Thread: Thinking about offering your dog at Stud?
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Old 07-08-2009, 02:32 PM
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Re: Thinking about offering your dog at Stud?
I'm going to put my ignorant two penneth in here.

For some breeds, showing isn't the way the prove if a dog is a good representative of the breed or not. In particular GSD, Shar Pei and other wrinklies. The dogs that are winning shows in these breeds are not 100% breed standard, they are what is fashionable... more wrinkles the better in the wrinkly breeds, the more obscure the slope of the back and the more deformed the back end in the GSD... defo not right or healthy !

This isn't the case with all dogs admittedly, but for the odd few breeds out there it certainly is the case. Health tests are a must for every breed, not just the ones recommended by the KC but general health tests too.
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