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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums100 Years of Breed “Improvement”
For the sake of honest disclosure, I will admit to owning purebreds (the pureness of purebreeds is a discussion for another time) but I also have mutts. All the dogs Ive had since childhood had a few things in common, they were crazy, prey driven, ball-crazy, intense, motivated, athletic (crazy dogs are easier to train) and none had intentionally bred defects. I would never buy/adopt a dog whose breed characteristics exacted a health burden.(Asher 2009). That just incentivizes people to breed more of these intentionally unhealthy animals.
The dogs on the left are from the 1915 book, Breeds of All Nations by W.E. Mason. The examples on the right are modern examples from multiple sources. To be able to make an honest comparison, Ive chosen pictures with similar poses and in a couple of cases flipped the picture to get them both aligned in the same direction. I had to skip some breeds I wanted to include because of the lack of detail in the older photographs.
The dogs on the left are from the 1915 book, Breeds of All Nations by W.E. Mason. The examples on the right are modern examples from multiple sources. To be able to make an honest comparison, Ive chosen pictures with similar poses and in a couple of cases flipped the picture to get them both aligned in the same direction. I had to skip some breeds I wanted to include because of the lack of detail in the older photographs.
http://dogbehaviorscience.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/100-years-of-breed-improvement/
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100 Years of Breed “Improvement” (Original Post)
XemaSab
Dec 2013
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XemaSab
(60,212 posts)1. See also:
"Can the Bulldog Be Saved?"
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/magazine/can-the-bulldog-be-saved.html
GladRagDahl
(237 posts)2. so sad
Especially the GSD. I happen to love this breed, but I no longer own anything but schutzhund dogs because I am saddened by the show standard.
Jesus Malverde
(10,274 posts)3. Incredible.
One wonders if we're also on this track...
NickB79
(19,243 posts)4. Well, I'll let you be the judge
I don't know if we're on this track, or strapped to it with a locomotive barreling towards us
Ligyron
(7,632 posts)5. so they took what would basically pass as a pit bull ...
and turned it into a pig.
and then they make up crazy stories about what a fighter it is.
'course, that's what happens when you start judging things by appearances.
Performance bred breeds stay as far away from show dogs as possible