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The hip problems where a result of breeding for showing sadly, older dogs of the breeds had much few fewer problems. I personally think it’s tragic that we sel
by noir_lord 7y ago
The hip problems where a result of breeding for showing sadly, older dogs of the breeds had much few fewer problems.
I personally think it’s tragic that we selectively breed breeds into those kinds of problems for aesthetics.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoCouldn't agree more, it's horrible, and borders on abusive given the problems that result in many breeds. Show German Shepherds currently look horribly broken, like someone reassembled a kit wrong. When we got ours we found a kennel that had "English" German Shepherds - flat back like a shepherd would be if you saw photos from the 40s or 60s. Far too clever for his own good that dog, I miss him.