Stop buying pedigree dogs. Stop breeding them. Stop these awful practices | Michele Hanson
My last old dog, which I rescued from a “top breeder and judge”, had a jaw that jutted so much that its front teeth didn’t meet properly, so the breeder was throwing it away. And its tail was docked. Why? I asked the breeder. “Because that’s the dog’s shape,” said she. No, I said, “It’s the dog’s shape with a bit hacked off.” But if you keep it on, said the breeder, “it will knock things off your coffee table, and whack your toddlers.”
My last old dog, which I rescued from a “top breeder and judge”, had a jaw that jutted so much that its front teeth didn’t meet properly, so the breeder was throwing it away. And its tail was docked. Why? I asked the breeder. “Because that’s the dog’s shape,” said she. No, I said, “It’s the dog’s shape with a bit hacked off.” But if you keep it on, said the breeder, “it will knock things off your coffee table, and whack your toddlers.”