Need a big, healthy dog?Crenelate said:They are such an unhealthy breed (in general and like many others) so they make me sad. I'm sure they make lovely companions but I'd prefer a bigger, healthier dog.
But I will be able to breath properly and regulate my body temperature. I will have no risk of spinal problems due to a screw tail, and I will never get infections in the folds of skin in my face. And my eyes are far back enough in my head to protect them from injuries.Lucem712 said:You could try for the rest of your life,
but you'll never be as cool as this pug is.
Yeah, it's just sad because some pure breeds have a-lot of medical issues due to breeders inbreeding them :\OneCatch said:Yeah, it does seem a bit.... decadent, doesn't it?Lucem712 said:OneCatch said:Yeah, they get a whole host of problems because of inbreeding to get particularly stupid traits:Luftwaffles said:Agree with this.Vault101 said:pugs are.."dogs" that have had the "dog" bred out of them...
I feel very sorry for them
OT:
I hear they get breathing problems due to the flattened noses. Personally id prefer a border collie. Ok, thats a lie....my dream dog would be a Tamaskan.
The bit about deformities is at around 0:30.
That program isn't the most neutral source, but it's worth a watch. It caused a real backlash against the Kennel Club in the UK (the Kennel Club are a pedigree dog certifier). I'm not sure if there are similar problems elsewhere, but it seems probable.
The rest of the film talks about a lot of other pedigree breeds that suffer various problems due to perverse breeding schemes.
I'd always get a dog from the RSPCA [http://www.rspca.org.uk/home], but if I had to buy one, I'd get one that WASN'T certified pedigree.
OT: I like German Shepherds; one of my dogs is a German Shepherd/Doberman/Collie/Fuck-knows-what-else cross, and the other one is a slightly more straightforward lab/collie cross!
Edit: video reference fix
I also own a multi-mix, she's this weird burnt orange colour haha.
I always (try) to get my dogs from pounds, I do hate that people pay thousands of dollars for 'pedigree' pets when there are perfectly healthy dogs in pounds and shelters.
I can understand people wanting a particular breed (doesn't bother me personally, but I can understand it), but I really don't like the smug obsession of some people [http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/] with having a dog that's 7 generations pure breed or whatever. It causes so much harm, and it's really arrogant.
Once, I got into a shouting match with some ***** who claimed that I didn't have "Proper Dogs" and should apparently have taken them somewhere else to walk them (I was in a public park). Needless to say, I told her to fuck off.
That's a really nice looking dogLucem712 said:![]()
Never trust a dog with orange eyebrows...Abedeus said:Need a big, healthy dog?Crenelate said:They are such an unhealthy breed (in general and like many others) so they make me sad. I'm sure they make lovely companions but I'd prefer a bigger, healthier dog.
Why not Rottweiler?
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Not mine obviously, you need to pray to me and pay a lot to see my rottweiler.
Or pet her. Which is impossible over the Internet.
YOU TAKE THAT BACK GOOD SIRCrenelate said:Never trust a dog with orange eyebrows...Abedeus said:Need a big, healthy dog?Crenelate said:They are such an unhealthy breed (in general and like many others) so they make me sad. I'm sure they make lovely companions but I'd prefer a bigger, healthier dog.
Why not Rottweiler?
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Not mine obviously, you need to pray to me and pay a lot to see my rottweiler.
Or pet her. Which is impossible over the Internet.
Abedeus said:YOU TAKE THAT BACK GOOD SIRCrenelate said:Never trust a dog with orange eyebrows...Abedeus said:Need a big, healthy dog?Crenelate said:They are such an unhealthy breed (in general and like many others) so they make me sad. I'm sure they make lovely companions but I'd prefer a bigger, healthier dog.
Why not Rottweiler?
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Not mine obviously, you need to pray to me and pay a lot to see my rottweiler.
Or pet her. Which is impossible over the Internet.
Those eyebrows are small cherries on a beautiful cake of a dog.
If you distrust dogs based on their eyebrows, you do NOT want to look at a Rottweiler's mandible. I'd post an image, but frankly I get scared when I look at my obedient dog's teeth. She's never, ever bared them at anyone or anything (even cats or other dogs) in anger. Still scary.
I knew I have heard that phrase somewhere before - I blame having read only one Pratchett book in original English version...Crenelate said:Abedeus said:YOU TAKE THAT BACK GOOD SIRCrenelate said:Never trust a dog with orange eyebrows...Abedeus said:Need a big, healthy dog?Crenelate said:They are such an unhealthy breed (in general and like many others) so they make me sad. I'm sure they make lovely companions but I'd prefer a bigger, healthier dog.
Why not Rottweiler?
![]()
Not mine obviously, you need to pray to me and pay a lot to see my rottweiler.
Or pet her. Which is impossible over the Internet.
Those eyebrows are small cherries on a beautiful cake of a dog.
If you distrust dogs based on their eyebrows, you do NOT want to look at a Rottweiler's mandible. I'd post an image, but frankly I get scared when I look at my obedient dog's teeth. She's never, ever bared them at anyone or anything (even cats or other dogs) in anger. Still scary.Don't fret, I actually quite like rottweilers. I think it's a joke Terry Pratchett made in his books, I always recall that saying when I think of them. I think it was Going Postal.
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