5 Breeds He Wants to See Less Often...

[Olivers mama]

...Interesting. Would you agree or disagree with the author?


5 Breeds This Veterinarian Wouldn't Mind Seeing Less Of

[Wild Wolf]

Someone's opinion. That is its only value, IMO.

[Rangers-mom]

His concerns are based on health issues and I don't see how I could argue with that. There are so many puppy mills and byb pumping out so many of these popular breeds. They don't give a hoot about longterm health. They don't even care what happens to their litters (or breeding stock for that matter) in the short term. His beef seems to be with breeders who are not interested in the health of the breed and I can't disagree with that sentiment.

[irickchad]

I agree with his opinion. His is solely based on health issues and overpopulation of certain breeds, but I think we can all take a step back and realize that some... MOST... pet owners aren't as responsible as the people who take time to join forums such as these and really learn things about their breed, pedigrees, etc. I can't tell you how many people have said " Ohh you're getting a GSD!? My [aunt,friend,boyfriend,cousin,etc] has one you should breed it!" Therefore, in essence, I can certainly agree with a vet wanting to see less of most of these breeds.

[Cassidy's Mom]

I get his general point, which seems to be that popularity tends to result in indiscriminate breeding, with all the health and temperament issues that you'd expect from that scenario. I didn't get that he doesn't like GSDs in general, and in fact he said a good German Shepherd is an awe-inspiring dog.

Same with the other breeds - too many poorly bred dogs to satisfy pet market demand has resulted in a huge surge in the incidence of cancer in Goldens, a variety of health issues in Bulldogs, and more Chihuahuas and Pitbulls than there are available homes for them, leading to an overpopulation in shelters.

I do look forward, though, to the day when these five breeds aren’t as popular. The reasons vary, but in many cases the problems are health-related, and overbreeding by puppy mills and other less-than-ideal operations has a lot to do with that.

Who could argue with that?

[Jax08]

Debbie said everything I was thinking.

[Syaoransbear]

But then he'll get less business lol.

[Olivers mama]

I found it interesting that he even put his thoughts into print! Nowadays, that takes some guts.

I found myself agreeing with him. Then it just made me ticked off (again) at the indiscriminate breeding that's done - & not just by puppy mills & BYB. I do believe we are actually breeding ailments & diseases (or the propensity of such) INto the dogs. Sad, but true. I grew up around mostly large-breed dogs. Fabulous animals, both physically & temperament. But so many of these breeds now have physical problems from breeding relative stock - few want to take the time to try to breed a healthy dog. Beautiful GSDs, collies, Irish Setters, etc - few health problems then - lots of health problems now.

I wouldn't trade our Lunkhead for anything - but she's also a product of BYB, so who knows what ailments will be involved in her future?

[LoveEcho]

They should put that as a sticky in the "I want to become a breeder" section, for all the people posting how pretty their dog is so they want it to experience the joys of motherhood...

[Daisy&Lucky's Mom]

Need to agree w/ his points. I think the best thing for our beloved GSD as well as the Goldens and Labadors would be if they fell out of the top 20 dog breeds for awhile. I realize not a chance of that happening and if it did unfortunately some other breeds would be bred indiscriminately and in massive numbers