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RE: Pedigree Dogs Exposed (a BBC doco): seriously upsetting footage included

I used to work and breed 'lurchers' for hunting which were basically a hybrid of Salukis, greyhounds and various breeds, the intention being to combine the best attributes of speed, stamina and guile.

What any owner or breeder never did was use Kennel Club/pedigree dogs to create lurchers however, as generations of breeding for shows had resulted in virtually every breed losing the qualities that had been bred into them when they were first created, while breeding faults in.

If you bear in mind that almost every breed was initially created to do a certain task or job - usually involving hunting - you'd be hard pressed to find a single breed which could still do that job now as well as the breed once could.

Dalmatians, bulldogs, daschunds - I was going to make a short list of the worst cases of dogs which have been ruined but on reflection there are hardly any which have survived the demands of the show fraternity.


Today is a gift - that's why it's called the Present.

Best Regards,
Chris Redmond.


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