Comments on: The Kennel Club Answers Back! http://www.marcthevet.com/2008/08/the-kennel-club-answers-back/ Shaggy dog stories Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:07:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mel http://www.marcthevet.com/2008/08/the-kennel-club-answers-back/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Mel Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:17:14 +0000 http://www.marcthevet.com/?p=178#comment-51 The Kennel Club claims that dogs inherited all their current problems from back in the 1800s??? That's self-serving nonsense. Dogs back then were significantly heathier and more functional. Bassets back when the breed standard was written, for example, were required to be "able to sustain a 1 1/2 hour trot without obvious exhaustion". A Basset today would be lucky to jog half-way around the block before keeling over. The Kennel Club claims that dogs inherited all their current problems from back in the 1800s??? That’s self-serving nonsense. Dogs back then were significantly heathier and more functional.

Bassets back when the breed standard was written, for example, were required to be “able to sustain a 1 1/2 hour trot without obvious exhaustion”. A Basset today would be lucky to jog half-way around the block before keeling over.

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