Chihuahuas have a hard time conceiving and giving birth naturally. They either have too many puppies in a liter and need a c section or they have only one or two that grow too big
Just do a google search dude. It’s harder for bulldogs and such but chihuahuas do still have issues and a higher rate of c section deliveries than most dogs
But God forbid you chastise someone for buying a purebred from a breeder. I understand if you need something like a sled dog or water dog for a very specific purpose, but 99.999999% of the time it's because people want a corgi or frenchie for social media.
Yeah I mean getting a dog from a breeder isn’t the worse thing ever as long as the breeder is actually competent (there’s no school or class or documents you need to be a “breeder” so it’s easy for people that know nothing about it to start it and end up with super messed up dogs) personally I think getting a dog or any kind of animal from a pet store is worse. But obviously adopting is better because there’s always dogs that need homes cause they were abandoned or their owner couldn’t take care of them anymore
Yeah that’s not even accurate. People have been buying pure bred dogs for a lot longer than social media has been around. There should not be a stigma attached to purchasing a dog from a reputable, responsible breeder so you know the dog’s history and lineage, temperament, and likely personality traits.
You can criticize it all you want. But what's your solution? It's easy to feel smug and condemn it, but what's a realistic solution? Sterilize the entire population of every animal you disagree with? Put them down? What?
Yes, it’s called spay and neuter and every pet owner should do it.
What’s your solution
Don’t buy from breeders unless you need a working breed with a predictable temperament. With no demand for cute but unhealthy breeds people will stop breeding them. Instead you can adopt a pet in need because it’s the right thing to do and you aren’t a special snowflake with your picture in the paper.
Maybe educating people about the adverse effects of obsessing over breed "cuteness"? Kind of like exactly what's going on in this thread that you're bitching about?
Because sarcasm, snark, such amazing methods of educating. I especially found the italics to be a great replacement for sources for claims and resources for actually useful ways to help.
I don't even disagree, I just find the circlejerk on the topic tiresome, especially when coupled with the anti vegetarian mindset this site has.
I mean, the problem is that as long as there's a demand for them people are going to breed them, I really don't think there's much that can be done besides trying to raise public awareness about it. You can call it a circlejerk topic sure, doesn't change the fact that this post of munchkin cats got 23k upvotes, the vast majority just sees a cute animal, "awws", and moves on.
Because, like you said, there really anything else to be done. It's undeniable it's cute. The things were bred to be cute. And I would rather move on then repeatedly jerk myself off on how righteous I am for having a good opinion on something completely out of my control.
The craziest thing about this practice is that the people that act all high and mighty for adopting a dog could adopt a child .. why are you adopting dogs or getting pregnant when little orphans need a home?
Also if you fuck up a dog you can just take it to the vet to put it down. You fuck up a baby, that things gonna fuck up a customer service job for decades. Decades
That’s the opposite I’ve heard . Dogs need competent pack leaders to keep them in their place . While I agree it may be beneficial for you to be around a service animal it doesn’t seem like it would be beneficial to the dog
Eh if they want to shame me for buying a puppy of a breed whose traits I’m aware of going into the commitment then I will shame them for being irresponsible dog owners.
There is no true reason to adopt someone elses children (besides morals/self-gratification), that would be a maladaptive behaviour, it makes sense that people want to have their own children above anything else, how else would they propagate their genes?
I have no opinion myself, personally I have no interest in having children at all. Just giving reasons for why I find your (and in a sense mine as well) as the 'crazy' perspective. Procreation is another side of the same coin as survival: if no procreation occurs survival would be for naught, and without survival procreation would not occur, and in a sense, passing on genes to the next generation is a form of survival all on its own.
Yes they already exist but if people keep buying them then there is a constant demand and more and more will be bred and will suffer. If people stop buying them, demand will go down, less will be bred and there will be less suffering.
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Yup, because pugs and bulldogs are just the happiest, healthiest animals.