tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post1072011603927482674..comments2024-03-17T08:06:06.686+00:00Comments on Pedigree Dogs Exposed - The Blog: GSDs at Crufts 2016: the continuing travesty Jemima Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05092892697145388048noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-30449394483809842132018-02-06T09:34:15.570+00:002018-02-06T09:34:15.570+00:00Another Kennel who breeds beautiful level backed G...Another Kennel who breeds beautiful level backed GSDs and have been doing so since 1950 is Shadowsquad kennels near Newbury they have great temperaments too Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03049071363204954343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-14567371791333792472018-02-06T09:31:32.102+00:002018-02-06T09:31:32.102+00:00if you want a great GSD then go to Shadowsquad ken...if you want a great GSD then go to Shadowsquad kennels near Newbury they have been breeding GSDs since 1950 they have lovely strong level backed dogs with great temperaments<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03049071363204954343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-58522740768626352112016-05-31T15:06:31.307+01:002016-05-31T15:06:31.307+01:00The irony is the backyard breeders of GSDs are pro...The irony is the backyard breeders of GSDs are producing healthier dogs than the registered breeders. Would take a puppy from a neighbors "oops" litter over a show bred GSD any day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17520676743458940905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-16023002060491565342016-05-31T14:56:10.938+01:002016-05-31T14:56:10.938+01:00They make a lot of money out of the deformities an...They make a lot of money out of the deformities and conditions inherited by these poor dogs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17520676743458940905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-6453686962719106932016-05-31T14:54:10.078+01:002016-05-31T14:54:10.078+01:00I had a look at the Alsace Royale German Shepherds...I had a look at the Alsace Royale German Shepherds - aside from being over sized (the original German shepherd was a medium sized dog) they at least have nice straight backs and not too exaggerated angulation on the hind legs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17520676743458940905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-54289517044407826912016-05-30T09:59:58.365+01:002016-05-30T09:59:58.365+01:00Before you condemn anyone from the comfort of your...Before you condemn anyone from the comfort of your armchair, why don't you look further into things. This "appalling judge" actually breeds & trains dogs for the Sieger shows & is internationally respected. A deformed dog could certainly not succeed in these shows which test courage, obedience & ability BEFORE beauty - a dog that doesn't perform in these doesn't ever get to the final round. We have a beautiful, healthy pup from thfamily - I have never ever had a pup so well raised, healthy & of 100% sound temperament of any breed & I have had both Belgian & German Shepherds previously. We got vetted before we even got to see the pup so how you can think he doesn't care is totally beyond me. Stop judging others & go out to live your life<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-17173777293516507122016-04-26T21:03:48.089+01:002016-04-26T21:03:48.089+01:00This problem won't be solved til the judges st...This problem won't be solved til the judges stop awarding these dogs. While ever the judges are pulling these dogs out, the breeders will keep breeding them. These breeders are not lovers of this breed. Breeders should do their best to continuously improve the breed and breed to the KC Breed Standard - not breed to what the judges are pulling out. And when the public can see that structurally these dogs are incorrect yet these breeders can't, then the GSD is in real trouble. <br /><br />The long-coat took a different path into performance events and because of this were never "interfered with" by the breed people because they had no use for them. <br />I show in obedience and bred long-coated GSD's for over 20 years. A lot of long-coats have better conformation than breed dogs but wouldn't be given a second look in the breed show ring. I often attended obedience shows that were held in conjunction with breed shows and my dogs would walk across the show field and turn heads. My dogs held an excellent top line and were actually capable of doing a full day's work out in the fields if required. <br /><br />It is an absolute travesty that such a magnificent breed of dog has been brought to its knees by the very people that should be improving the breed. <br /><br />The people that can make a difference are the KC and their judges. But they have to have the guts and determination to do it. I don't think all German Shepherds should be banned. But by sorting out the wheat from the chaff, a lot of people with good dogs will start competing again and once the decent dogs are being pulled out the breeders that breed " to the type being pulled out by the judges" will start doing exactly that because they have been given the motive to do it. <br /><br /><br /><br />Elainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-35986443139122448002016-04-11T13:33:20.090+01:002016-04-11T13:33:20.090+01:00I get as angry/upset as the next person when I see...I get as angry/upset as the next person when I see abuse of dogs in all it's forms, but I get deeply annoyed when I see posts from people denigrating anyone and everyone who owns/breeds/shows pedigree dogs. My own breed has'nt been turned into some kind of deformed parody of what people seem to consider the acme of dog conformation and type [usually around 1890 or 1915]. Some may be a bit more elegant, but any discussion about current type, faults and failings is always about straying from the breed standard which was formulated to produce a dog that can work all day. Social media is full of pictures of these same 'show' dogs living