ourmaninthenorth – Member
What’s sad is that none of this is new news (I recall theGerman Shepherd outrage in the 1980s) but I’m amazed that, after it was unceremoniously turfed off the BBC because of the breeding practices, it’s now back on terrestrial TV within apparently renewed air of legitimacy.
People complain vehemently about the prospect of genetically modified crops, but this level of genetic manipulation in canines is treated with the proverbial blind eye.
Yes, I seem to remember several years ago the BBC going undercover with breeders and the Kennel Club to highlight the disgusting inbreeding practices going on. That was when they stopped coverage of Crufts and there was a big hoo-ha at the time which has obviously been forgotton now. I haven’t watched Crufts since that time either.
We had a German Shepard which was hip scored at the time and she never suffered with the problems described. The breeder we bought her from knew all about it and educated us then what was going on in the dog breeding world. This was over twenty years ago but it’s obviously been going on a lot longer than that.
If I was to buy any sort of pedigree dog now I would research things very carefully or probably just buy a bitsa.