Pedigree Dogs Exposed - 3 Years On

**Doogs** Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:14 pm

"In 2008, Pedigree Dogs Exposed lifted the lid on the true extent of the health and welfare problems faced by pedigree dogs in the UK. The startling exposé of harmful breeding practices generated a massive reaction from the public and from those involved in dog breeding.

The programme's producer Jemima Harrison returns to explore what has happened since she made the original film. Now a campaigner on dog welfare, Jemima takes a personal look at the positive changes that have been introduced since the original film and investigates areas of continuing concern, particularly among breeds like the pug, the bulldog and the Cavalier King Charles spaniel.

Jemima hears from dog breeders and a range of experts, many of whom express grave worries about the future of some of our best-loved breeds. She asks whether, with so much that needs to be done to improve these dogs' health and welfare, now is the time to radically restructure how the world of pedigree dogs is run and regulated".

Watched this on BBC4 the other night and it was particularly shocking to me because my beloved Boxers are significant in the programme - there is a genuine worry for the Boxer Breed in the UK with the two biggest breeders 'in-breeding' to the detriment of their dogs with many getting Juvenile Kidney Disease (JKD).

Here's the link to the iPlayer if anyone wants to watch it and comment, would be interested to hear what others think (it's not all about Boxers).

Hope this programme may be shown one day on either BBC 1 or BBC 2 so more people can see what's going on Crying or Very sad

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01cqp75/Pedigree_Dogs_Exposed_Three_Years_On/

**whitestarling** Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:54 pm

Unfortunately my connections to slow to use BBCi Player, but I've seen, and read a bit on this, and saw the original programe, and I think there's a lot to worry about. I read in the paper the other day, one expert said there should be a ban on breeding Pugs, and Bulldogs because their breathing problems were so bad. I suppose as usual a lot of it is down to greed.

WS