#and because everyone knows about retromops and they went viral a decade ago its now being slapped on every puggish mix with a nozzle
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every time someone in a discussion about breeding for BOAS reduction in pugs says to 'look up this program called Retromops' i slip a little arsenic into the produce section at the grocery store
#the chances of getting one of them are slim#but grow a little every time 🙏#listen: we all know about retromops.#and because everyone knows about retromops and they went viral a decade ago its now being slapped on every puggish mix with a nozzle#regardless of overall health or ethics in breeding which#is one of the great challenges independent breeding programmes face.#second: independent programs like retromops are irrelevant to the general health of a breed because most of the time#the dogs in question are neither elgible for stud book registration or#are trusted or accepted by the breed community at large#so you can drool over them as much as you want and while we can hope the individual dogs are bred to a good ethical standard#it wont help pugs as a breed because those dogs will never reenter the gene pool.#which is frankly my worry re: the new skk guideline illustrations as well. you actually need both judges to judge by them -#and breeders to breed by them and so far#breed communities have NOT received it well.#i HOPE its just a bump in the road and it will end up having positive effects! but right now there are other things im#more optimistic about. such as entering the first generations of fully BOAS graded breeding stock
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