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| Posted: 14 Sep 2009 05:01 PM PDT G'day Dog Lovers, As I'm sure a lot of you already know, the Pedigree Dogs Exposed documentary that caused such an uproar in the UK last year finally screened in Australia on the ABC last week. The BBC doco shows footage of Boxers having epileptic fits and Cavalier King Charles Spaniels writhing in pain from syringomyelia - a condition where the dog's brain is too big for its skull. The cause, it argues, is the United Kingdom breed standards - rules dictating how a particular breed should look. The documentary has led to some big changes in Britain and has already caused quite a stir over here. It will be very interesting to see what effect it has in Australia. Did you watch the program? What did you think? Are breed standards causing us to breed dogs with genetic health defects?  |
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