"Pedigree Dogs Exposed" - programme on BBC 1 20/08 at 9pm

[Meter Man 15]

the perception of what a dog should look like by the likes of crufts& the kc have ruined the bull dog it now resembles a frog it cant breath & can hardley walk

 

not true, we have now got bulldogs doing agilaty, you are living in the past

[pk014b7161 11]

the english/british bull dog?or the olde bulldogge type bred by dave leavitt? my nieghbour was looking after his son in laws english bull dog it struggled to get up the kitchen steps (2)so any improvement on this would be a start

[Meter Man 15]

a pure bred bulldog doesnt have any prefix mine are purebred and can run jump & just about keep up with my staffs,i`m not saying there perfect but most breeds have faults but that program didn`t show or tell you the work good breeders are doing now to put thinks right & that the k.c.& the breeders have been working together to put things right . lets hope the program hasn`t done to much damage & that not too many dogs are abandend because they have been classed as mutant , it is already becomeing a throw away society re dogs , would the thoughts of some people have been the same if it was humans we where talking about ?

[pk014b7161 11]

i hate it when a dog becomes fashionable that usually spells trouble for the breed

[Strix 11]

i hate it when a dog becomes fashionable that usually spells trouble for the breed

I wish you were wrong

 

whenever anybody stops us to make a fuss of our Beagle I do exactly as his breeder did when I met her, and tell them all the reasons not to own one!

 

The number of staffies advertised for sale here when they're only months old is heart breaking - and the number picked up by the dog warden when people have got fed up and kicked them out....

[Mathom 10]

Dad had a rescued GSP that was found starving to death. We couldn't work out why someone had dumped a rare pedigree dog but the vet told him it was probably because he was shorter than a male should be for that breed. Madness. He had a beautiful coat (perfectly ticked) and a perfect temperament, and all the pointing instincts. But after investigation, turned out he had been sold by a breeder cheap to some scumbag as he wasn't tall enough and the scrote who bought him just dumped him to die because they couldn't handle such a lively dog.

 

Then you get the 'breeding farms'. There were a few where I grew up and they aren't nice.

 

You're starting to get this with cats now, too. Some of the modern Persians can barely breathe.

[DaFoot 10]

*threads merged*

[estweyn 10]

If you go onto the BBC website there is a place to comment on the show so it may be worth putting points forward that have been brought up on here, ie the KC should be doing more to make breeders more responsible for screening breeding stock etc etc

[WallBuilder 10]

I recieved a response from DEFRA, here it is

 

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Do yiou think my e-mail facility has gone ga -ga?

[Plain Talker 11]

No, I seriously doubt your email link is at fault.

 

It makes as much sense as most governmental department missives, Wallbuilder...

[Moedelawn 10]

can any one belive what the rhodesian ridgeback bredders were saying???????/

Makes you wonder if the breeder's are inbred doesn't it !!!! but is that fair as it's not the breeder's who set out the breed standard , it's the kennel club, I think there's nothing people won't do with animal's to line their own pocket's , ban showing , scrap the breed standard , stick to obedience, agility , flyball etc, much more fun for the dog and owner--( like that would ever happen )

[Strix 11]

I wouldn't like to see Brude's face if you tell him dog shows aren't going to exist anymore!

 

He loves them!

 

You should see him when he knows he's showing to his best - the extreme tip of his tail wags almost imperceptibly

 

He knows better than I do what's going on in a ring, so when we've been at a match night and I've been chatting, he's straining on his lead to get back into the ring when he's due back up - and I've not figured out how he does that