There aren't enough words to express how vile I think these people are that would do such a thing. I hope the pups all end up in good forever homes.

Isn't there some law to protect these animals from this irresponsible breeding? This just makes me sick!

and folks providing wheels. Give them some love.

If you breed or buy, while homeless animals die, YOU are the problem. Just a reminder of that.

Dogs with flippers are really no different from dogs with inverted faces. Or dogs with tiny legs and too many vertebrae. or dogs with constricted craniums.

You know. Pugs, dachshunds, king charles cavalier spaniels?

To say nothing of the problems with dogs suffering from gigantism. Or extreme breed-specific neuroses. Or the conditions caused by deformed hip-spine conjunctions.

You know, great danes, border collies, and german shepherds?

Or the utter inability to give natural birth. Or having faces so long they effectively blind the animal. And of course, skin so baggy and saggy that fungal infections are standard and the eyes can't close properly

English bulldogs. Collies. St. bernards and bloodhounds.

I know a lot of DU'ers probably own these dogs, or others like them, and love them very much. That's good, I'm not knocking your dogs, or you for owning them - I mean they're there, and they need the love, so good on you.

But if you ask me? We need to move away from this sort of breeding, "designer" dogs, and extreme variations, all built around some weird "show standard." Intentional inbreeding needs to be stopped because it's as dangerous to dogs as it is to humans (ask a dalmatian about their kidneys.) The first concern needs to be viability and health of the animal, rather than conformity to some ever-more extreme 'standard" that results in balloon-headed animals that can't breathe, have seizures, and can't breed without coupling devices and caeserian sections.

I've often had similar feelings. Several of my friends have an affinity for dogs bred with scrunched faces, and it's been interesting.

It's just that I know what cost that entails for the animal. I'm sure you've heard a pug who gets excited about something, and it sounds like it's breathing through a bowl full of pudding. The animals can't pull enough air through their sinuses. Which is bad enough on their own... but the dog realizes that it has trouble breathing, and will usually avoid physical activity just for its own comfort - which leads to weight and muscle problems (And then there's other problems in the breed - pugs are prone to heart disease, and spinal bifidas are common in some lineages)

I am not opposed to intentional breeding of dogs - they're a domesticated animal, after all, and they've been bred by humans for ten thousand years and been perfectly healthy for nine thousand and seven hundred of those years. It's just that I think health and genetic viability should be first priority rather than "designer" traits. There needs to be way less inbreeding and way more crossbreeding. The AKC and other such organizations need to reform its breed standards with animal health in mind over flawless conformity to some bizarre, unrealistic standard.

Treating living beings as designer products, to be mass-produced to a constrained "type" standard hurts the animals. And it hurts their long-term viability as a "type" as well! I mentioned dalmatians; well, the problem dalmatians had was that most of the population had descended from one particular stud animal... who had a genetic problem that led to kidney problems. The animals could not produce liquid urine without medical intervention. Dalmatians came very close to becoming, if not extinct, an extremely rare breed. The had to undergo an extensive crossbreeding program to correct the problem, and htne more inbreeding to reset the "type".

I was struck when watching famous Arabian horses of American breeders, who have developed a head shape much smaller, and longer, than true Arabian horses have in other countries.

And back on topic....the difference between Britsh bred Golden Retrievers versus Americn bred. ( My personal breed preference)

and...the last word...the millions of "pit bulls" one can find for sale in any town here.

I would happily support a law against back yard breeders, as some countries have.

Modern Siamese with their extreme slim
body type, rat-like tails, huge ears and triangular heads are ugly IMO. When I was a kid in the 70s our neighbors had a Siamese. She was beautiful, a "regular" cat in body and face with the pointed color pattern and sapphire blue eyes. Over the years the breeders and cat shows have pushed for the extreme look that has developed. There are now breeders of "traditional" or "apple-headed" Siamese with the old look that are not recognized by the official cat breeders registry CFA (like the AKC for dogs).
Similarly modern Persians, with the squished face bulldog look, have health problems like bulldogs and pugs. This too is a trait that got exaggerated by breeders over the years. This is a big reason for the popularity of the Maine Coon breed, as people wanted a long-haired cat with a "normal" face.
The white cat in the Fancy Feast ads is a "doll-faced Persian" which, like traditional Siamese, is an unofficial breed by people rebelling from the modern exaggerated look.

... never go to breeders... please check out your local rescue for puppies or kitties.