Study: Most Dog Breeds Highly Inbred

Re:Study: Most Dog Breeds Highly Inbred by bsder on Friday December 03, 2021 @10:44AM (#29431258)

> Would you get a golden retriever if you knew that at 7 years-old it's very likely to get a brain tumor?

Dogs have a lifespan. It's shorter than ours. It's sad, but it simply is.

Scottish terriers seem to get cancers around 10-12 years. My dog died at 11 of liver cancer. A brother died of a stomach cancer similarly. The mother died of a brain cancer at about the same age.

Was the joy and happiness brought by those dogs not worth it simply because their lifespan wasn't longer?

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Re:Study: Most Dog Breeds Highly Inbred by azemetre on Friday December 03, 2021 @11:16AM (#29431637)

The joy and happiness is purely at the expense of unethical practices tho, that is my issue. These are living empathetic creatures, not designer fashion pieces (which is often what pure breeds are selected to emulate). There's no reason why you couldn't bread a healthy retriever dog, yes it may not look exactly like the current iteration of a golden retriever but it will live a life that is less likely to be purposely afflicted with pain or suffering.

I've only owned mixed dogs and they've all lived extremely health lives with zero joint, spine, breathing, or jaw issues.

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