human selfishness

 usually,........ people who get these dog .......do it for attention .......as they ....themselves  ....... cannot  get attention......because they luck something .......and need a dog to get noticed  .......its a fact ,,,,,and they get  pets because they are lonely and  hate themselves  ........just a fact  if you do not  like who you are   then  trying to fill a void  with a pet is  wrong .........just my  observation i see......but  who the fuck am i  a  cunt that writes  a blog .......saying what i see.....that's all .........no biggie it 's only words  or   observation .....like it or not  .......i see these  dogs  suffer i worked in a vet clinic and  saw french bulldoga  suffer seizures and  such like dogs   ........through in breeding .....owners  get hysterical but thats the price you pay ........for vanity .......

Thanks to inbreeding, bulldogs and pugs may not exist much longer, experts say

Story by Matthew Rozsa • 3h ago

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"People breed them because they're cute," began Florida veterinarian Dr. Doug Mader, author of "The Vet at Noah's Ark." Mader was speaking with Salon about brachycephalics, or dogs with squished faced: think English bulldogs, French bulldogs, Boston terriers, boxers and pugs. Brachycephalics are widely adored for their goggle-eyes, wrinkled faces and waddling gaits.

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"I hate to say it from a veterinarian's perspective — we love them because they're like hitting the lotto, you know — but the poor animals suffer from the day they're born."

"They say, 'Look at that face! And they've got little ears!'" Mader said, assuming the high-pitched, cooing tone that many dog owners take up when talking about their pets. "But that's not normal, you know. It's not normal at all. And it's the poor dogs that are so inbred suffer," Mader observed. 

Indeed, he warned that if brachycephalic dogs continue to be inbred at current rates, they may not exist in the near future. In other words, we appear to have hit a tipping point when it comes to inbreeding man's best friend. And other experts agree with him.

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One can visually chart the devolution of these brachycephalic breeds simply by studying pictures of them from a century ago and comparing them to their present-day counterparts. English bulldogs, for example, used to have longer snouts and longer legs, with less of an inherently squat stance. Over time, however, demand for "cuter" English bulldogs rose, and the easiest way to meet the clamor was to breed dogs that shared the desired features. Photographs of the University of Georgia mascot bulldog Uga help illustrate the breed's de-evolution, as ten dogs from the same lineage gradually become more squish-faced and squat.