tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363708686706070383.post9220937740043347854..comments2024-03-29T07:25:09.873+00:00Comments on Tony's Blog: In the dog houseTonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00446535470734199043noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363708686706070383.post-65876294469244900542008-09-17T19:49:00.000+01:002008-09-17T19:49:00.000+01:00I did see the documentary - and to be honest the d...I did see the documentary - and to be honest the dog breeders and the Kennel club shot themselves repeatedly in the foot by condoning breeders who knowingly allowed genetically diseased dogs to breed in order to sell the champion progeny. It also showed the deformities to a bulldogs skull over the last 100 years (the original bulldog face was more pit-bull ish), and how some crufts champs had had to have surgery so that they could breath... nice!<BR/>They illustrated with bloodhounds how 'furnishing' - ie rolls of fur around the hocks is now in the breed standards - and this encouraged interbreeding to exaggerate these features.<BR/>I'm all for dogs that have distinctive breed-definition, BUT that should be an honest and traditional definition which results in healthy and happy DOGS not some animated fluffy toy which needs to sit on an ice pack because it can't breath in warm conditions otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com