tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596287973002544318.post489001747282705819..comments2010-02-25T01:51:15.697-08:00Comments on FieldsportsChannel.tv: Going to the dogsCharlie Jacobyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00598730590206398096noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596287973002544318.post-59079800594671309152009-02-21T03:13:00.000-08:002009-02-21T03:13:00.000-08:00So you honestly see no difference between YOU whee...So you honestly see no difference between YOU wheezing and a dog that has been deliberately selectively to almost guarantee it wheezes? Did you know that 25 per cent of pekes die before they are six years old. Quite an attrition rate.<BR/><BR/>And since when did venerability make something all right? Hey, let's bring back slavery and dropping people into hot oil. <BR/><BR/>The wonderful thing - usually - about the working dog fraternity is that they breed dogs for function and know intuitively that THIS is what makes dogs beautiful.<BR/><BR/>Breeds like pekes and pugs etc have a different role - that of pet. And that's fine - but it is incumbent on us as their makers to ensure they are able to breathe freely and lie out in the sun without cooking.Jemima Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05092892697145388048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596287973002544318.post-8700582532636355622009-02-20T09:15:00.000-08:002009-02-20T09:15:00.000-08:00So your point is that it's perfectly fine to have ...So your point is that it's perfectly fine to have labradors with hip dysplasia? Do you own such dogs yourself? Do you prefer them in the field? I am asking, because no one I know who shoots wants a dog with dyslasia, and that includes me!<BR/><BR/>And you think the Pekingese is the same dog now as it was 200 years ago, never mind the revisions to the standard, and the short nose that has now disappeared, and the fact that the dog in China looks quite a bite different? You sure you want to stick with that? <BR/><BR/>For the record, not even the Kennel Club agrees with you on the Peke or on hip dysplasia.<BR/><BR/>Or perhaps you thing this is all driven by Animal Right lunatics? If so, then let me disavail you of that notion. I own working terriers, and I kill things with my bare hands on a weekly basis and make not apologies about it. <BR/><BR/>But I will stand next to the radical idea (cough cough) that a good dog (and never mind if it is a working dog!) has to be able to walk, and that it has to be able to breathe.<BR/><BR/>Is that simple proposition something you disagree with? Because it sounds like it....<BR/><BR/><BR/>PBurnsPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.com