the best sort of life a companion animal can. Silly comments about how all 'show' breeders care nothing about their dogs and deliberately breed for deformities just make even more of a wedge between those on both sides of this perceived divide. In the UK at least, the majority of dogs you see at shows are first and foremost family pets. And no, I am not a fan of short faced, heavily wrinkled or roach backed dogs - I totally agree with you all on that one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-24948829853992807102016-03-17T15:12:07.873+00:002016-03-17T15:12:07.873+00:00I agree. I was showing my terrier in California th...I agree. I was showing my terrier in California this weekend. I couldn't believe the German Shepherds. They ALL had terrible slopes to their top lines and walked on their hocks. The Golden retrievers didn't look like they could do a days work with all the coat and the Labs were horribly over weight. Shame on the breeders. Maybe we SHOULD call animal control on these breeders.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-48625548968720078612016-03-16T21:32:06.966+00:002016-03-16T21:32:06.966+00:00ADVICE TO SUSAN COOPER, BREEDER OF TORI - retire t...ADVICE TO SUSAN COOPER, BREEDER OF TORI - retire this bitch from the show ring, have her spayed and get Professor Noel Fitzpatrick's opinion on the state of her poor back legs and feet spine. Fire your handler and if you continue to show, at least get one who has some empathy and understanding of the breed.<br /><br />ADVICE TO THE JUDGE - apologise and retire. <br /><br />Some of the veterinary profession should be feeling guilty and ashamed as well!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-52372913793574818502016-03-16T18:09:49.771+00:002016-03-16T18:09:49.771+00:00The entire idea of dogs shows in general is disgus...The entire idea of dogs shows in general is disgusting. The people who have show dogs don't actually care about the dogs. Year after year after year they force dogs to breed and produce grotesque deformities. Why? So they can win ribbons. The entire breeding to imporve the breed argument is invalid. I'm in the States and go to a local show a couple times a year. I saw the GSDs this weekend. There was a large entry and they all looked like freaks. Poodles, Pugs, Irish Setters all monstrosities. I thought the pug was going to die after a walk half around the big ring. This is torture breeding at it's best (worst). There is a name for it but I can't remember the exact term. Maybe the humane society should be called to come and watch some of the show dogs and arrest the owners for cruelty Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-24982430563822513162016-03-16T17:47:51.021+00:002016-03-16T17:47:51.021+00:00Well done to all the people who are posting expres...Well done to all the people who are posting expressing their disgust and concern at the state of Cruaghaire Catoria. Please keep up the pressure and maybe the Kennel Club and Crufts will do something to stop the travesties of this beautiful breed being shown. Dog breeding is big business unfortunately, but if prospective puppy buyers could be persuaded not to buy these so-called 'banana backs', we would see a return to the original standard of GSD. If there is no demand then there will be no supply! Concerned GSD owner. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-68906780660296454992016-03-16T17:42:41.473+00:002016-03-16T17:42:41.473+00:00My GSD gets a 5 mile walk every day, has two big c...My GSD gets a 5 mile walk every day, has two big comfy dog beds and a box full of toys and she is a beautiful, healthy, happy bitch. I wonder if poor Tori gets even a third of these comforts and attention,I felt so sorry watching her, I just wanted to bring her home, look after her and take her to my vet.I know if my bitch moved like that she would be down to the vet's surgery ASAP.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-24721517147559665412016-03-16T14:30:40.518+00:002016-03-16T14:30:40.518+00:00I often get people saying that they don't unde...I often get people saying that they don't understand how anyone can abuse a dog. Well, I can. Take my Sibe. Bought as a cute, fluffy puppy for someone who wants a wolf at the end of the lead. Then reality hits so he is chained outside. Out of sight out of mind, owner barely bothers to feed him. He gets stressed and frustrated, so does owner. Owner takes it out on dog. (RSPCA of course does nothing until they are forced to).<br /><br />But this? Promulgating obvious deformities beggars belief. No one that I know who has seen this video, dog owner or not, thinks that these dogs move well. Most of them can see that the dog is stressed. How can people be so willingly blind to this? There must be easier ways of earning money than producing deformed dogs. What are the vets thinking that ratify this and worse?CReDO - the Campaign for Responsible Dog Ownershiphttp://www.dogsnet.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-11127141827975354352016-03-16T02:03:58.479+00:002016-03-16T02:03:58.479+00:00Let's face it - some of the breeders, handlers...Let's face it - some of the breeders, handlers and the judges (and you know who you are) are complicit in the whole debacle - everyone knows that winning at dog shows is often a political thing and a disgrace to all the hardworking ethical people involved - the judges and breeders of GSD's appear to be as inbred as the dogs. Something MUST be done and NOWJoaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230452570336999032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-71744029079432670952016-03-15T19:52:28.607+00:002016-03-15T19:52:28.607+00:00Pedigree Dogs Exposed some years ago said it all. ...Pedigree Dogs Exposed some years ago said it all. Some many years ago, a well respected vet. Lola Breeze from Lewes, E Sussex, invited 20 GSD Breeders to a seminar about Hip Dysplasia. 