We are not members of any specific dog breed Club that mandates members show their dogs, or postulates to the public that breeders who don’t show are puppy mills, backyard breeders, not serious, doing it for money, etc. Unfortunately it is the breeders doing the RIGHT thing in breeding for health and function that are not rewarded in our culture, and very often harassed and discredited.
We are breeders who care about the health and FUNCTION of dog breeds and believe that showing dogs over time, has led to increased health problems and a total loss of function and health in many popular breeds. There is the “breed standard” which was always intended to assure the dog breed could perform the function for which it was created; however, show breeders are selecting for extreme type in order to catch the judges’ eye, and each year, someone tops that type to another level of extreme. We have dogs whose brains don’t fit in their skulls, and dogs who walk on their haunches, or can’t breathe, or breed normally. It’s heartbreaking what humans have done to dogs, and all the while convince the public that what they’re doing is “improving” the breed.
We invite you to view this video and decide for yourself:
We are breeders who care about the health and FUNCTION of dog breeds and believe that showing dogs over time, has led to increased health problems and a total loss of function and health in many popular breeds. There is the “breed standard” which was always intended to assure the dog breed could perform the function for which it was created; however, show breeders are selecting for extreme type in order to catch the judges’ eye, and each year, someone tops that type to another level of extreme. We have dogs whose brains don’t fit in their skulls, and dogs who walk on their haunches, or can’t breathe, or breed normally. It’s heartbreaking what humans have done to dogs, and all the while convince the public that what they’re doing is “improving” the breed.
We invite you to view this video and decide for yourself: