After further discussion with Shadow, I have decided that it is not quite so unfair that she is going to be used in breeding and I\u2019m not. It is going to mean she has to have lots of tests and I don\u2019t think I really fancy them. She has to have her eyes tested and her hips and then she\u2019ll have people prodding and poking to make sure she looks all right. Now if you were to leave it down to us dogs, it would be more \u201cYeah, she looks all right. Now let me get at her.\u201d We don\u2019t pay much attention to whether all her markings are in the right place. It\u2019s a bit like humans. Don\u2019t you ever think it\u2019s a good job that there isn\u2019t a test for humans to be able to breed? Let\u2019s face it, if it was only the perfect specimens in looks, character and health that were allowed to breed in humans, then there wouldn\u2019t be many of you out there! Oh, it might weed out a few problems, but it would also drastically reduce the numbers. There aren\u2019t many of you out there that are anywhere near perfect. Imagine if you were eliminated from breeding because you were too short, too tall, overweight or had a crooked nose. The only people that would benefit would be the few perfect males for whom the opportunities would be endless, if they could actually find some perfect females! Now don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019m proud of my breed and I wouldn\u2019t want it to disappear because we\u2019d been crossed with other things. At the same time, I don\u2019t want it to disappear because only the perfect ones could breed and there aren\u2019t any perfect ones. It\u2019s not an easy balance to find.<\/p>\n
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