Thinking of getting a pet? Of course, everyone will recommend that you buy their favorite breed thinking that you will fall in love with, say, a Bully, just like they have. But they don't tell you about all the problems that a pure breed like an english bulldog comes with. Their rich genetic legacy guarantees that a black hole will form and inhale your money, forgoing such luxuries such as eating or getting gas for the car.
My advice, always, is this: there are so many wonderful dogs that need homes. Visit the humane society and you'll see a large number of wonderfully healthy dogs with dynamic personalities begging to be given a forever home. Generally these are mutts but that is an advantage: you won't be shelling out hard earned money to take care of the myriad problems the pure breed dogs typically come with. Sure, everyone knows someone who has a purebreed dog that is in perfect health. But for everyone of these people, there are twenty who have a pure bred dog that has nasty skin allergies, bad hips or knees, etc Think of it this way: the mutts are a blend of the sturidest genes out there...they're built for survival and are typically very healthy animals. Pure breeds, on the other hand, would have a difficult time surviving on their own. English Bulldogs would barely make a second generation since almost all of them have to be delivered ceasarian due to the size of their heads. Their inability to adapt to a hot climate (and this would apply to all of the smush faced breeds (pugs, french bulldogs, english bulldogs, etc)) guarantees there line would die out fairly quickly. Bad genes don't survive a long time for a good reason. The only reason pure breed dogs exist is because we continue to breed them and continue to breed bad traits.
The biggest benefit of adopting a mutt? The mutts are forever grateful that you've saved there lives! Good Karma goes a long way my friends.
Keep wagging!
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