Vet tech here. I work for a veterinary ER, the largest in my state. The amount of genetically screwed purebred dogs (namely Frenchies) is disturbing. STOP. BUYING. THESE. DOGS. They shouldn’t exist… last night a Frenchie almost died choking on a Greenie. We intubated him, got the Greenie out, and guess what? Still oxygen dependent. Dude’s airway was 100% clear and he was blue as a Smurf. HIS TRACHEA WAS COMPLETELY BLOCKED BY HIS OWN TISSUE. THIS IS A BRACHYCEPHALIC BREED PROBLEM. How is a dog that can’t breathe desirable?? They can’t even give birth by themselves.
It’s not just Frenchies… the amount of 4 year old Goldens with cancer is abhorrent. Doodles are skin problems waiting to happen. At this point you can almost predict the issue the dog’s gonna have based on the breed.
We had an English bulldog drown over the summer after being in a swimming pool for all of TWO MINUTES. Swimming is an innate instinct in animals and every dog should be able to support itself in a body of water for two minutes.
Can we please do better as a society and demand that breeding dogs becomes a licensed profession?? We are completely screwing live animals for the sake of “cuteness”. I’m sick of seeing animals with problems that are 100% avoidable with better genetics. (Stop feeding them, too, they’re all morbidly obese…)
It’s not just Frenchies… the amount of 4 year old Goldens with cancer is abhorrent. Doodles are skin problems waiting to happen. At this point you can almost predict the issue the dog’s gonna have based on the breed.
We had an English bulldog drown over the summer after being in a swimming pool for all of TWO MINUTES. Swimming is an innate instinct in animals and every dog should be able to support itself in a body of water for two minutes.
Can we please do better as a society and demand that breeding dogs becomes a licensed profession?? We are completely screwing live animals for the sake of “cuteness”. I’m sick of seeing animals with problems that are 100% avoidable with better genetics. (Stop feeding them, too, they’re all morbidly obese…)