The Kennel Club has announced new standards for 209 dog breeds in the midst of claims of ill health in pedigree dogs as a result of in breeding . The announcement follows the high profile withdrawal of the RSPCA from Crufts last year, claiming that breeding designed to exaggerate certain features had led to painful deformities.
The changes include an alteration of the guidelines defining which features dog should have to quality as a pedigree. There are significant changes in the guidelines of what features a bulldog should have, following concerns that bulldogs’ jowls were being exaggerated to painful effect. Now, the bulldog must be leaner and will no longer be encouraged to have heavy jowls and deep, overhanging wrinkles. Instead, ‘skin may be slightly wrinkled’, but ‘must never adversely affect or obscure eyes or nose’.
The change has angered the British Bulldog Breed Council, who claim it could lead to the loss of a breed emblematic of defiance and pugnacity. Chairman Robin Searle said, ‘What you'll get is a completely different dog, not a British bulldog.’
The Kennel Club said breed standards had been revised to exclude ‘anything that could in any way be interpreted as encouraging features that might prevent a dog breathing, walking and seeing freely’.
Kennel Club Announces Change in Pedigree Dog Standards
Thu, 15 Jan 2009
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