To be fair, there’s some stuff that was bred into the gene pool near the inception of the breed that can’t be easily removed now. You can reduce the risk by avoiding incest and thorough genetic testing where possible, but there’s some health issues that would plague purebreds for a long time even if every breeder in the world was responsible.
To be fair, there’s some stuff that was bred into the gene pool near the inception of the breed that can’t be easily removed now. You can reduce the risk by avoiding incest and thorough genetic testing where possible, but there’s some health issues that would plague purebreds for a long time even if every breeder in the world was responsible.