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From the makers of Pedigree Dogs Exposed, the latest news and views regarding inherited disorders and conformation issues in purebred dogs.

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Monday, 6 November 2023

Shocking! And here's how YOU can help stop this abuse

Kennel Club registered - Britishbullz Fat Jack Last year, the UK Kennel Club registered over 60,000 Bulldog, French Bulldog and Pug puppies ...

Friday, 11 March 2022

Crufts 2022 - Day 1: scrutiny, scruples and a Neapolitan treat

(Click to enlarge) Eleven years ago, I wrote a post featuring the Neapolitan Mastiffs at Crufts 2011. It highlighted the dogs in the ring th...

Saturday, 16 October 2021

Crippled GSD wins Best of Breed at French Championship Show

Source Last month, the above GSD bitch won Best of Breed at the delayed 2020 French Championship in Dijon, France. Am sure she's a lovel...

Tuesday, 20 July 2021

TV REVIEW: Britain's Puppy Boom: Counting the Cost

Personally, I think the BBC should have been brave and gone with the original title for this programme: "Will My Puppies Make Me Rich?&...

Saturday, 8 May 2021

Chihuahuas: shocking new research finds they are full of holes (no really)

You're looking at a CT scan of a Chihuahua featured in a new study from researchers at the Universities of Helsinki and Surrey. The re...

Friday, 19 March 2021

Colonel David Hancock MBE - I salute you

I was so sad to hear of the passing of cynologist/writer/canine historian Colonel David Hancock MBE last weekend. I met him at his home in O...

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Jemima Harrison: I grew up with pedigree dogs - English Setters, Great Danes, Labradors and, most recently, Flatcoated Retrievers. Today, I share my home with an assortment of purebreds and mutts. I am an award-winning television producer of science-led documentaries, primarily for the BBC - including Science Documentary of the Year in the 2019 British Documentary Awards. In 2008, I directed Pedigree Dogs Exposed, a BBC documentary which uncovered the extent of health and welfare problems in pedigree dogs. The film has now been shown in more than 20 countries. Campaigning for improved purebred dog health has become a great passion - one fuelled by the fear that those who currently view themselves as the guardians of pedigree dogs are, often unwittingly, the agents of their demise. My mission, then, is to continue to highlight where things have gone wrong and to encourage breeders and Kennel Clubs to embrace reform - particularly when it comes to harmful phenotypes and inbreeding. When not campaigning, I am busy running a small independent rescue in the UK that specialises in gundog breeds and crosses. The rescue has found new homes for over 600 dogs in the past 12 years.

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