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What's the deal with all the pit bulls?
Malenko:
--- Quote from: eds1275 on July 16, 2010, 12:47:34 pm ---Pure bred dogs have a higher chance of being inbred than your average needs-a-home mutt from the shelter. Pure bred dogs [& cats] have more health issues in general.
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Thats a pretty generalized statement, and it's not true. Perhaps a long time ago inbreeding was done to keep bloodlines pure, but they (the AKC) track all the breeders and bloodlines now to prevent such a thing. Health issues vary from breed to breed and theres nothing to support your claim that a pure has more issue then a mutt.
I have 2 yorkies, both pure bread and they have no majr issues. One does have the problem where the knees can pop in and out of joint, but the other doesnt. Any mutt with a yorkie mix runs the risk of them having the same issue.
gryhnd:
Retired greyhounds (hence my avatar). Sweetest, gentlest, most couch potatoy animals you'll ever meet (unless you're a squirrel). They don't have that doggy smell, no fur tumble weeds, take up little space and are low on the allergy scale for humans.
I had two girls, a matched but unrelated b&w pair that looked like cows. One came from a million dollar winning lineage, fast as lightening but didn't give a crap about chasing anything. The other was not the brightest bulb, a huge clutz, and never caught a squirrel in her 12 yrs of trying.
And they lived with our two cats who ruled over the dogs.
I'd have more now (they both passed due to old age), but our first dogless summer was cut short when an abandoned beagle pup jumped into my truck 2 years ago. He's an awesome dog too. Not food centric, quiet around the house, major snuggler. Tough as nails.
And now we've inherited my father in law's golden retriever. He's a sweetheart who would love you to death, but there's not a lot going on upstairs.
northerngames:
german shepherd is my favorite and a good all arounder breed.
Malenko:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 16, 2010, 02:42:25 pm ---
Oh yeah, man, that crack squad at the AKC is on top of everything.
::)
Seriously, the AKC is about the biggest joke running.
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EDIT: meh Im not really in the mood to try and out ---uvula--- you today, I mean I obviously said that the AKC actively police everyone who lets their dog hump another dog and I shouldn't have, so I'll just say this:
TOMMY?!?!?!!?
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: Malenko on July 16, 2010, 02:28:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: eds1275 on July 16, 2010, 12:47:34 pm ---Pure bred dogs have a higher chance of being inbred than your average needs-a-home mutt from the shelter. Pure bred dogs [& cats] have more health issues in general.
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Thats a pretty generalized statement, and it's not true.
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I've recently had two retrievers. A purebred golden, and a mixed flat coat/lab. Both had cancer. The golden at 12 -- doc said it was so common it was genetic. The mix had lymphoma at 5, and it also is incredibly common in retrievers. Both genetic problems that would have bred out if we hadn't meddled.
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