Did anybody watch this programme on friday night??

It was ridiculus that they only centred on 5 or so breeds when they said themselves there are about 200 dog breeds out there. The other ridiclous thing is that pedigree dog breeders were likened to Natzi's, which i this is ridiculous.

There was one horrific scene where they showed a boxer having a fit and that was very upsetting, they also had cavleir king charles spaniels screaming as they were in soo much pain form their brain disease - where the skull is not big enough for the brain and the brain cant beat with the heartbeat, this same condition can occur in humans and the slightest thing can agrivate it such as ur shirt collar, but humand can say i am in pan, a dog cant - but even though a dog can be proven to have this disease there is NOTHING stopping the owner breeding from this dog - i think this is sick.

They also talked about Rhodesian Ridgebacks and this is just down right wrong - if a puppy is born without a ridge it is culled - this is in the breed code of ethics - these people are sick and need locking up in my opinion. The puppies that are born without the ridge are the healty pupppies as the ridge is actually a fault, it causes small holes in the skin and this allows infection into the dogs spinal cord or even the brain which kills the dog after it suffers in pain, all because these people are actually breeding for a fault and putting healthy puppies down, i still cant understand this.

They listed 10 breeds chow chow, boxer were a couple of them and said that only 10% of the bodlines are left compared to 40years ago.

They showed how much bassets, minature bull terriers and bulldogs had changed over the years beacuse they have been bred for cosmetic value and not for the health and well being of the dogs.

My parents own, breed and show Irish Red and White Setters, this is a breed that now have DNA tests that must be done before breeding these test for CLAD and Vonwilebrands (not sure of the spelling) and this programme just glossed over it.

I think that every breed should have a DNA test to test for the conditions which everybody knows are in the breed to help the suffering of the animals in the next generation, at the end of the day a dog is part of the family and these dogs are going to people with kids to be family pets and the kids are having to see the dog in pain and then eventually die that is not nice and certainly not right in my mind.

What do you guys think??

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