This sounds good, but is still dumb, somewhat less incestuous inbreeding.
Still sort of grotesque in that there are probably a lot of inbetween generations that suffer. Most ethically sound idea is probably to just euthanize these breeds and end them entirely.
Fuck off with this.
German wolf hounds (large dogs, full snouts, etc.) live maybe 8 years total.
My pug dog lived 15 years, died of cancer, and never had trouble breathing during those 15 years.
If you google “name of dog breed you think doesn’t have problems” + health issues, you’ll get a list of the problems that breed is prone to.
This is just more Reddit trash that people love to bitch about and I shouldn’t be surprised to see it here, just disappointed.
I’m not against breed changes to improve health at all but the hurr durr I-just-learned-the-word-brachycephalic-and-now-I’m-gonna-act-like-I-invented-it shit needs to die in a fire.
Let’s make all dogs live longer and healthier lives without shitting on any of them.
glad it got put out of its misery, just a shame it took that long. poor thing
German wolf hounds (large dogs, full snouts, etc.) live maybe 8 years total.
You’re singling out a single obscure breed of dog for some reason (where I assume you mean “German wirehaired pointing wolfhound”?) and then also making a claim about their life expectancy without presenting any evidence. Not only can I not find something saying eight years, I can’t find any credible information saying anything at all about this specific breed’s lifespan.
My pug dog lived 15 years, died of cancer, and never had trouble breathing during those 15 years.
I’m sorry for your loss, but I’m glad they lived a long time.
- French bulldogs are being discussed here, not pugs. They both suffer from brachycephalic airway syndrome, but French bulldogs are substantially worse (see below).
- Even if your dog were a French bulldog, a single anecdote is not statistically significant data.
- French bulldogs demonstrably have a much shorter life expectancy than most other dog breeds. You can see in the data that pugs aren’t too far behind.
If you google “name of dog breed you think doesn’t have problems” + health issues, you’ll get a list of the problems that breed is prone to.
…Okay? The point is that we know this is a health problem for French bulldogs and pugs; there’s every reason to believe changing their facial anatomy would make things better and seemingly no reason to believe it’d make them worse. This feels like whataboutism.
I’m not against breed changes to improve health at all but the hurr durr I-just-learned-the-word-brachycephalic-and-now-I’m-gonna-act-like-I-invented-it shit needs to die in a fire.
I agree that the modern Internet is too capable of rallying people behind causes they don’t invest the time to understand, but I don’t see anyone underinformed here. We inbred this feature into dogs in the 1900s because it was considered aesthetically desirable. We now recognize this often causes severe medical problems. Changing the facial anatomy should help millions of sentient beings live their lives without said severe medical problems. Becoming aware of a problem and then advocating for a reasonable solution isn’t “acting like [they] invented it”.
Let’s make all dogs live longer and healthier lives without shitting on any of them.
They’re not. The reason French bulldogs were singled out here is because of their exceptionally low lifespans, and I think you’re thinking people who care about this are getting some smug, fart-smelling satisfaction out of this when really they’re just happy to see a glimmer of light in a world that’s falling into darkness.
What’s with the thick white borders on lemmy lately? What’s the use of adding these? I know there are people who are too lazy to crop their screenshot but in this case someone took the effort of doing the opposite of cropping the image. Why?
I think cropping already low-res jpegs will recompress them again and make them even lower quality
OP here. I stole this from Facebook and I am simply too lazy to crop anything rather than just hitting the share button
If you’re on windows shift + windows + s lets you drag a window that’s instantly screenshotted and in your clipboard ready to be pasted. You can rebind this function to the screenshot key too
I’ll never understand why people even want pugs. They are not cute, they are ugly abominations. Maybe they were cute before people turned them into this.
They used to be very cute and were functional dogs. Altdeutscher mops and retro pugs are good examples. Here’s an 1800s painting of one.
In modern pugs? Indeed, they’ve been selectively bred for brachycephaly (flattened muzzles), and poorly so, resulting in many potential health problems.
