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Nowadays, it seems very fashionable to criticize the purebred dogs. Even the BBC has joined the crowd with a documentary (Pedigree dogs exposed) describing the dangers of breeding purebred dogs for the health of dogs. They identify two major problems:

- Selection of purebred dogs is done on criteria who are not healthy for dogs.

- Too high consanguinity increases the likelihood of genetic disease.

For the first problem, the solution is easy in some cases: if Cavalier King Charles had a nose too short, which prevents them from breathing properly, the standard should be changed to let them have the nose longer. In some cases, such as Basset breeds, there are complaints that the selection of dwarfism can give them arthritis, but the short legs are not intended for looks, it has been proved useful to have dogs that can not run too fast, for hunting and even the dogs company.

Regarding the second question, the root of the problem seems to be deep in the mentality of dog lovers. The pure-bred dogs were used both as a marketing trick to sell dogs to a higher price that people do not even bother to question.

In the past, pedigree was handmade by the farmer, there was no database that allows people to search for ancestors of their dogs, and no way to verify the parentage of a dog through DNA. Thus, farmers were bringing new blood into their lines by outcrossing with other breeds. Both they do not cross too and the dogs were still looking and behaving like they were supposed to, customers were happy. For example, in the late nineteenth century, the Brittany Spaniel is a little dog French scoring no particular significance until some hunters English came to Britain with their very successful English setters and pointers. The owners of the French Brittany were very pleased to be able to cross their dogs with these champions of England (the English were the first to select Pointing Dogs on capacity). That is how Brittany spaniel became the leader of the French race.

Today, farmers across Brittany spaniel with bodies and pointers are called "crooks" by ninety percent of dog lovers race. How the same thing so differently judged one hundred years later?

What about the Boxer affair? Traditionally, the tail of the Boxer has always been docked for cosmetic reasons and practices. For the last decade, bans on tail docking has been performed in many countries including the United Kingdom A good breeder knowledge of English, Dr. Bruce Cattanach ( http://www.steynmere.com/BOBTAILS.html) discovered that some breeds have a naturally short tail. He began an experiment to pass this gene to a short tail of the boxer breed. In crossing naturally short tail with a Corgi Boxer, selecting a mixed breed with short tails, the crossing with a boxer and so he obtained after several generations, Some dogs like Boxers who are born with naturally short tail. He managed to save the Kennel Club using a special procedure and difficult to provide a pedigree of a purebred dog impure (as the first of his line).

The experiment was a success and Boxers short tail with less one percent of blood Corgi have been exported to different countries. Until the German Boxer Klub, which is responsible for setting the standard that German race, decided to prohibit any boxer born with a short tail on the ground that these dogs are not one hundred percent pure Boxer. Thus, a desired trait (short tail) was banned on the grounds of racial purity. Something seems wrong, is not it?

Another factor is the worsening situation: the regular emergence of new races. National pride plays a big role in this phenomenon, each country will have its own breed dog, usually a spinoff of another race earlier. Once this new breed of dog is recognized, it becomes very difficult even impossible to cross with the subjects of racial origin. Thus, recognition of new breeds to create small population of dogs that inbreeding increases with each generation.

As proof of the fact that there are too many races, there is a quiz about three hundred and thirteen breeds recognized by the Federation International Kennel. It allows you to guess the race photos. This quiz has been demonstrated to many people, including some all round judges (judges have to judge all breeds), and none of them could recognize all the races in "fashion" difficult, because identification of particular race must be chosen from the entire list of breeds of dogs as possible.

Is not this evidence that there are too many breeds of dog around?

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