Your local moron

Listen. Ten years ago when I started practicing as a vet it was uncommon to see a pug. It was quite rare to see a boston terrier or a french bulldog.

There has been years of veterinarians campaigning against the breeding of extreme brachycephalic or ‘flat faced’ dogs and where has that gotten us?

About a third the new puppies coming through the clinic are brachycephalic. This is especially obvious with the influx of covid puppies, but this style of dog and the inherent suffering of brachycephalic airway syndrome has just become more popular.

We harp on about it because it is still a growing problem.

And it’s obscene. These dogs sell for multiple thousands of dollars, up to $12,000 for a ‘rare’ color, and people are willing to pay that. Some even take out loans to buy these dogs that breeders say ‘are healthy’.

It’s ludicrous. These dogs have shortened lifespans, struggle to breathe (sometimes surgery improves it but not always), skin problems, dental problems, heart problems, airway problems, digestive problems, knee problems and often hip problems. There is barely an inch of these dogs that are normal. That is so much preventable suffering.

For some reason people get addicted to these dogs, once they’ve had one, they usually get two or three, usually before they get old enough to really be obvious with their problems.

And breeders do not care, it’s too profitable to care. A lot of these pups are coming from places that have 4 or more breeding females, or are being transported in from obscure country locations. They are insanely profitable and small enough to breed in suburbia.

There’s too much money, too much public demand, and too much suffering. Honestly I’m reaching the point where I would say that breeding these dogs without a minimum length of nose should be illegal.

That’s about 1/3 the size it should be. This puppy was slowly suffocating to death every single moment of his existence. NOTHING should ever be like just because we decided the outside of the dog is ‘cute’. This is animal abuse, to breed dogs that are prone to this on purpose.

I wish they would remove this breed entirely tbh. Let the remaining dogs age out or dilute the breed by cross breeding them to healthier dogs.

People really need to stop thinking of harmful deformities in animals as cute, even “”healthy”” pugs have myriad of health problems. Even when I was too young to know they were unhealthy, I hated how they looked. Honestly as a kid I thought they took the puppies and smashed their face in to get that look. Not sure if the truth is more or less disturbing.

Seriously, how and more importantly WHY did we as a species take THIS

And breed it into this travesty

And even if you don’t wanna go back that far to a wolf (or more accurately, a common ancestor to our modern wolf and the domestic dog), look at the plenty other dog breeds out there that are very different from wolves but still healthy and sound animals (as long as bred responsibly).

Dogs need to have a muzzle!! They need to have eyes that aren’t bulging out of their skull!! They need to have a canine skull in general!!

Retro pugs are definitely a better alternative. Don’t know if it solves every health problem, but it’s nice to see a dog without bug eyes and with some literal breathing room. 

The side by side is insane. I personally think the muzzle on the above retro is still kinda short. but it’s absolutely miles above the purebred pug on the right. 

Now let’s fix the rest as well.

And cats too! The original persian breed never died out of the gene pool, they’re just less valuable to cat shows if they, you know, have a face. Why? I have no idea, the bottom look is hideous and makes life hell for that animal. 

Stop making horror movies out of live animals.

(pug on the left, persian on the right)

😒Bitch😒

😈Bastard😈

🥺Baby🥺

and

💀🖤🕰  Thirteen days later…

Time continues marching ever forward. All that remains are memories, but even those are ephemeral. Give it week, a month, a year. Like an aging polaroid, it will inevitably fade to a fond remembrance that we were there to see it end.

Memento Mori. Unus, Annus.

@markiplier @crankgameplays​

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3. deviantart oc anime kinnie

destiel canon apparently but more pressing issue: 

i don’t want to hear people going “oobloobloo these boomers” and “oobloobloo the south” and “oobloobloo these hillbillies”

IT’S DIRECT VOTER SUPPRESSION.