Sentences with phrase «healthy as purebred dogs»

There is a misconception that mutts aren't as healthy as purebred dogs.

Not exact matches

The fact that a dog is «registered» or «purebred» truly means nothing as far as obtaining a healthy, socialized companion animal.

Although purebred dogs are sometimes denigrated as harboring all sorts of genetic abnormalities and mixed breed dogs are sometimes claimed to be healthier than their purebred cousins, the truth is that all dog have the same range of health problems.

Much of the press coverage (and, indeed, the press release from UC Davis itself) suggested that the study found that mixed breed dogs were not healthier than purebred dogs, as campaigners often maintain.

I see it every day in my veterinary practice but mixed breed dogs aren't tracked like the purebreds so they have a reputation as «healthier» that is actually undeserved in many cases.

Ridgebacks are as prone as all other dogs to health problems be they mongrels or purebred, in fact sometimes they seem to be too healthy.

A reputable breeder of purebred dogs has an ethical responsibility to the betterment of the breed as defined by the breed standard, as well as creating a place that is a safe and healthy environment for all of the dogs.

As dog trainer and author Brian Kilcommons explains, «mixed breed dogs are often healthier, longer - lived, more intelligent, and of more stable temperament than purebreds.

As I learned about the genetic diseases that afflict so many purebreds, I became determined to do whatever I could to ensure the dogs I produced would be as healthy and long - lived as possiblAs I learned about the genetic diseases that afflict so many purebreds, I became determined to do whatever I could to ensure the dogs I produced would be as healthy and long - lived as possiblas healthy and long - lived as possiblas possible.

The trouble comes in when people perceive the mixed breed as a single breed, as in «Mixed Breed dogs are healthier than purebreds, aren't as high - strung as purebreds, are friendlier than purebreds, live longer than purebreds, etc.» Recent attempts to denigrate purebreds as genetically unfit animals bred by greedy exploiters go overboard in extolling the virtues of mixed breed dogs and muddy the waters.

However, such a return to the wild is not going to happen, and in spite of assertions that they are healthier than purebreds, crossbred and mixed breed dogs are subject to the same diseases, structural problems, joint dysplasias, allergies, and genetic abnormalities as their blue - blooded cousins.

Please know that with your support, and by working together, we will be able to take the necessary steps to ensure AKC's long and healthy future as the nation's preeminent purebred dog registry.

Here at Royal Canin, there's no bigger obsession than making sure your purebred dog is as healthy as he or she can be; we've dedicated years of research to creating tailored nutrition for purebred dogs.

Also, purebred dogs have been changed physically over generations as the breed has been shaped by the breeder's definition of what «looks good»... many times what looks good, is not healthy.

Sometimes unethical breeders advertise hybrids as being healthier than purebred dogs because of the broader gene pool, but this hasn't always proven to be true.

Since January 2008 twenty veterinary schools from 12 European countries work together to collect DNA samples from purebred dogs; healthy or affected by similar diseases as human.

For each disorder, healthy controls seen at the hospital during that same time period were matched for age, weight, and sex to each affected dog to determine risk of disease presentation in the purebred group as compared to that of the mixed - breed population.