16-09-2009, 11:26 PM
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The origins of dogs
Very interesting program tonight on Nat Wild, the Bulldog was highlighted as the most deformed breed, the messing about all started about 100 years ago and the pictures the guy had of Bulldogs at that time were totally different from today's breed, today the skull is deformed the shoulders are exaggerated the hips are too narrow and the legs are totally useless compared to the original breed.It's so bad said the guy that most litters have to be delivered by section because of the narrow pelvis, he went on to say that this could all be reversed, . . . don't hold your breath waiting folks.
Pekes are fortunate to be with us, the royal emperors of China were the only ones allowed to keep them and when the European armies at the time of the boxer uprising entered the forbidden city all the pekes were put to death, all save 5 which were taken back to the UK and presented to queen Victoria.
16-09-2009, 11:34 PM
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Re: The origins of dogs
Terriers were also mentioned, both guys were concerned as a lot of owners don't know what type of dogs they have regarding their nature, according to them all terriers are killing machines, this is what they were bred for but because they're small and don't cost too much to feed they've become very popular.16-09-2009, 11:47 PM
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Re: The origins of dogs
Originally Posted by Moli
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What a lot of rot that is...My two Staffies would run away from a bloomin' mouse...My cat is more a killing machine than the dogs...where do these people get their fact from...
17-09-2009, 09:01 PM
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Re: The origins of dogs
Originally Posted by Moli
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Its very sad what they have done to the Bulldog......Why can't they jjust leave nature alone, but there are so many "Designer Breeds out there now....
17-09-2009, 09:30 PM
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Re: The origins of dogs
Personally I'm disgusted at what breeders are being allowed to do with some breeds. A lot of breeds bear little resemblance to how they were originally which a great shame, with some breeds being totally spoiled. Being a fan of GSDs I'm appalled at what they've done to them, and the problems they suffer from as a result of bad breeding.As for terriers being classed as 'killing machines', I think what they could have meant was that in times of yore terriers were originally bred for use as hunting out small animals as a source of food when people lived more 'off of the land', and didn't have supermarkets to pop into to buy meat.
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