3 turned up. 17 did not want to know if there was anything wrong. They wanted to keep on breeding. Rough Collies were also ruined, with coats so dense, it made them too hot to work. Shame on the breeders and KC. from Auntie JanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-42679212996449215322016-03-15T19:37:20.847+00:002016-03-15T19:37:20.847+00:00I haven't watched crufts for years now after w...I haven't watched crufts for years now after watching a documentary on the kennel club and was appalled at their flippant attitude to what distress, pain and suffering the dogs end up with for the breeder to achieve perfection according to the kennels club guide lines on the breed, not only german shepherds but other breeds as well. I have owned german shepherds for 20 years, I currently own a white shepherd that I rescued because she was being breed over and over again. Shame on everyone involved. We need to get back to dogs being dogs not show pieces, dogs are beauiful butthey are not a piece of art they are man's best friend and we are supposed to be a nation of dog loversAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664798139476581546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-54603461973598290662016-03-15T19:05:56.857+00:002016-03-15T19:05:56.857+00:00Having bred,shown and judge gsds for over 30yrs,i ...Having bred,shown and judge gsds for over 30yrs,i was in tears seeing our beautiful breed ruined forever,this is what the kennel club have been promoting for quite a few years,i have not shown at crufts for over 10yrs due to me having the english type the kennel club only put up germanic type judges so waste of time, they will not even look at our type the correct type.so maybe next year all you english including me must all go to crufts and show the general public all the german shepherds around are not like you see in the groups at crufts,i have been saying this for years deformity breeds deformity.Lewemma gsdsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-5109863646059328972016-03-15T18:38:23.459+00:002016-03-15T18:38:23.459+00:00I was shocked and appalled to se the Gsd on crufts...I was shocked and appalled to se the Gsd on crufts, even more shocked at the statement written by the gsd dog league of Great Britain, something needs to be done to stop sloped back dogs being breed. The judge was a so called breeder and had over 40 years experience of the breed. My dog would not walk the way that poor dog did under duress and am appalled that this was used as a reason<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-18649133651383708862016-03-15T16:26:01.119+00:002016-03-15T16:26:01.119+00:00OMG so the judge is ill now, what is he suffering ...OMG so the judge is ill now, what is he suffering from? A massive hangover or a crisis of conscience?? Wonder if the so-called handler is feeling guilty as well? So obvious the poor bitch had no confidence in him, certainly no bond between them. I would NEVER dream of dragging my GSD bitch around and manipulating her hind legs the way he did. SHAME ON YOU JUDGE, BREEDER AND HANDLER.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-18380815645759575792016-03-15T16:19:47.138+00:002016-03-15T16:19:47.138+00:00From Erin's owner - I watched my girl out on t...From Erin's owner - I watched my girl out on the hill today, turning, jumping, playing and really enjoying her exercise. I felt so sorry to think that poor Tori would never be capable of such movement. I understand Tori has already had a litter, so yet another generation of genetically mutilated pups on the circuit. I would never buy from the breeder 'Susan from Fife, Scotland'!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-59738766968364078222016-03-15T15:59:37.796+00:002016-03-15T15:59:37.796+00:00Well done to the editor of New Day for printing su...Well done to the editor of New Day for printing such a damning indictment of the 'judge', 'breeder', 'handler'and the appalling record of Crufts. Mark Abrahams' comments particularly welcomedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-83623382665644271212016-03-15T13:29:37.592+00:002016-03-15T13:29:37.592+00:00The bitch was indeed in season, which is probably ...The bitch was indeed in season, which is probably why the dog was distracted and not showing properly either. <br /><br />Although the rules for conformation competition (unlike obedience or agility where the animals are off-lead) allow this, it's considered to be unsporting by many - even bitch owners! - and so they get left at home.Marynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-79424615025962724502016-03-15T06:46:19.333+00:002016-03-15T06:46:19.333+00:00Dear Jemima, long time no see! Keep up the good wo...Dear Jemima, long time no see! Keep up the good work! I have been investigating and writing about the GSD breed on a weblog (www.bloggen.be/hd) for years and have been flunked out of the GSD-association in Germany for constantly addressing the fraud, the mischief and the corruption within the association. It is all about the money! Just recently I have documented how huge the revenues are for people owning the stud dogs that have been awarded "best of breed"-prizes at the shows. Check my weblog and look for the attachment/report by the name/title of "Tiefenwahrnehmung2016". People might not understand the text, as it is written in German, but they for sure will be able to look at the magnitude of the income! 200.000 til 250.000 Euro is what the revenue is for a well promoted stud dog. After his stud carreer, he might get sold to China (where all of the top GSD are currently sold to) for amounts between 375.000 and 500.000 Euros. Call me if you have questions! Kind regards, Jan Demeyere, B-8570 Vichte Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1183957703077342201.post-79077848308614656082016-03-15T04:34:46.210+00:002016-03-15T04:34:46.210+00:00Dogs of any breed should not be for profit or show...Dogs of any breed should not be for profit or show.<br />Does this "handler" have a conscience?<br />Doesn't he have something more worthwhile to do with his time than torture animals ? The handler,judge ,vet & promotors should be jailed .What is wrong with these people??Leanne Russellnoreply@blogger.com