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Every responsible pug owns knows you should not run pugs _hard_ in hot weather. It can lead to organ damage. Pugs are not working dogs, they are companion dogs.
by milesf 10y ago
Every responsible pug owns knows you should not run pugs _hard_ in hot weather. It can lead to organ damage. Pugs are not working dogs, they are companion dogs.
- Nursie 10y agoBecause the poor beasts overheat and can't breathe properly! Part of the point of the article...
- tptacek 10y agoI think he understands the article, and that you're not following his point. He's saying: yes, due to genetic defects in the breed, his dogs can't run in hot weather. Solution: don't have the dogs run in hot weather.
- Nursie 10y agoAlternate solution - don't breed dogs with extreme anatomical features that mean if they get overexcited in hot weather they can suffer organ damage.
- tptacek 10y agoYou're begging the question. I think I can speak for the entire thread when I say we all agree that one downside of the pug breed is that their genetic defects prevent them from performing in hot weather. My question to you is: so what? Surely we all agree that it would be cruel to buy a pug and then put it into circumstances that exacerbate its defects. But the person you're arguing with is a responsible pug owner, and is careful not to subject their dog to those conditions. So: why am I meant to care about whether that dog can run in the heat?
- Nursie 10y agoThe problem is far beyond that for many/most and if you read the article you might have picked up on that.
- tptacek 10y agoWould you like to try rebutting again, this time with a civil argument? The one you just made is so on-its-face uncivil that it's actually called out in the site guidelines. I'm happy to delete or alter this comment when you do.
- Nursie 10y agoWould you like to address the points raised by the article, that a lot of dogs from these breeds live their entire lives unable to breathe properly, and are likely to suffer other brachycephaly-related problems? Given that many of them will suffer like this, when that suffering is unnecessary and a choice made by breeders and those that buy from breeders, what do you feel the ethics of that choice are? Why would you supprt the continued breeding of dogs to an aesthetic standard that is known to cause them problems? It seems bizarre.