#A DOGS PURPOSE EXPOSED SKIN#

The Greyhound, for instance, was the foundation type for the immense Irish Wolfhound and the dainty Italian Greyhound. Eventually, there emerged specific breeds of dogs, custom-bred to suit the breedersвЂ™ local needs and circumstances. The sleek Greyhound types bred to chase fleet-footed prey, and the huge mastiff types used as guard dogs and warriors, are two ancient examples of dogs bred for specific jobs.ДЄs humans became more sophisticated, so did their dogs. Hunting, guarding, and herding are thought to be among the earliest jobs eagerly performed by the animal destined to be called вЂњmanвЂ™s best friend.вЂќДЇor thousands of years, humans bred dogs toward the physical and mental traits best suited for the work expected of them. From the beginning, humans purposefully bred dogs to perform various tasks. The earliest dog breeders used wolves to create domestic dogs. Its a shame there's not been similar hard hitting program highlighting the issues of puppy farms and byb that would of had the same effect of change.People have been breeding dogs since prehistoric times. Unfortunately the program has probably accidently contributed to people opting for a designer crosses believing that it will automatically be healthier, which of course isn't always true and its not as easy to find a decent breeder of crosses who do health test as pedigrees. I was glad it did highlight the issues as there should be more done to make sure that dogs breeds are healthy. I was disappointed with that program it was just too one sided and the nazi reference wasn't needed, people have selectively bred all domesticated animals to meet various needs not just dogs for centuries. Though i do agree that many are now overly exagerated and personally prefer the shape of the belgium shepherds. The thing going on with those breeders 'I simply will not have my dogs MRI-scanned!' is just plain unbelievable.Д«luepup isn't the police dog standing in a more natural stance tho as the show pose does makes it look more extremely sloped than it would perhaps look if it was stood normally.

#A DOGS PURPOSE EXPOSED SKIN#

skin cancer, amyloidos, Shar Pei-fever, tight-lip syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, etc.)Д«ut of course people need to be aware of the things going on with the Cavalier too, like heart problems (Degenerative Mitral Valve Disease, which affects and kills so many Cavaliers - and their relative, the King Charles Spaniel), and syringomyelia. (Don't get me wrong, I love the Shar Pei, it's among my favorites, but it is just so sick.

The Shar Pei is after all, very, very, sick.

I'm also frankly surprised that the Cavalier got the most time of all the breeds in this documentary, and the Mastino was only mentioned, and the Shar Pei was only shown a few seconds in the beginning. we wouldn't have prized champions that looked like this. but THIS one - has even MORE of all that! We have a winner!'. 'This one looks just like what's asked for in the standard. Competitive dog showing is the problem - if we just judged the individual dog to the breed standard, and didn't judge them against each other. How is it with the temperament of the English mastiff today? Of the Collie? The Shetland sheepdog? (We have had three shelties that have all been insanely afraid of something, or many things.) but the problem is that the breeders and judges that focus on just showing forget about all that, intentionally or not. In fact, there are things like temperament mentioned in the standards. 'Best in breed' means you happen to be closest to this thing that's been written on a piece of paper, is what you should look like, takes no account of your temperament, your fitness for purposes of potentially as a pet animal, and that to me just makes absolutely no sense at all.' 'The show world is about an obsession about beauty, and there is a ridiculous concept that that is how we should judge dogs. It's some freakish, garish beauty pageant, that has nothing, frankly, to do with health and welfare.' 'When I watch Crufts, what I see is a parade of mutants. I find it very interesting, since I - just months before it first aired - had started getting more into the extreme show breeding of breeds such as Mastino napoletano, English bulldog, Pekingese, etcetera.Д«ut still, I was at first a little annoyed at the RSPCA-vets attitude. I have seen it so many times now I almost know it by heart. How many here have seen this documentary, which first aired in 2008? Pedigree Dogs Exposed Part 1 - look in the list to the right for the other parts.

A dogs purpose exposed