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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
I have major problems with breed standards that, for the sake of the personal taste of a few judges and heads of an association, ensure that certain traits that are not good for the dog, like a German Shepherds sloping back legs or the king charles spaniels head being to small for its brain, are bred into all of the dogs and emphasised.
In every other animal we selectively breed them to be healthier, except dogs, who are bred to look a certain way regardless of health.
From this
To this in less than a hundred years is not what god or Darwin intended
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Ya, I'm not a fan of certain breeds either for that reason. I do plan on getting a shepherd eventually and know a good breeder who emphasizes health over show standards. His dogs don't have such a sloping back.
There are a lot of healthy breeds as well. You can't paint all breeds or breeders with the same brush.