I so agree that breeders and owners ought to take responsibilities of their animals. As a pet owner (I prefer the term animal stewardess), I regard myself as a parent/ protector/steward of the life or lives of the creature or creatures who I buy or take in as a pet or pets. I know that my pets… errr… my babies (one dog and 10 variety of freshwater fishes, 11 in the future due to a potential addition of an adopted captive Ryukin)are my responsibilities. It is my job to feed, house, and look after them. To make sure all their needs are met and that they’re healthy. Even though my mixed chow/sharppard/wolf dog rarely gets sick, I still worry and sympathize when he even gets something as normal as a single flea, because I know it hurts like hell. Even my fishies get special treatment. I check on them twice to four times a day to see if they’re ok and healthy. It’s not their fault that people abandon them. :( Why should they suffer because someone doesn’t want them any more. Even if they are just fishes, I still believe they feel pain and because they aren’t wild fishies… they’re born into the human world… they can’t be set free. I feel that they’re so use to humans that they may not feed on their own unless their is a human in presence. This is so true to one of the fantails whom I call King David (due to his wisdom and kindness towards the other fishes). King David wouldn’t feed unless I was around and that I group his flakes/ food in a designated place within the tank. O_O How sentient is that? Anyways as pet owners or animal breeders… well overall being the most domineering beings on this planet… we need to take responsibilities of the creature or creatures whom we invite into our lives. Hell… I take responsibilities of abandoned fishes for crying out loud. I know for some of you that is no big deal and properly normal, but in my cultural upbringing fishes are food not pets, so it is very strange for me to be a steward to a food source and being protective of them. If this fish eater can take responsibilities of looking after abandoned pet fishes, than everyone else who has a pet or pets ought to be able to take responsibilities and look after their babies.

I also agree with many of the posts here…these breeders and dog club owners ought to be ashamed. They are also a disgrace within the dog world. All the current dog breeds of today AREN”T anywhere near to their original selves. *points to the Bulldog* This dog was such a useful, powerful and most frightening of all the dogs… if you think Pitbulls are aggressive, you never met an original Bulldog. Bulldogs are now truly a shadow of their formal selves. I pity this breed. Oh… and the German Sheppard just rips my heart out. My parents showed me what a true German Shepard was and it was nowhere close to that of the show ring version. …and why aren’t white German Sheppard accepted as a standard? I have this American dog breed book and the white version is accepted as a standard of the breed… the same goes for the long hair variety. O_o

As for the doc itself. It’s very insightful and detailed in some aspects. I loved how the director/camera lady interrogated the club owners and breeders for encouraging the act of inbreeding the purebreds. There were some things I did wanted to see more of. One of the things I would’ve liked the documentary to show was how the Chinese Crested came to be. That is one ugly looking dog breed. Even my man was like “WTF?!” I would’ve liked them to show who thought that a mostly shaven dog was consider beauty and purposeful. Anyways the documentary was a rare treat from PBS. Even my man was getting into watching it. I think this was one PBS program he hasn’t seen yet and it was very informative, yet entertaining. We both laughed at seeing the Komondor (aka the mop dog). My man found out that Neapolitan Mastiffs were ugly dogs too (besides the Chinese Crested). LOL He now understands why I have a bias preference towards mixed dogs, especially after seeing all of the seizures that occurred within this program. He really wanted to punch the ignorance, overzealous Brit who believed in inbreeding dogs and that it was different from people. I wanted to smack some logic into the over-privilege British prick. I was like….*immitates Chris from Family Guy* WHHHAAAAH!? *normal* Inbreeding results deformities and illnesses, regardless of the species…. dumb-tard!Maybe the kennel club owner/ prick himself was the result of inbreeding. LOL >_>

I still can’t believe there are some ignorant pet breeders and pet owners within the comment area of this video. O_O Wow! The pathetic-ness of my species ceases to amaze me. No empathy at all for the animals whom you swore to protect and be guardians of. I hope you irresponsible abusers reincarnate into the dogs or pets whom you use and abuse, so you can face the same sufferings and hardships as them.

BTW, Thank you for the video. Very fascinating indeed.

“Though I respect a persons decision if they don’t want to spay and neuter, but if they don’t do it and let their dog run around the neighborhood, its a problem.”
How about helping to STOP the problem!!??!
With the number of dogs and puppies abandoned/dumped each year what possible reason can justify a persons decision to NOT desex their new pet. As you are a breeder I would welcome your rationale for not insisting on all pets you sell being neutered/spayed. Steps like this can go a long way towards lessening the number of unwanted animals from both planned (“backyard breeders”) and unplanned (entire roaming neighbourhood dogs) litters.

Also, testing does NOTHING. A dog can still get hip dysplasia from its environment, and those CERF tests DO NOT test for congenital cataracts let alone senile cataracts. How about you try RESEARCHING and STUDYING before you try and look smart.

I got a toy poodle with champions, CERF testing, hips checked, and two months later she got a Y-suture cataract. I’ve gotten two American Cocker Spaniels with CERF testing who got cherry eyes, one also got a very nasty follicle infection, but it wasn’t quite like folliculitis, I know it was genetic though, and non-stop ear infections. I later found out that the cause of all these unhealthy dogs was STILL studding, and worst of all the poor thing was kept in a kennel outside while it was -15 degrees around here. It enraged me, and still does. I’ve also had one with cocker rage syndrome which is like seizures, the experience still horrifies me to this day and that dog was put down. And guess what? My mixes have had none of these problems, and they aren’t FREAKS like the purebreds I’ve had. I will never, ever, go back to the purebred world, ever, and I hope everyone else does the same.

And don’t compare responsible mutt breeders to backyard breeders. I microchip my pups so I can make sure they don’t end up in a shelter. If the shelter doesn’t call me, not my fault, its the shelters fault. And they need to stop taking dogs from other states and countries, that’s just stupid. Its also the owners fault for going “Awww what a cute puppy! Lets go dump it in a shelter when its a year old because its not cute anymore!” or “Psh my dog doesn’t need to be fixed!” Though I respect a persons decision if they don’t want to spay and neuter, but if they don’t do it and let their dog run around the neighborhood, its a problem.