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See photos contrasting what some breeds looked like 100 years ago to today. The Bulldog is a walking genetic disaster; the Hapsburgs of dogs.
1 posted on 12/06/2013 6:12:21 AM PST by C19fan
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Just looks like, to my untrained eye, the difference between slim and well/over-fed dogs, with the exception being the Bull Terrier’s head.


2 posted on 12/06/2013 6:22:32 AM PST by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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Do a search on “Leavitt Bulldog” for breeders who are trying to bring back the bulldog as he once was. They are lovely animals.


3 posted on 12/06/2013 6:23:32 AM PST by Notary Sojac (Mi tio es enfermo, pero la carretera es verde!)
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As rescuer of a Boxer, I think they look better now.


4 posted on 12/06/2013 6:25:58 AM PST by JRios1968 (I'm guttery and trashy, with a hint of lemon. - Laz)
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Every dog owner is guilty of animal abuse.


6 posted on 12/06/2013 6:59:44 AM PST by Born to Conserve
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There is a group attempting to bring the bulldog back.

Madam, now 10, is an old English bulldog and she looks much more like the first picture.

(Wonderful personality & smart, but stubborn and bit bossy - best dog I've ever had)

7 posted on 12/06/2013 7:14:44 AM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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Modern Shepherd with sloping back and poor chest looks deformed and is quite a comparison to the straight backed shepherds of 100 years ago.

Breeding for appearance. It does a dog bad.


8 posted on 12/06/2013 7:18:22 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (I grew up in America. I now live in the United States..)
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I also think that today’s Boxer is a better looking breed. The bulldog is not. I’m glad they started breeding them in color instead of black & white though. lol


9 posted on 12/06/2013 7:23:39 AM PST by DeakonSmith
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Shiba Inu dogs still look fine (I've got one). Some Siamese cats, though, what's up with the wedge heads?
10 posted on 12/06/2013 7:59:53 AM PST by steelhead_trout (MYOB)
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The American Quarter Horse has also been deformed now have life threatening deformities.


11 posted on 12/06/2013 8:05:00 AM PST by huldah1776
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Cockers aren’t near the beautiful animals that they once were, either.

Hurray for the Border Collie breeders (not the ones that joined the AKC).

What does anyone want to bet that 90%, or more, of show dog breeders vote Democrat, Socialist, Labour, or further left?


12 posted on 12/06/2013 8:07:43 AM PST by chesley
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Could be worse. We could be talking about goldfish!
13 posted on 12/06/2013 8:08:38 AM PST by steelhead_trout (MYOB)
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Which bully?

American bulldogs

Scott or Johnson

Very hardy mofos

My dogs are pretty resilient

Rotts....Serbian


20 posted on 12/06/2013 2:05:43 PM PST by wardaddy (choctaw bingo)
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