be amazed at how close she resembles them. But unfortunately not all breeders are as diligent in what they do. It takes me a year sometimes to decide on who I breed to for the very reason I have spoken of. Research and testing. On average I spend several thousand dollars on a dog that I plan to breed beginning at a year old with the penn hip. At two I do the ofa on hips, elbows, pantela, cerf for eyes, and thryoid. Reason is if the penn hip is below the norm then I pull that dog out of the breeding program and have it spayed or neautered and placed in a family home. Not all breeders will go to that extent. But its better to be safe then to take a chance of passing on bad genes. It can be difficult sometimes when a dog is beautiful and borderline but it has to be done.Re: BBC on Purebred dogs
Steve, let me say first that I haven't been able to see that programme (We don't get all the BBC channels where we are) but it has caused huge controvosy in UK and I think I'm right in saying that the BBC is no longer going to cover the Crufts show (The biggest in UK and known in many countries)Re: BBC on Purebred dogs
Harvey, that was a great reply to my post. Thank you. After I saw the documentary I found it hard to believe that soemthing so one side would cause such a controvery. Its sad that Crufts will no longer be aired. Suffice it to say that we are having our problems here as well. I just do not get the logic when they say a desiger (mixed) breed is in the same league as a dog that has been carefully bred by a reputable person. Most of the designer dogs here are coming out of puppy mills and being sold to the very people who are promoting the ire against those of us that try to do the correct thing. Just last week I saw an ad for a cocka-poo what ever that is selling for 2750.00. I rarely get that much for my dogs and I can supply pedigree's most would die for. I guess its each to thier own and like WC Fields said long ago there's a sucker born every minute.Re: BBC on Purebred dogs
It wasn't a balanced programme imo. There are plenty of people who bred for the wrong reasons (I was shocked to see a thread on our sister site where a stupid woman called her bitch Sellum as she planned to use the poor girl as a moneymaking machine, and a breed that already has horrendous rescue issues and bad press already) there are also plenty of ethical breeders too.Re: BBC on Purebred dogs
My overall view at the time was one of extreme gladness that the BBC had had the b******* to air such a programme. In my view, it was long overdue and although I agree very much that there are many ethical breeders out there ... more than unethical ... nonetheless there are well over 2,000 genetic diseases in our pedigree dogs, mostly caused by IMO the revolting practice of inbreeding. Nothing on God's earth will convince me that it is OK to mate brother with sister, cousin with cousin, grandsire to grand-daughter etc. etc., and as all pedigree breeds must be bred within a closed gene pool, then you have your answer as to why we have well over 2,000 genetic diseases. I for one am delighted that Crufts is no longer aired live on the BBC, and I truly hope that the pedigree dog world cleans its act up as a consequence. Unless a rescue, nothing would persuade me to ever purchase a pedigree dog (although I am very tempted by the Alaskan Malamute - I currently have an Alaskan Malamute cross Siberian Husky). I love dogs, am mad about them all, and I hate to see our beautiful breeds being destroyed by poor breeding practice.Re: BBC on Purebred dogs
Unfortunately there are a lot of these so called breeders giving the decent ones a bad name.Re: BBC on Purebred dogs
Well said Nero, I quite agree! Take the issue of docking ... I am totally against any docking whatsoever (I don't agree with the argument at all about spaniels getting their tails caught in brambles etc. etc., and I don't agree with removing dew claws either, but I digress) ... I am told that those dogs that traditionally were docked, but are now left entire, such as a Doberman or a Rottie, never do any good in the show ring, in other words the judges (appointed by the KC, as you rightly say) are effectively condoning the continuation of this barbaric practice because people who show their dogs rather understandably want to win and do well with their animals.Re: BBC on Purebred dogs
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