cynological:tinybigpaws:twocorndogs:engelhunddachshunds:twocorndogs:Keller’s Cause:This is an actual
cynological:tinybigpaws:twocorndogs:engelhunddachshunds:twocorndogs:Keller’s Cause:This is an actual statement made by the Australian Shepherd Club of America (ASCA) on their website. Merle to merle breeding is a reality that some choose to ignore. It was done in the past, and we wouldn’t have the Australian Shepherd breed we have today had it not been, but the reality is that this practice is outdated, unnecessary, and immoral. It needs to end. Now.We have a petition against ASCA, in which we respectfully ask they follow in the footsteps of kennel clubs in Europe, and ban merle to merle breeding. You can find the link to our petition here:https://www.change.org/p/ann-dechant-preston-kissman-laura-gibson-australian-shepherd-club-of-america-please-ban-merle-to-merle-breedingASCA claims that it strives to better the breed, but how can they do that when they are openly encouraging the breeding of disabled puppies, and then instructing breeders to take those puppies (that they created themselves), and disposing of them?Please join us in our cause. It’s time to end merle to merle breeding.I am all for ending merle to merle breeding, but no need to demonize the club over their statement. Cull used so mean strictly killing puppies. Now there are two terms. Hard cull, rarely used, meaning killing puppies, or the way more common version of soft culling. That just means neutering undesirable dogs to keep them out of the breeding population. I’m more than sure that’s what they meant.it says cull them at birth and then forget themnewborn puppies are not spayed/neuteredthey mean kill them^I don’t have much issue with culling unhealthy puppies, but what I DO have issues with is intentionally breeding for something where you have 25% of the litter being born with preventable issues. -- source link