Deformed Dog Wins Crufts Award.

"As if it was not upsetting enough that my bitch faltered under the heavy media coverage in the arena on what should have been the happiest day of my show life to then be tried and convicted on social media and the press, this has now become the worst nightmare of my show life."

Wibbs wrote: »

There's truth in that N, however the buying public are just as much to blame for this. It goes both ways and if there wasn't a market for "designer" dogs breeders wouldn't be breeding them.

The poor old German shepherd is pretty screwed as a breed. Look at the earliest photos of the type and then look at that crufts abomination. You don't have to go to the UK either, check out the local breeders and clubs. Mutants all over the place. Even the "healthy" ones often have bad hips and that's going by accepted hip scores that would raise concern in wild dog populations. In over a century of research not a single wolf has been found with hip dysplasia, never mind a host of other inbreeding complaints in dogs(and wolves actually have quite narrow genetic diversity within geographical areas).

Look at early photos and paintings of other well known breeds. The various bulldogs look like a different animal even a century ago. The stiff legged, barely able to breathe British bulldog of today is a crime against nature and often can't even give birth naturally as their heads are too big. The King Charles can suffer from lifetime migraines and their eyes can even pop out of their sockets as their skulls are too small. IMH any of those crushed faced dogs are abominations, but the public keep buying them.

Wibbs wrote: »

There's truth in that N, however the buying public are just as much to blame for this. It goes both ways and if there wasn't a market for "designer" dogs breeders wouldn't be breeding them.

The poor old German shepherd is pretty screwed as a breed. Look at the earliest photos of the type and then look at that crufts abomination. You don't have to go to the UK either, check out the local breeders and clubs. Mutants all over the place. Even the "healthy" ones often have bad hips and that's going by accepted hip scores that would raise concern in wild dog populations. In over a century of research not a single wolf has been found with hip dysplasia, never mind a host of other inbreeding complaints in dogs(and wolves actually have quite narrow genetic diversity within geographical areas).

Look at early photos and paintings of other well known breeds. The various bulldogs look like a different animal even a century ago. The stiff legged, barely able to breathe British bulldog of today is a crime against nature and often can't even give birth naturally as their heads are too big. The King Charles can suffer from lifetime migraines and their eyes can even pop out of their sockets as their skulls are too small. IMH any of those crushed faced dogs are abominations, but the public keep buying them.