Originally posted by David C.Frost: I know the thought of the mini GSD, or whatever they are going to call it irritates most. But where do you think all these ankle biter dogs came from. At one time they were a full sized something. Breeders, as a rule, breed what sells.
DFrost I was *not* talking about breeding GSDs who are undersize per the standard, I was talking about breeding GSDs who suffer from pituitary dwarfism, a very serious genetic disorder that causes a lot of suffering and a very short life expectancy.
I've no clue how you got from there to creating toy breeds or whatever your point was.
David to make a toy dog you have to breed smaller dogs to smaller dogs, not dwarves. This takes a lot of time. This is how the mini horse got started. It took 400 years of breeding to produce this, starting with small arabian horses.
I have had 3 very small GSDs in my rescue - could be mixed, no papers, but all looked purebred. 2 were stellar, one was a nightmare. I would not be surprised if someone in my area is breeding mini GSDs as a BS marketing ploy.
well i went to that website and i am mortified of what i saw, i feel bad for these freakish dogs, from what i read, they have lots of problems health and mental, and i certianly hope no one would purposely breed them. many of them don't live long at all. i thought it interesting that the ones on the site i read about were from regular gsd parents and most if not half of the liters were normal.
These mini gsd should be culled and put out of their misery, I can't imagine breeding for profit into a world of suffering and pain. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
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