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Consider your large dog's health

sarahsingletono98

sarahsingletono98

Esteemed Citizen of ZV
If you're honest about what you are doing - please talk to your vet...

I have had about all the "with my mastiff" (substitute great dane or dalmation) emails i can take. It is so bad my first reaction is to discredit 99% of these as fake.

For the 1% (probably less) of people that truly own a larger breed. Consult your veterinarian regarding what is healthy for your pup. (Before the fakies get lecturing - breeders consult their vets all the time, its not an awkward question).

Larger animals are at high risk for:
1. Hip dysplasia - already a common problem in larger breeds- breeding a large dog can seriously exacerbated this and lead to sever pain for your pup.
-- elbow dysplasia is also very common on largee breeds
2. heart problems from excessive breeding - very common for large breeds to develop cardiomyopathy. Also to consider with your bet are heart arrhythmia, enlarged valves and others than can lead to your dog's stroke or heart attack.
3. Musculoskeletal problems - especially of the spine. Prolonged breeding can cause numerous back problems for a large breed and increased risk of arthritis
4. Hypertrophic arthritis

There are plenty more.

If you're faking it - please keep it in the fantasy threads and out of mine and other members' inboxes - it just pisses some of is off as animal abuse.
 
pes said:
Can you explain a bit more what you are talking about?
What emails faking what? What is in them that concerns animal health?
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The random emails from people who want to share their experience or chat (and for that matter thread posts) where people say something to the effect of "i have a mastiff who has a lot of experience"

I generally ignore the person after tjey make a remark about a large breed and just let it go. But i kinda had enough today and i thought i should clear the air. Ugh my words are tangled

I knoe most of those posts and emails are fake. The sheer percentage of mastiffs in the world divided by percentage of people into beast - means most likely there cant be more than a few hundred world wide and the chance they are all on here is astronomical.

But - there are people here curious, confused, learning, educating themselves.

So rather than just ignore the however many-th email/post about someone getting fucked by their mastiff/dane/dalmation - i figure - you know what? People need to realize why its a bad idea to fake it.

People who actually might consider a large breed should know (a) what to ask their vet and b. What to ask about.

I bothers me, no pisses me off, when pretenders potentially lead others astray by their comments. Even if it meant no harm, it could easily do so inadvertently.

I cant stop people from pretending they own a fully trained mastiff but i at least mayne i helped someone avoid injuring their dog.

(Hope that explains it. I realize i ramble sometimes)
 
On a tangent I am a male and I get about 1 spam mail every 3 months. You are openly a female and I am curious how many spam emails you get on average a month? I would like to have an idea about this, it helps me insult more fetishists. :D
 
pes said:
On a tangent I am a male and I get about 1 spam mail every 3 months.
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I don't even know how you accomplish that many. The closest thing I've gotten to a spam message, in the maybe 6 total people who have messaged me on here, was some disgusting shit about scat content that promptly earn the sender an ignore and report that got him banned.
 
dartel said:
I don't even know how you accomplish that many. The closest thing I've gotten to a spam message, in the maybe 6 total people who have messaged me on here, was some disgusting shit about scat content that promptly earn the sender an ignore and report that got him banned.
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Some people still think I am a woman apparently. :D
 
sarahsingletono98 said:
Larger animals are at high risk for:
1. Hip dysplasia - already a common problem in larger breeds- breeding a large dog can seriously exacerbated this and lead to sever pain for your pup.
-- elbow dysplasia is also very common on largee breeds
2. heart problems from excessive breeding - very common for large breeds to develop cardiomyopathy. Also to consider with your bet are heart arrhythmia, enlarged valves and others than can lead to your dog's stroke or heart attack.
3. Musculoskeletal problems - especially of the spine. Prolonged breeding can cause numerous back problems for a large breed and increased risk of arthritis
4. Hypertrophic arthritis

There are plenty more.
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Do you have any reliable sources to support this?
 
m1977 said:
Many breeds suffer health issues due to generations of breeding for characteristics desired by humans, and not what is good for the dog. I think this is a bigger issue than whether or not it is harmful for them to mate frequently.
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Very true. I was being specific to larger breeds however
 
pes said:
On a tangent I am a male and I get about 1 spam mail every 3 months. You are openly a female and I am curious how many spam emails you get on average a month? I would like to have an idea about this, it helps me insult more fetishists. :D
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Average month? Want to see my weekly totals ? ?
 
dartel said:
I don't even know how you accomplish that many. The closest thing I've gotten to a spam message, in the maybe 6 total people who have messaged me on here, was some disgusting shit about scat content that promptly earn the sender an ignore and report that got him banned.
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Wouod you like me to send you a spam email so you don’t feel left out? ??
i will just forward you some of mine
 
Some, but not all of these issues just highlight why the idea of keeping pure breeds is awful. Not all of them are though, and not exclusively an issue for larger dog breeds either. Hip Dysplasia would occur in a wolf raised in an apartment with only stairs and slippery wooden floors as well. But even then, it is so utterly disgusting that people insist on mangling the genetic health of dogs with what I'd consider borderline incest.

However, the biggest issue of all is, that despite the issues that exist, even actual owners of these dogs rarely do what they need to do, to keep them healthy. Especially in surburban house holds, there's no shortage of people who just let their dogs run up and down stairs, only walk them leashed along the nicely paved streets, and barely get them checked outside of when something is clearly and severely wrong. It's not just an issue of large dog breeds. People not taking all the necessary care for their dog is completely universal, regardless of size. And I have no doubt that the amount of people you can find on here that think they are doing a great job, but do fuck all, is unsettlingly huge. Don't make it a size specific issue, screaming it at every damn dog owner. And I almost mean that literally, so if you feel like it, go ahead and yell at any you see walking down the street.
 
sarahsingletono98 said:
Well said
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I'd rather shout it, at everyone. Every time someone mentions they have a specific breed I cringe and die a little on the inside. Certain breeds definitely being worse than others. I live in an apartment with a dog as big as I am, and he's probably older than some people on here has ever made one dog last before they got it put down over one of the numerous cripplings they've inflicted on it. You'd think they'd fucking realise that if their dogs keep getting specific deformities from letting their puppies crawl up and down the stairs every time they go for a walk, they should probably stop doing it!!!!!

It's like they let their children beat their cerebellum to mush without second thought and then they just go get a new one and it grinds my gears to no fucking end. It takes effort, sure. But does a little effort and care really hurt so much? I just cannot comprehend it and just reading and writing about it here makes me fume.
 
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