StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Dogs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoDefinitely a good initiativesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up1721arrow-down18
arrow-up1713arrow-down1imageDefinitely a good initiativesh.itjust.worksStarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Dogs@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·edit-22 days agoThey used to be very cute and were functional dogs. Altdeutscher mops and retro pugs are good examples. Here’s an 1800s painting of one.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoIn modern pugs? Indeed, they’ve been selectively bred for brachycephaly (flattened muzzles), and poorly so, resulting in many potential health problems.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 days agoNo, i meant, the whole head is disproportionally small in the picture.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoOooh, I get it. Painting issue? Maybe this one had a disproportionately small skull? My mystery mutt certainly does and he’s not a little dog.
minus-squareRejZoR@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoThey are fine in “original” fkrm, but current degenerated pugs are not cute or healthy.
They used to be very cute and were functional dogs. Altdeutscher mops and retro pugs are good examples. Here’s an 1800s painting of one.
Someone shrunk the head?
In modern pugs? Indeed, they’ve been selectively bred for brachycephaly (flattened muzzles), and poorly so, resulting in many potential health problems.
No, i meant, the whole head is disproportionally small in the picture.
Oooh, I get it. Painting issue? Maybe this one had a disproportionately small skull? My mystery mutt certainly does and he’s not a little dog.
They are fine in “original” fkrm, but current degenerated pugs are not cute or healthy.