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by charlie319 on 20 August 2021 - 10:08
As always, the pull of money.
by GSCat on 29 August 2021 - 22:08
by charlie319 on 20 August 2021 - 10:08
The (mass) market demands a softer dog. It's how they've screwed up Showlines and some working lines.
As always, the pull of money.
Too bad people don't pick a suitable breed dog instead of driving the market to change (mess up) existing breeds. A lot of this is driven by status/image, popularization in movies, TV, etc.
What's happening to GSD also happened to Siberian Huskies. Racing lines vs show/"regular" lines. The former are bred to race/work and the latter bred for looks. Temperament and energy/exercise differences, although all tend to be hard-headed clowns. Unless using for racing/sport or work, most people don't want to deal with the escapism, hard-headedness, exercise requirements, constant reinforcement/training, etc. so they demand a lower energy, less-hard-headed dog that looks good/like the huskies in various movies.. Unfortunately, a lot of Sibes get dumped, turned into the pound, etc. because even the non-racing lines that are bred for looks are not suitable for couch potato or moderate activity homes because of escapism, hard-headedness, exercise requirements, and constant reinforcement/training. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ over ensuring suitable homes [mad]
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