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SkynyrdRocker posted...

Stop creating sick creatures so they can be considered "pure-bred"

one of the worst is Boxers. there is a very common defect in Boxers where as they age, they will contract a muscular disease that makes them slowly get paralyzed in their legs. it's horrible and I think boxers have like a 50% chance at least of having it. Breeders are supposed to do a dna test before breeding to see if the parents have it, and then not breed those dogs. so that the disease goes extinct. but they don't cause cause breeders want that puppy money, and they get away with it, cause the disease pops up years after the puppy is sold. my family has had 2 boxers and they both got it. the first is dead. 2nd one is slowing down and probably will be dead by this time next year. don't get pure bred Boxers. it's too risky.