What a crock of shit!

I will never forget a visit to the vet many years ago. I was there with my cats and the receptionist apologized because they were going to be delayed due to an emergency. She said a bulldog bitch had gone into labor, with a tone that made it sound like she'd been shot or poisoned. I was puzzled and asked her what was…

Another sadly deformed animal due to excessive inbreeding, Charles II of Spain.

I have a Cavalier/Cocker mix and while I love her to bits, she is a little ball of genetic misfortune. A billion health issues, cataracts in one eye before age 7, and completely, utterly mentally ill. Not just quirky crazy like "I am scared of socks" crazy, she is sick. She is anxiety ridden, easily startled…

Really? And here I am, hoping they all go to hell.

This makes me so sad. I have a Beagle/English Bulldog mix (BeaBull, if you will) named Stella, and when I first brought her to the vet as a puppy, the Doc was amazed. He said he was prepared to give me a lecture on all the health problems that (poor) bulldogs develop, but since Stella is a mix, her nose is longer, her…

Another example would be the shar-pei, here's what a modern shar-pei looks like:

THE CONSEQUENCES OF EXTREME PURE BREEDING

I was SO going to get a dog from a breeder till friends shamed me out of it. So glad I did. I ended up with the best dog evah.

The doge. It's coming.

That's why when I get a dog, it'll be a mutt from the pound. One, for the fact that adoption is the right thing to do, but secondly because the gene pool is further spread out. Our first Labrador Retriever growing up had about 25% something-or-another mixed in and it was one of the most fantastic dogs ever. Our second…

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