Forum Discussion

Go_Dogs's avatar
Go_Dogs
Explorer
Jun 19, 2014

HBO special on purebred dogs

Selective Breeding
This is a 15 minute video about the health problems of purebred dogs. It's nothing new, Bulldogs and Pekes with breathing troubles, Cavalier's with misshapen skulls. It's just an FYI post.

3 Replies

  • As I said, this was a FYI post. I find that if you read/watch between the lines, even on a very biased article-you can still learn something. Maybe not so much about the 'topic', but about the authors.

    Very true. Knowing the author's background/history makes it easier to determine if something s/he writes is unbiased or requires further investigation.
  • As I said, this was a FYI post. I find that if you read/watch between the lines, even on a very biased article-you can still learn something. Maybe not so much about the 'topic', but about the authors.
  • It's also a very broad paint brush stroke to infer it includes ALL purebred dogs and the people who own them. Not to mention "when did Soledad O'Brien or Bryant Gumble become experts at dog breeding or dogs, period?" Just because it's on the news/internet doesn't make it fact. And more importantly it is driven solely by undocumented info from PETA activists. :(