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You know how dachshunds always have trouble with their backs and joints? Is this a side effect of bad breeding?

2007-10-22 14:23:30 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets Dogs

Selective breeding?

2007-10-22 14:26:57 · update #1

OHH okay..!

2007-10-22 14:33:53 · update #2

5 answers

no, its a side effect of physics.

2007-10-22 14:26:48 · answer #1 · answered by bob © 7 · 0 0

The bad backs that come from IVDD is an inherited problem. If the breeders would pay attention to what is in the pedigrees they could get rid of IVDD over many years of very selective breeding but BYB's and puppy mills don't care. Pet shops sell the pups intact and John Q Public buys the pup (paying $1500 to $1800) and feels they have the 'right' to breed the dog and try to get some of their money back. And the Beat Goes On........

I have had Dachshunds (mulitiple, not one at a time) since 1970 and never had back problems. My oldest dog right now is 15 1/2 without problems. Joint problems come from the fact that Dachshunds are dwarfed canines and miniature Dachshunds are dwarfs of dwarfed canines. Their hips and leg joints are not like too many other breeds (Bassets, Dandy Dinmonts, Corgi's) due to the fact that they have been dwarfed to be short legged so arthritis in older ages is common.

2007-10-22 21:44:09 · answer #2 · answered by gringo4541 5 · 1 0

It is a side effect of SELECTIVE breeding.

Selecting dogs that were built like that. Done YEARS ago to make that breed the way it is now. Just like Pugs and Bulldogs have pushed in faces. That was selected for. Each breed has been made through selective breeding for the traits that make that breed what it is.
Is it wrong? Some argument could be made that certain breeds have been selectivly bred to the extent that it has problems. Bulldogs cannot usually breed naturally or whelp naturally. Many years ago, they could. Breeders have selected for the extreme of that body type.
Giant breeds tend to get bigger, tiny dogs are getting smaller, stocky breeds getting stockier, long dogs getting longer........all this happens over years.

2007-10-22 21:26:29 · answer #3 · answered by ARE YOUR NEWFS GELLIN'? 7 · 0 0

Some breeders breed Dachshund to Dachshund/ AKC to AKC Dog. Reputable breeders go back 10 generations, evaluate who had what problems...hopefully the breeders with conscience neutered the dogs with the back problems, PRA, seizures, Von Hildebrands, etc. that run in the Dachshund breed.
You have to evaluate the breeding stock for many generations for those faults, knuckling over, coat, temperament etc. and hopefully if the breeder really cares and does their homework, they will have done their best to breed a dog that conforms to not only the AKC standard, but a pet that is healthy.

2007-10-22 21:39:09 · answer #4 · answered by buzzword07 3 · 1 0

yes it is a side effect but not necessarily of bad breeding but of careless breeding. This breed was originally used to go after prey and hunt it by going and digging tunnels. The name dachshund literally mean Badger dog. But these dogs have less problems than in the past. In the past all the different varieties of dachshunds suffered severe problems with their backs due to the lack of consideration given to the musculature need to cope with that stuctural build of a longer spine.

2007-10-22 21:35:10 · answer #5 · answered by gtlgtbee 3 · 0 1

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