Posted on 07/29/2014 10:55:07 AM PDT by servo1969
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Adam breaks down the awful truth about purebred dogs in the newest episode of Adam Ruins Everything.
For more information, watch the BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed, or check out the following sources:
* Wikipedia: Purebred (Dogs) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purebred_(dog)
* 100 Years of Breed “Improvement” - http://dogbehaviorscience.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/100-years-of-breed-improvement/
* Wikipedia: Kennel Club - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennel_club
* Wikipedia: Pedigree Dogs Exposed - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedigree_Dogs_Exposed
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Most ‘pure’ breeds are so inbred they have several genetic disorders. The popular breeds are the worst. Breeders will flame away at this. Rescue mutts are always in need of homes from local shelters. The most problematic dogs I’ve ever had, behaviorally and medically, have all been purebreds. I’ve rarely had any problems with mutts.
I've had good and bad with both. One advantage of purebreds is you can have some idea of what you're getting.
I have a purebred Siamese cat (blue point) and a rescue Siamese (lilac point). I’ll say this - just based on my experiences. The purebred is bigger and healthier. The rescue is a MUCH nicer cat, but I worry about her health.
Our dogs are purebred mutts. Both coming from long and distinguished lines of mongrels, at least we think.
I had no troubles with my Briard, but it’s a fairly close knit group of owners and breeders, and the breeders are very careful. Briards are great dogs!
There’s good and bad on both sides... but a well bred and well trained purebred Labrador Retriever will never be surpassed by a mutt when it comes to the desire to please their human family. There’s a reason why service dogs tend to be Labs/Goldens/etc.
Sometimes I have to wonder if what I see in a dog show is really a dog. Inbreeding for desired physical features for the arena creates worse mongrels than the mutts in the shelter.
People insist on pure breeds in dogs but don’t care at all about the ‘background’ of their own offspring
I was out walking my mutt last night and was chatting with some guy telling me how he’s spent 18K in medical bills on his 7 year old purebred dachshund.
Told him I’d put my dog down if a $2000 bill came along. He’s a great dog, but then again he’s just a dog.
I think you are getting your “pure breds” from the wrong people.
I've had 2 purebread Goldens that were very easy to train to hunt upland birds and retrieve waterfowl. I have never seen a mutt that comes anywhere close to them, as hunters, or family/neighborhood pets.
Hey, Vets have college loans to pay off too!
Seriously, some vets sucker people into spending way too much money on their pet. Sometimes it is better to put Spot to sleep.
I always told my kids we will just get another one the same color and name it the same name.
We always get mutts. My wife or I will put a dog or cat down rather than pay over around $300 in vet bills. We can always rescue another critter and give it a chance at life. The problem with mutts is you might get a mean one, or one with PTSD. Or one that guards its food aggressively. Don’t ever trust any dog around little kids.
I’ve had the opposite experience. My purebred dogs have been extremely healthy…even the gorgeous Keeshond I adopted from Animal Control in terrible shape — apparently she’d been abused. Took her a year to settle down and then she lived to be 17, in perfect health until the end. My best friend, man or beast, bar none.
My friend had a champion Shepherd who lived to be 16, a very ripe age for a 100-lb dog.
Our shelter pets were beloved, but none lived to such ripe old ages. So I think breeding has a lot to do with that…perhaps, reliable breeders give their dogs better nutritional support from the beginning.
The fact is the majority of dogs that end up in rescue shelters fall into one of three categories: they are mutts with behavior problems, they are unregistered Pit bulls or
they are UKC(not AKC) registered purebreds that someone bought on an impulse at a pet shop.
The impulse purchased pure breds are the people who email breeders like me and want a puppy for their kid for Christmas and they have given no thought to what is going to happen with this dog when it grows up. The parents both work, they do not have a fenced yard and their kids are two and four years old in daycare. Breeders like me will not sell them a puppy. We tell them to get back to us when their kids are a little older and have a house with a yard.
They buy the puppy in the window and then get rid of it when it screws up their lifestyle.
I mentioned UKC registration. This is a registration agency that is different than the AKC. It is used by large puppy breeding facilities in the Midwest. This is where most puppies in your local pet shop come from. It is big business. These are your true “puppy mills”.
Some of these companies are large corporations that are inspected regularly. Some are even AKC registered. The dogs are housed in large climate controlled buildings. Their cages are all stainless steel and clean. It is antiseptic puppy production at its best. The other group that are big pure bred puppy producers are the Amish. They look at it no different than raising hogs or cattle. They tend to raise a lot of the toy breeds you see in pet shops. But they will go with the demand of whatever breed is popular too. Lastly, MOST animal shelters are a for profit business. These are not to be confused with the SPCA. Their business is reselling dogs and cats. In most parts of the US there is no stray dog problem(cats yes). Therefore, they have to import their product(dogs to re home)from other areas. This has led to bringing in dogs from other countries. Some of these dogs have rabies and other canine diseases that were eradicated in the US decades ago.
You are correct that SOME(not most)purebred dogs do have genetic disorders. This is because unscrupulous companies have bred animals that have known genetic defects. Dalmatians are an example. When the Disney movie 101 Dalmatians came out, every kid wanted a Dalmatian puppy. Demand was up at the pet shops, the puppy mills increased supply to meet demand.
I have had mutts and purebreds. I like the purebreds as you know what to expect from the breed.
My kids are mutts (mom from other side of planet) and they do JUST FINE...
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