E U Rules going over the top
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| Hope they don't consider the Sheepdog as "too hairy". After all, without careful attention to grooming, all of this excessive hair leads to serious health issues. |
| There was a very good program on the Discovery Channel just a few days ago, a two parter (did anyone catch it?) . It was about how ALL DOGS can be traced by their DNA back to the wolf and that all breeds are a diferentiation of the wolf.
One section addressed the issue of dogs being breed meet certain physical characteristics of a breed regardless of the effect that that paticular characteristic has on their health and well being. One example given was the Sharpai, they are bred for their wrinkled skin. The more wrinkled the better. A result has been the developement of all kinds of problems associated with the extra folds of skin (they easily overheat because the excess skin holds the heat in, they have bad eyes because of the wrinkles over their eyes). The other being the pekinese, who were bred by the chinese to have mis shapened legs to prevent them from wandering far, now it is part of the breed standard despite the fact that the bowed legs physically impair the animal. The point was that dog breeds are not always developed out of the desire for a healthy functioning animal but often out of man's desire to have what they "want" in an animal. Wish I could remember more of the details but I was knitting at the time and only paying half attention. The thesis was that there are too many different breeds, bred for cometic appearance and not for what is "best" for the dog. I should have listened more closely. Perhaps someone else caught the program? |
| I know what you are saying Maya, but the breeds are here now, and a lot of people would not agree with a Euro dog denying us to have a breed of our choice.
Maureen A puppy is for life |
| I have a question, for those folks more familiar with dog breeding/showing in general (as opposed to just OES). When you choose a good reputable breeder for OES, you are doing so at least partly for good health and soundness...is this not true in other breeds? Are the problems mentioned really the breed itself, or a result of BAD (byb, puppymill) breeding? |
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