Thursday 1 December 2011

OMG - Another one of "those" moments


Blue eyes in bulldogs is a fault - not an excuse to add pounds to the price











With the likes of Jemima Harrison on the war path again with her Pedigree Dog's Exposed campaign, I saw a message this morning that really did make me go OMG. Read through this advert....

VERY RARE BLUE EYED STUNNING MALE BULLDOG PUPPY FROM A LITTER OF 5, The Odds Of A Blue Eyed British Bulldog Are A Zillion To One ( Look It Up On Google ) These Dogs Are £10,000 Plus In The USA Not In UK ( Very Unique ) He Has A Redish Brown Body With White Head & Black Around His Right Eye With A Perfect Tail. He Has An Amazing Pedigree And Is Very Strong & Chunky, He's A Healthy Puppy With A Great Temperament Being An Excellent Example Of The Breed. The Bloodline Is Truly Outstanding, THE SIRE HAS NO LESS THAN 12 CHAMPIONS IN HIS 5 GEN PEDIGREE ALONE, Bullies Such As CHAMPION CALIBRA KRYPTONITE, CHAMPION CALIBRA GOLDEN JUBILEE, CHAMPION ROWENDALE RUM TRUFFLE, WORLD CHAMPION ‘MYSTYLE GOLDEN WONDER & Many More. CHAMPION ‘MERRIVEEN MAKE MY DAY’. The Dam Also Has Top Bloodlines Being Grand Daughter To MULTI INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION OCOBO FREDDY MYSTYLE, SHE ALSO HAS MANY CHAMPIONS IN HER 5 GEN PEDIGREE ALSO INCLUDING A FEW WORLD CLASS CHAMPIONS, To Many To Name. He Was Born On The 16th September And Is Ready To Go ON The 10th November. He Will Come With KC Pedigree Papers , 5 gen Pedigree Tree, 4 Weeks Free Insurance, Puppy Pack, 1st Injection, Micro Chipped, Health Checked, And Wormed To Date. He Is Only Available To A Good Loving Home. He Is £3000. Viewing Welcome. Viewing Is Also Available Via Youtube As You Can Have A Better Look This Way. NO TIME WASTERS PLEASE.


The chances are that some poor sod has already fallen for this and it angers me that whilst the likes of Ms Harrison are hell bent on attacking those that at least try and do it properly, adverts such as this are popping up all over the place from people who really don't have a bloody clue. I feel sorry for the breeders who's dogs have been listed in this advert, although to be honest reading through some of those dogs I can probably guess where the blue eye has come from.
A blue eye is simply lack of pigmentation in the eye, it can indicate deafness but rarely does, it mainly appears on white dogs, although it's also common in fawn dogs where the white colour gene has diluted what would have been a red coated dog. I've seen it on Brindle dogs too but it is certainly not a rare condition that requires a £10,000 price tag, it's a fault and a fault that should not be bred from due to the deafness risk.
If Ms Harrison gets her way all breeding in the future will be as indiscriminate as this and then all of our pedigree breeds will be "at risk". Pups with blue eyes should be sold with restrictions for a lesser amount to pet homes. They should not be an opportunity for someone to scam you out of thousands of pounds more!

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