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Kill me! (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/dankmemes@lemmy.world
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[+] -10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I never get you folks. The vast majority of the ones I see are pretty happy love running around and typically aren't bread to be flat enough to cause long term issues. Nothing that would leave me to believe we need to gas all of them because of suffering.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I work at a veterinary clinic. Most pugs that come in sound like they're having a panic attack just from walking in the front door, their breathing is so bad. It's abusive to breed dogs to struggle through life.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    To be fair, your sampling would be biased to dogs that have more issues, no? Either way, I don't disagree, people need to stop intentionally breeding unhealthy traits in dogs 🙁

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    We are not an emergency clinic, so most appointments in a day are typically routine. It's mostly annual exams, vaccines, nail trims, etc. So no, we don't see mostly problem appointments in a day. My sampling is just more regular exposure to many breeds under normal circumstances.

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  • [–] -5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I've done several years as a vet tech. The vast majority seem just fine 🤷‍♂️.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Friend of the family has two Pugs whom seem happy and energetic. Very energetic even, I get exhausted watching them lol

    I guess they lucked out on having functional breathing tubes.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago*

    Yea my family has some French bulldogs and same thing, they have always been super healthy and energetic. No breathing problems, either, but they got them from a reputable breeder who breeds for health more than the designer breeders.

    We really don't need to exterminate those breeds, imo, but we should absolutely be working to undo the genetic damage done from designer breeding. Ethical breeding should be enforced for breeds like pugs and bulldogs.

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