• Turkey_Titty_city
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      431 year ago

      a lot of people don’t care about animals. they just want something cute to own and brag about.

      or that it’s trendy and hip. like doodles. half the dogs at my park are doodles because they are a designer status dog breed.

        • Encrypt-Keeper
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          41 year ago

          They’re also prone to behavioral issues. It’s pretty funny how universally despised they are by veterinary professionals. I’ve never seen anything like it lol.

          • @[email protected]
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            They’re prone to behavioral issues because most people really don’t have the time or energy for like 90% of dog breeds.

            My in-laws have a mini-aussie that’s absolutely horrible because they expect him to be a couch potato like them.

            Doodles are a mix of a highly intelligent breed and a working breed, and most people can’t handle that.

            If you want a lazy dog, get a greyhound.

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        Agreed. It’s sad that they exist. Everytime I look at them, I can only see an animal struggling to breathe.

    • @[email protected]
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      161 year ago

      Imo the only humane thing to do is put them all down. Same with bulldogs.

      Their entire existence must be suffering.

      • @nul9o9
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        My mother in law has a bull dog, it’s existence is pain.

        It can’t breathe right, it can barely see because of fat rolls on its head and skin tags on its eyelids, And it smells awful because of said fat rolls being hard to clean and keep dry.

        • @Urbanfox
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          I took my lab to the vet, and next to us was a bulldog, and it sounded like it lived in agony.

          It’s breathing was incredibly laboured, it could hardly walk and the noises it made just * existing * were awful.

          I overheard her saying he was much better, I dread to think of what worse looked like.

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          Definitely thought you were going to say Your mother is a bulldog. I had some questions

      • Khalic
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        71 year ago

        How about we start with outlawing the breed, Herr Fur-rer

        • @[email protected]
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          -71 year ago

          It won’t work. In fact, it would likely cause more of them to exist because black market.

          • @Eheran
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            71 year ago

            You can’t exactly hide a dog, unless you keep it in your house all the time.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              Dude, most cities don’t have the resources to do anything about actual animal abuse cases. They’re not going to go door to door checking for specific breeds.

      • @vimdiesel
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        -41 year ago

        There are a lot of healthy bully breeds, you obviously don’t know what you’re talking about.

      • @ShittyRedditWasBetter
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        I never get you folks. The vast majority of the ones I see are pretty happy love running around and typically aren’t bread to be flat enough to cause long term issues. Nothing that would leave me to believe we need to gas all of them because of suffering.

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          91 year ago

          I work at a veterinary clinic. Most pugs that come in sound like they’re having a panic attack just from walking in the front door, their breathing is so bad. It’s abusive to breed dogs to struggle through life.

          • NιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ
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            01 year ago

            To be fair, your sampling would be biased to dogs that have more issues, no? Either way, I don’t disagree, people need to stop intentionally breeding unhealthy traits in dogs 🙁

            • @[email protected]
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              We are not an emergency clinic, so most appointments in a day are typically routine. It’s mostly annual exams, vaccines, nail trims, etc. So no, we don’t see mostly problem appointments in a day. My sampling is just more regular exposure to many breeds under normal circumstances.

            • @[email protected]
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              21 year ago

              No, it wouldn’t. Responsible pet owners get their pets annual physicals, so vet tech see a very large amount of ‘well’ animals.

          • @ShittyRedditWasBetter
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            I’ve done several years as a vet tech. The vast majority seem just fine 🤷‍♂️.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          Friend of the family has two Pugs whom seem happy and energetic. Very energetic even, I get exhausted watching them lol

          I guess they lucked out on having functional breathing tubes.

          • @[email protected]
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            31 year ago

            A lot of pugs are now being bred to have “old” traits, so a longer snout and less bulgy eyes like the pugs of 100 years ago.

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            Yea my family has some French bulldogs and same thing, they have always been super healthy and energetic. No breathing problems, either, but they got them from a reputable breeder who breeds for health more than the designer breeders.

            We really don’t need to exterminate those breeds, imo, but we should absolutely be working to undo the genetic damage done from designer breeding. Ethical breeding should be enforced for breeds like pugs and bulldogs.