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Puppy Farms and awareness to have a health Tested background


When we got our pug i Looked for a pretty pug and didn’t realise firstly I nearly fell into the trap of a puppy farms. My husband jay said you really need to watch this documentary about puppy’s . It was so distressing it made me cry how pups were taken from there parents at an early age. Some make the journey from abroad or from points in the UK. It made me have a hard look at how I look for dog that will be be well and know it’s history . I had heard so many sad stories of people buying dogs and them dying because they were taken from there parents to young or there was something wrong. Even worse some dogs that come from puppy farms die due to lack of care and being under nourished. I decided to do a background check on the first cute pup. I researched and Unfortunately I found scam details and complaints about the first place I looked. Always make sure you buy from a reputable breeder or a pedigree puppy. After this I was pretty shell  shocked ,I cried after the documentary. I was personally was very frightened about how I purchased our new puppy. Puppy farms ship to order and therefore endure long and ghastly journeys without food and water. These people are not passionate about the breed and there just interested in the money. We need to raise awareness that people purchase from breeders preferably the Kennel club to strengthen the breed of Pugs. Both of Aphrodite parents were health tested for any genetic conditions that are prominent to the breed. There are varied genetic issues that could possibly exist.

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  • Pug Dog Encephalitis (PDE)
  • Degenerative Myelopathy (DM)
  • Primary Lens Luxation (PLL)
  • May-Hegglin Anomaly (MHA)
  • Pyruvate Kinase Deficiency (PKD)
  • Other Diseases Reported
(For which there are currently no genetic or screening tests for sire or dam)
  • Brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS) (the shortened skull and elongated palate affects the ability to breathe and exercise intolerance)
  • Corneal ulcerative disease
  • Hemivertebrae (wedge shaped vertebra – in some dogs causes hind leg weakness, spinal pain, paralysis)
  • Atopy (sensitivity to pollens and other protein substances, causing intense itching and sometimes skin trauma)
  • Skin fold dermatitis (around the tight screw tail and facial folds)
  • Trachael collapse
  • Patellar luxation (slipping kneecap)
  • Pigmentary keratitis (eye disease, potentially leading to blindness)
  • Epilepsy
  • Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (developmental disease of the head of the femur, causing pain and lameness)
  • Hypothyroid (underactivity of the thyroid gland causing lethargy, weight gain and hair loss)
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Distichiasis (double row of eyelashes)
  • Dry eye (Keratoconjunctivitis sicca)
  • Dystocia (birthing difficulties)
  • Cancer: canine cutaneous histiocytoma; mast cell tumors; brain tumors
  • Intervertebral disc disease (causing pain, weakness or paralysis of the hind quarters)
I next decided we would search for a pedigree breeder that was as near as possible. I found a lady via one phone call that passed me to Heryonite And the progress of the purchase began and we see our pup with her mother and father. 

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