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oh carpel tunnel. :o that's terrible. :(

I was talking to a groomer who said the FURminator is a waste of money. She can get the same effect by using a 10 blade and just carding the dogs coat, and much much cheaper. :D

I think if I were going to make a new breed. I would bring back into the current breeds one of the breeds used to make the current purebred. :wink: Rottweiler and Doberman. English Mastiff and BullMastiff Collie and Sheltie Newfoundland and Tibetan Mastiff or Lab or maybe even St Bernard I could go on and on. :D I think they would look great. And they wouldn't be too far off the standard that there is no reason why they couldn't be shown. I think the main thing would be to achieve health and do the work you need from them. Herding, drafting, droving etc. I also do not agree with money exchanging hands for any dogs. All dogs should only have a small adoption charge. This would snuff out the irresponsible breeders and if people are showing dogs, Well thats their hobby and the pups should not have a price tag. That in itself would cut back on over poputation. Then all we'd have to be concerned with is the people who just stupidly let their dogs run at large and the people who don't spay and nueter. zing those people with hefty fines so that they will be more responsible and more money could be put into the system to help rescue and employ people to nail offenders :D

Also people who race sled dogs are constantly crossbreeding to make a better and faster sled dog. The Alaskan husky doesn't really have a true standard and people who race have used border collies, huskies and other breeds to make a dog that excels at racing and they still do crossbreed and don't think too highly of any dog show standards. I was reading once about one Alaskan husky that was roach backed and had a few other disfiguments but was an excellent sled dog and had perfect conformation when running. The dog would have been run out of a show ring :wink: But, for fashion crosses I do think that is wrong. Any of the doodle mixes are just wrong because the people are breeding to make money not to better the breed. All of our purebred dogs are mixed breeds, but they have been selectively breed to make a standard which can be done. There are also many purebred dogs that still today purebred breeders who are concerned about genetic health do sneak crossbreeding. It has been done with Siberian Husky's, Collies and a few other breeds. Its pretty easy to lie to the CKC and AKC if your looking to better the breed :wink: