Comments on: “Pedigree Dogs Exposed” gets first U.S. airing http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/12/10/pedigree-dogs-exposed-gets-first-u-s-airing/ a site for dog lovers Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Bloggie Stylish http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/12/10/pedigree-dogs-exposed-gets-first-u-s-airing/comment-page-1/#comment-10820 Bloggie Stylish Sat, 12 Dec 2009 06:16:11 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=16206#comment-10820 the bulldog thing isn't a surprise. that's been going on for a long time in all countries, not only the UK. breeders have fancied large heads in this breed & the result is a c-section. another breed that needs a c-section for delivery is the french bulldog. i saw that doc in canada a few months ago & was really surprised at how disconcerned the breeders were with the dogs passing on genetic diseases. I thought that britons were supposed to be all about animal rights! the bulldog thing isn’t a surprise. that’s been going on for a long time in all countries, not only the UK. breeders have fancied large heads in this breed & the result is a c-section. another breed that needs a c-section for delivery is the french bulldog.

i saw that doc in canada a few months ago & was really surprised at how disconcerned the breeders were with the dogs passing on genetic diseases. I thought that britons were supposed to be all about animal rights!

]]> By: E.J. Sherman http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/12/10/pedigree-dogs-exposed-gets-first-u-s-airing/comment-page-1/#comment-10818 E.J. Sherman Sat, 12 Dec 2009 01:12:36 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=16206#comment-10818 I love dogs, this program was very hard to watch, I see it all as the atrocities of mankind on this earth, it's absolutly horrible. I love dogs, this program was very hard to watch, I see it all as the atrocities of mankind on this earth, it’s absolutly horrible.

]]> By: Brandi http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/12/10/pedigree-dogs-exposed-gets-first-u-s-airing/comment-page-1/#comment-10790 Brandi Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:39:07 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=16206#comment-10790 I hope this movie will bring some overdue criticism to the inhuman practices by some breeders. Hopefully more people will go with mutts. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that people will watch this documentary and think, "Eh, that's in Britain. Surely it can't be that bad this side of the pond." Maybe it will lead to investigation in the states [crosses fingers]. I hope this movie will bring some overdue criticism to the inhuman practices by some breeders. Hopefully more people will go with mutts. Unfortunately, I’m afraid that people will watch this documentary and think, “Eh, that’s in Britain. Surely it can’t be that bad this side of the pond.” Maybe it will lead to investigation in the states [crosses fingers].

]]> By: BBC Documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed | Dancing Dog Blog http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/12/10/pedigree-dogs-exposed-gets-first-u-s-airing/comment-page-1/#comment-10781 BBC Documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed | Dancing Dog Blog Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:28:25 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=16206#comment-10781 [...] tip to our friend John Woestendiek  at [...] [...] tip to our friend John Woestendiek  at [...]

]]> By: Jenifer http://www.ohmidog.com/2009/12/10/pedigree-dogs-exposed-gets-first-u-s-airing/comment-page-1/#comment-10771 Jenifer Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:04:59 +0000 http://www.ohmidog.com/?p=16206#comment-10771 Unfortunately it's not just in dogs these breeding abuses occur. There are some really terrible things caused by inbreeding and linebreeding in horses and in cats. For example, in the American racing Thoroughbred industry breeders have bred for the so-called "speed index" without regard for other important characteristics such as skeletal conformation and soundness, and as a result you see the huge numbers of catastrophic breakdowns on the tracks - as happened in the 2008 Kentucky Derby. And don't even get me started on the cat-catastrophes caused by ever closer inbreeding and linebreeding with blindness, deafness and physical malformations rampant where previously seldom seen. Unfortunately it’s not just in dogs these breeding abuses occur. There are some really terrible things caused by inbreeding and linebreeding in horses and in cats. For example, in the American racing Thoroughbred industry breeders have bred for the so-called “speed index” without regard for other important characteristics such as skeletal conformation and soundness, and as a result you see the huge numbers of catastrophic breakdowns on the tracks – as happened in the 2008 Kentucky Derby. And don’t even get me started on the cat-catastrophes caused by ever closer inbreeding and linebreeding with blindness, deafness and physical malformations rampant where previously seldom seen.

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