(IN): Adopt an Indian Dog - Adopt Some Happiness

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ATTENTION: THE PEDIGREED DOG GUARDIANS IN INDIA

 

http://www.peopleforanimalsindia.org/campaigns-adopt-an-indian-dog.htm

 

Adopt an Indian Dog - Adopt Some Happiness

 

What you didn't know about Pedigreed Foreign Dogs

 

What is a pedigreed dog ? It is an invented species—take a perfectly natural

dog , what the uninitiated would call a 'jungli' and then work on it for 20

years of selective breeding to make the end product into a bizarre shape,

size and colour and there you have a pedigreed dog . Pedigreed because you

know the names of its grandparents.

Artificial breeds – Tampering with Nature

Breeding 'pure' dogs is the ultimate cruelty inflicted on the canine

species. Their size, their structure, their self-defence systems are all

tampered with to suit bizarre human tastes. And then, when their appearance

doesn't suit you, you can go in for further mutilation—like the clipping of

ears in a Doberman to make sure that its inside ears are no longer protected

and insects can enter freely; or cutting its tail to an absurd stub so that

the anus is open to maggots. What can you expect when you buy a purebred?

Hyper behaviour due to the exaggeration of one trait after decades of

artificial breeding, and hundreds of expensive visits to the vet.

 

Common Physiological Problems with Different Pedigreed Breeds

 

• Dalmatians are prone to deafness.

 

• Poodles to epilepsy.

 

• Lhasa apsos to fatal kidney failure and cataracts

 

• Alsatians to hip dysplasia.

 

• Boxers and bulldogs to malignant tumours.

 

A breed completely crippled by man's quest for 'perfection' is the

dachshund. The emphasis is on short legs and an elongated body. These

truncated legs are inadequate supports for the dog 's long straight back.

Consequently back problems are common. One fifth of dachshunds suffer

ruptured vertebral disks which cause excruciating compression of the spinal

cord. No engineer would design a bridge with so much roadway between its

support legs and expect it to stand.

The pure bred has to have a prescribed look—and this is the source of

numerous health problems. The 'perfect' basset hound should have short and

thickened forelegs. Too frequently the legs bow, causing chronic elbow

dislocation. A specification that the 'feet turn a trifle outward' endorses

a splaying that often results in lameness. A standard that calls for eyes to

be 'soft, sad and slightly sunken' creates a large gap between the lower

eyelid and the eye and this becomes an ashtray ready to catch dust and

debris.

Another crippled breed is the pug with wrinkles and huge skin folds that are

sites of skin infections. The standard requires 'a nose set back deeply

between the eyes.' The result is pathologically short and twisted air

passages. An overlong soft palate and a narrowed trachea further obstruct

breathing. The pug's life is a short one, marked by a ceaseless struggle

against suffocation. According to the standard, the pug should have a low

front and high rear, with a massive head and widespread shoulders with

narrow loins. This makes mating extremely difficult, and whelping by natural

means almost impossible.

All pedigrees have major problems. Deep chested breeds are more prone to

bloat and to gastric torsion—a potentially fatal distention and twisting of

the stomach. Bull mastiffs get mysterious gangrenous protuberances on their

legs. The list goes on and on. Even temperaments have been radically altered

by breeding and this has produced needlessly aggressive or overly shy

animals.

Congenital heart disease is a frequent complaint in pure breeds and so are

cataracts, glaucoma and retinal degeneration. As a result of inbreeding to

create and maintain their appearance, each breed harbours over a dozen

genetic defects. There are over 300 genetic disorders recorded in India,

documented in the various breeds. These defects undermine psychological as

well as physical health.

Common Psychological Problems with Different Pedigreed Breeds

 

• Toy dogs are frequently high-strung and overactive.

 

• Mastiffs, German shepherds and Doberman pinschers are overly fearful and

submissive.

 

• Chowchows, Cocker Spaniels and Golden Retrievers are vicious because of

inbreeding

 

Thousand of pedigreed dogs are killed by their owners every year before they

reach the age of one year. A survey shows that the main reason is that the

'temperament has gone awry.' Was it their fault or the fault of those that

have turned beautifully made living creatures into toys?

 

Selective breeding increases the likelihood, as it does in human beings,

that a potentially harmful recessive gene will find its match and cause a

defect. In nature, where the population is large and varied, harmful

recessive gene pairings are rare. Natural selection removes from the

breeding pool those that are disabled by such genes. Natural selection, for

instance, would never allow the pug to exist—a breed that cannot even

perpetuate itself without human intervention.

The Rampur Hound

 

The Indian contribution to the pedigreed field is the Rampur Hound, the

ultimate joke played by the Nawab of Rampur on dog breeders. He took strays

and kept mating them till he achieved a uniform size and then entered them

as breeds in dog shows where they won awards due to his status rather than

theirs, and voila! The Rampur Hound was born.

Be Indian Keep Indian

 

Don't keep pedigreed dogs. Be Indian , keep Indian .

 

Look at the beautiful sleek Indian dog . Neither too small nor too tall,

wiry, with an elegant alert head, gentle expressive eyes, a well developed

bone structure, no tendency towards obesity, well-formed running legs and

ballerina paws. No health problems, no tick problems because of the short

hair, no excessive skinfolds that attract disease. Talk to any family that

has kept an Indian dog . What are their veterinary bills like? What is their

stress level like?

 

Would you wear western artificial fabrics in this climate? Would you build

western artificial homes in this climate? Would you eat western greasy

adulterated foods in this climate? Then why western artificial dogs? Surely,

your pride and practicability must come from being an Indian —or does it

come from being a secondhand westerner?

 

If you would like to adopt a healthy Indian Pup or dog, please call the

shelter(Link to contact page) nearest to you. Or call our all India *Toll

Free Number 1800–11–21–21*

 

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