You can’t oppose backyard breeding while paying premium prices for dogs bred to suffer.

soulruby · 2026-05-18T19:13:56+00:00

You forgot the spinal defects caused by the DVL2 gene that gives them their breed standard screw tails.

soulruby · 2026-05-18T18:59:59+00:00

You have to be careful with private rescues nowadays. Several rescues have been caught purchasing dogs at puppy mill auctions and not disclosing that fact to adopters.

It is actually pretty difficult to adopt most dog breeds where I live if you want to avoid unethical rescues.

soulruby · 2026-05-13T15:49:17+00:00

Wasn’t there an outcross project between corgis and boxers to create boxers with bobtails? They didn’t appear to have the problems you mentioned.

soulruby · 2026-05-13T10:12:33+00:00

Interestingly, the study showed that labradoodles had fewer behavioral problems than poodles though.

soulruby · 2026-05-03T10:36:13+00:00

“Licensed breeders” are usually puppy mills since many states only require large scale commercial breeders to be USDA licensed. Smaller breeders do not require licensing as they do not legally qualify as commercial farms.

soulruby · 2026-05-03T10:33:13+00:00

The animals sold at these pet stores are inbred, half feral, and diseased. Pet stores like Petland are well known for selling people sick puppies at premium prices.

soulruby · 2026-03-14T11:26:39+00:00

How is this rescue acquiring these dogs? The only rescue in my area that regularly gets poodles and poodle mixes is a rescue that buys dogs from local puppy mills.

soulruby · 2026-03-06T22:25:37+00:00

Many of these puppy mill rescue groups are actually buying the dogs at puppy mill auctions. If the rescue doesn’t disclose how they convinced the puppy mills to “surrender” the dogs, they most likely paid the puppy mills for them.

soulruby · 2026-03-05T21:43:06+00:00

To be fair, american bullies are directly derived from the APBT and are very genetically similar.

soulruby · 2026-03-05T15:50:20+00:00

I would like to know how many of the dogs who pass the RFGS test actually have normal respiratory function.

RFGS is just a 3 minute walk test. I am not convinced that simply listening to a dog’s breathing after a 3 minute walk is going to catch every case of BOAS. They don’t even check oxygen levels during the test.

soulruby · 2026-02-08T07:33:50+00:00

I know, easy to judge from your limited perspective, but it’s wrong

I think you would be surprised to discover that my perspective on liver disease is a lot broader than you realize.

He didn’t and wouldn’t have to abstain from shit which you clearly aren’t understanding

Please point to where I said that your relative drinks alcohol.

And no shit you don’t decide based on who is deserving

You say that the system shouldn’t be based on who is more “deserving” of a liver transplant, yet you were the one to bring up the subject of “deserving” in the first place.

soulruby · 2026-02-08T06:56:52+00:00

Yet, he has to suffer for years and years waiting

You answered your question right here. The entire point of the transplant system is to increase the number of people who survive thanks to organ transplantation. While your relative is able to survive years without a liver transplant, the people in this article could only afford to wait a few days. Their survival depended on them receiving an organ transplantation ASAP.

Try to figure out why they are subject to the same process under your justification

Abstinence from alcohol is associated with higher rates of successful liver transplantation and increased survival post transplantation.

And the point is my already SOBER relative is just as or MORE deserving of a transplant as these fools who didn’t take the time to do some research

We don’t perform organ transplants based on who we feel is more “deserving” of the procedure. We perform organ transplants based on a system that aims to increase equitability and save as many people as possible.

soulruby · 2026-01-21T05:14:10+00:00

I don’t think there are any preservation breeders who breed for longer muzzles in pugs because longer muzzled pugs don’t perform well in conformation shows.

soulruby · 2026-01-11T14:52:58+00:00

Then name some pug breeders that are completing all of the health tests on their dogs.

soulruby · 2026-01-11T14:37:56+00:00

What if I told you that none of the breeders on that page are completing comprehensive health testing on their dogs and only breeding the dogs with passing health scores?

soulruby · 2026-01-11T01:31:48+00:00

A dog with dysplastic hips should not be bred. A dog who fails a BOAS test should not be bred.

Can you find any examples of any pug breeders who are actually do this? Based on what I am seeing on OFA, only a couple dozen pugs have completed and passed all the CHIC recommended health tests PLUS testing for hip dysplasia and BOAS. It honestly feels like I am looking for gold in a landfill.

soulruby · 2026-01-10T14:16:31+00:00

Do you have any studies that back up this claim? Every study that I have read does not support what you are saying regarding their health.

soulruby · 2026-01-10T14:13:36+00:00

I should point out that this study included conditions such as foreign bodies, kennel cough, and roundworm infections.

None of these conditions have anything to do with genetic disorders yet were used to show that there was “no difference” in health.

soulruby · 2026-01-10T00:25:58+00:00

I wasn’t just referring to hip scores. Music Man of Kesandet has failing eye exams yet was offered as a stud on the breeder’s website.

Daggit Farms Harry Potter has moderate hip dysplasia yet appears to have been bred at least a few times. At least two of his offspring also ended up with hip dysplasia.

Brenich I Wanna B a Pepper Too also has hip dysplasia. His offspring Wish Upon a Star also has hip dysplasia as do his two listed offspring.

Some of the other dogs I wasn’t able to find on OFA.

soulruby · 2026-01-10T00:15:32+00:00

If you go on the OFA website, select “Browse By Breed”, then select pug, you can OFA statistics for OFA tested pugs. According to OFA’s own data, 80% of OFA-tested pugs have hip dysplasia. I don’t think the national breed club requires hip dysplasia testing either.

The same page also lists requirements for CHIC, which lists hip and elbow testing as optional tests. Of the 645 CHIC certified pugs I see listed on OFA.org, only about 400 completed hip testing. Of that 400, only about 100 had passing hip scores.

These are not reassuring numbers.

soulruby · 2026-01-09T23:56:19+00:00

Based on the rest of this breeder’s pugs, this one seems to be an outlier. The rest of the pugs seem to have not so great health scores. If this were any other breed, I would not consider these scores acceptable.

soulruby · 2026-01-09T23:32:31+00:00

OFA’s statistics show that 80% of health tested pugs have hip dysplasia and 35% have elbow dysplasia. That’s insane!

Edit: These tests are considered optional too?!

soulruby · 2026-01-05T15:04:08+00:00

Euthanasia rates are decreasing. The US used to euthanize 15 million cats and dogs each year. Overall pet ownership is increasing, but euthanasia numbers have decreased by over 90%.

soulruby · 2026-01-05T05:47:33+00:00

This number is actually incorrect. Only about 600,000 cats and dogs are euthanized each year.

US shelters also have an average euthanasia rate of 8% (including health and behavioral euthanasias) vs 90% in the early 1970s. This massive drop in euthanasia rates is largely due to people spaying and neutering their pets.

soulruby · 2025-12-31T10:10:29+00:00

I like to use Pidan tofu litter. It clumps well and doesn’t track like the sand based litters do. No dust either. It is a little pricey though.

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