Originally Posted by
blue matt
I know you post stuff for a response, but this is just wrong, RESPONSIBLE breeding to better the breed must continue
My show breed is the Dally, a carriage dog, we showed our dogs for years, a few 1st places in crufts to pin on our awards board, now the history of Dalmatians tells us when the film 101 Dalmatians came out, the breed became popular and people breed them without thought of the future, this gave us Deaf dogs, some had less pigment in spots and in general the breed suffered, now in the UK we have maybe 20 top breeders ( maybe 20 in Europe and a small handful in the US , though the US is improving due to importing some of the top dogs for breeding from the UK ) who will only breed to better the dogs, these are dogs that fit the standard and are fit and heathy dogs
of course you still have the " back garden breeder " who just breeds to make money, these will breed anything and the results are poor standards of the breed, these might be ok to have as a pet, but breeding a poor standard dog with a poor standard dog just goes you even poorer pups
I know a pug breeder, his dogs are a fine display of what the breed should be, no breathing difficulties in that breed line, its all about the end product
Ive mentioned GSD's above, about 20 years ago, GSD's were favoured to have a sloping rear line, so they were breed for that, this created a issue with the rear legs being weaker and giving way, so the responsible breeders corrected that issue and its now eradicated in many lines
so responsible dog breeders must be encouraged to keep breed lines going
Of course we them step into the designer dog breeding, the Labradoodle etc etc, these dogs have no breed standard, so you can breed a labradoodle with a dandy dimnont ( its in the terrier group of breeds ) and create a dandylabradoodle ( it might have been done anyway ), but we of course cant know what % of the dog is which, so how do we know what health issues that brings
Now I know people with these doodle dogs, low fur loss for people who have allergies etc etc, they have a purpose and are well loved so it all good