The other day I watched a documentary with a Douban score of 9.1, "The Sorrow of a Purebred Dog". It raises that many thoroughbred dogs have endured serious health problems. There is a sentence that goes straight to the heart, "The way we breed these purebred animals is to lead them to death", they are living life, not products, there is no standardization and superiority, they are born equal, they all have the right to live.
The film reveals the truth that many "dog lovers" don't want to believe, and the truth is often so heavy. I was very impressed by the introduction of the King Charles dog in the film, and I believe that everyone who has their own pet will touch the softest place in their hearts when they see it.
King Charles Is a small, well-behaved and cute dog, very pleasing to children, but very susceptible to a disease called syringomyelia, the cause is that the dog's skull is too small to fit his brain, just like its brain is like a foot wearing a no. 10 shoe, but it is squeezed into a no. 6 shoe, obviously very inappropriate, so it has to endure very much pain, just like humans suffer from severe pain such as burns, is a paroxysmal headache, a kind of pain like a broken bone, Anything that comes into gentle contact with its scalp triggers this pain.
According to neurological veterinarian estimates, this condition accounts for more than one-third of the total number of King Charles dogs, this disease called syringomyelia is mainly a genetic disease, for severely ill puppies, the only solution is to operate on their brains, this kind of surgery is extremely risky, need to remove part of the skull, leaving enough space for the brain, it is really difficult to imagine this pain.
In addition, heart disease is also one of the common genetic diseases that plague King Charles dogs, when they reach the age of 5, about half of them will have a heart murmur, and as they age, the proportion of the disease also increases, to about 10 years old, this proportion is almost 100%.
And what is the cause of this disease? Around the 1950s and 1960s, the King Charles dog became a popular breed because of its cute appearance, when some King Charles dogs with this disease were used as breeding dogs, breeding many offspring, so that the disease spread rapidly...
Of the seven million dogs in the UK, three-quarters of the dog breeds suffering from illness are purebred dogs with around 200 different lineages, such as Labrador, Yorkshire and others, which BBC figures cost £10 million a week.
One of the important reasons why purebred dogs are weak and sick is that humans have been breeding purebred dogs in close breeding for decades in order to obtain the so-called "good breeds", completely disregarding the health of animals, and the second reason is that various dog races.
A hundred years ago, dachshunds were relatively normal, and today's dachshunds have much shorter legs than they did a hundred years ago.
There are also Rhodesian ridgeback dogs, the purebred standard is the back protrusion, but in fact, every 20 births, there is 1 ridgeback does not protrude, and this is the form of a healthy Rhodesian ridgeback, but dog breeders are afraid of confusing the bloodline, often secretly killed.
The picture on the left is the original appearance of the Minotaur, its head shape is very normal, and the picture on the right is what they are now, and I really can't imagine what kind of pain they have experienced that has caused such a big change in brain structure.
Diagram of the internal changes in the head of the Minotaur
For example, everyone's favorite pug, big eyes, cute expression is its biggest highlight, but in order to cultivate their flat faces, human beings put their faces under tremendous pressure, making them breathless, resulting in a great increase in the incidence of hypertension.
The german Shepherd is more contrasting, and the competitor dogs that tend to be ornamental when bred are prone to ataxia gait symptoms, and in fact the road is unstable.
Dog from a relatively normal form, into a human aesthetic and curiosity, and cultivated out of the novel breed, purebred dogs have become the victim of the trend, in fact, a Chinese pastoral dog that can accompany us all our lives, but also than a purebred dog with pain, more than a purebred dog with pain, we need it, humans should no longer base their happiness on the pain of purebred dogs.
A practicing veterinarian, pay attention to the health of pets, you can pay attention to me if you need it, and you can send a message for any disease problem!