Dog Documentary: Pedigree Dogs Exposed

It's sad that people breed unhealthy mutant dogs just because they look cute. I'm a fan of mutts myself

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Very few issues divide dog lovers as much as the question of whether or not breeding is something that should be done. On one hand you have the so called pure breed enthusiasts who would not even consider anything other than a pedigree dog. On the other hand you have people screaming and yelling to stop all breeding altogether. Both positions are equally wrong.

There was a time when breeding dogs was not about looks but about talent. Man needed dogs that could perform a certain task better than any other animal on earth. The original philosophy of dog breeding was "form follows function". That in fact is 100 percent correct. Let's say you wanted breed a dog with more power then you breed the most powerful males to the most powerful females. If you keep doing this then inevitably the dogs will start to look more and more muscular... "Form follows function". When doggie beauty pageants became all the rage the opposite philosophy reared it's ugly head the first time... "Function follows form". This is, of course, completely ridiculous. People literally sat down and said: "What do we want this breed to look like?" So then they decided to create these ridiculous standards which make no sense to anyone who truly understands dogs. The result was that sheep herding dogs who had been bred previously to be superior herders now could not herd anymore... Guard dogs could not guard anymore and so on... Read more at www.youtube.com

 

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