Stop Breeding Dogs - Pedigree of Evil 

Breeding dogs deliberately to be healthy is something that is going on and I would classify as different to this. I would also categorise deliberately crossbreeding dogs for functional traits and personality. For example, I got my dog from a breeder that breeds her dogs as therapy dogs for hospitals, care homes and special needs schools

I once spent a week couch-surfing with a friend who owned two purebred pugs. The noises those dogs made just BREATHING still haunt me. Their barking was as if somebody was strangling a squeaky toy. And the poor things were constantly getting sinus infections. The saddest part? Apparently, those pugs were considered "highly purebred" and cost him almost $10K. Just to burn tens of thousands on vet bills for the rest of their lives.

Ever since I saw a "blind great dane" facebook page I knew people could take dog breeding way to far. Literally breeding for disability is sick as fuck.

What do you call a smart Blonde? Golden Retriever!

Greg. You got a bit mixed up with the German shepherds mate. The one you were talking about is the show line German shepherds. The working lines have normal hips and a flat back and don't get the same level of hip issues, they also tend to be smaller.

Just a few hundred more years and we'll have literal Chewbaccas.

Even though I agree with most of your arguments, I will play devil's advocate here. 1. 'Dogs should be strong, free, and naturally selected.' I don't think that should always be the case; many breeds are known for having good health and a long lifespan (like Chihuahuas), and you don't want a strong and violent dog around kids. That's some of the reasons why humans made small and docile breeds. 2. 'Dogs are docile because they were bred to be stupid.' There are many docile breeds that are very smart (like Labradors). 3. 'Humans humiliate dogs by laughing at their failures.' That's a very human-centric view; from the dog's perspective, it doesn't feel 'humiliated' in most of those situations. Don't forget that even though dogs are very smart, humans are way smarter. Dogs simply aren't capable of comprehending those deep concepts and most likely feel happy at the human's playful voice tone, even when a human would 'feel humiliated' with the words being spoken. 4. 'We shouldn't breed dogs at all.' I strongly disagree. If we're responsible, we can create happy and healthy breeds that are adequate for diverse human needs, such as being small for people who live in apartments or being docile for people with kids. Most of these dogs can have great, happy lives and deserve to exist and reproduce. Additionally, it's important to consider that animals living in the wild often suffer more due to factors like disease, predation, and scarcity of resources. These are the points that I agree with you: 1. 'Humans humiliate dogs by treating them as babies.' I 100% agree that treating dogs like human babies is messed up. From the dog's point of view, it can be very annoying to be dressed in uncomfortable clothes and constantly hear screeching ape screams calling you cute without even giving you a treat. Many people are incapable of putting themselves in the dog's perspective and treat them as toys. 2. 'Some breeds are immoral.' True. Breeding for features that make the dog's life miserable, like needing surgery to give birth or having a deformed skull that causes shortness of breath and pain, is immoral and should be banned. 100%.

As someone who has adopted many a retired Police Dog. The whole idea that their hips blow up as soon as they hit middle age is total bullshit. Keep them active and good diet. All 9 that I've had been athletic as hell right into their 10th year

Docility and stupidity are orthogonal though. If you think about it you'll realize that being docile and lovable is an extremely good strategy for getting what you want with humans. If anything not being docile is the stupid choice.

I got a deerhound from the rspca, had her for 12 years, never got another dog.

i feel like you’re not really talking about dogs.

A welcome surprise to see a Sam O’Nella clip in an Armoured Skeptic video.

In the USA the dogs are bred a lot worse than in Europe.. don't know about the rest.

pure bred dog literally means inbreeding

Let's not talk about the horrors of breeder farms where many times they knowingly breed animals with congenital issues that doom the pups from day one.

Armoured skeptic making an actual useful video. The return of the king

Your explanation of how dogs are treated is exactly the school system

Inbreeding. Outbreeding. You need healthy well bred bloodlines. Getting a mutt from the shelter is a literall dice roll. If I’m looking for a dog that wil be with me for 10~ years I want those years to be good Shop carefully

Who knows how many times this has happened in the ancient world. Praveen Mohan shows all of these strange hybrid animal carvings in remote millennia old temples in his videos. Maybe what happened with dogs has happened with lions, elephants, or birds.

AMEN! All my dogs and cats are rescues!

i have ben thinking bout this for a long time its quite horrific , thank you for making this

Trying to figure out how I'm gonna work "Don't piss on my Gucci sunglasses, IDIOT" into my everyday vernacular.

"Maybe I've just developed a sensitivity to this kind of low vibrational humor, I don't know, but it just doesn't hit for me." I'm re-using that.

Greg is using coded language in this episode. Every time he says "Dogs", replace it with "Humans" to get the real message. This message was brought to you by Assembly Gang 😎

The Industrial Revolution has turned out to be a real mixed bag of blessings and curses, all of it self inflicted. Once we were able to remove the demands of simple daily survival, we've seen a commensurate rise in narcissistic indulgence.

You know, I gotta say this I've seen a lot of youtube channels. Channels run by companies, multiple people, all kinds. Your Playlist array is possibly the cleanest and easiest to navigate I've ever seen. And I'm pretty sure you're just one guy. Little shit matters. Big time.

German Shepherds: It's estimated some 19% of German Shepherds will develop hip dysplasia. So yeah not all of them... still sucks.

6:06 we are seeing this effect in humans currently 😂

Seeing eye dogs are the only exception. They are bred to literal perfection. Having different/uneven eyelashes can fail them from the seeing eye opportunity

One head line you will never hear: Basset Hound mauls kid!

Even having already known most of this, it still makes me sad to hear again. This shouldn't be legal.

Yup. This is true.

I adopted a beagle and learned it couldnt bay. Mighta been one of anthonys leftovers

"Ok, keep telling yourself that, bud." Why are you so damned fun to watch? Keep it up.

I got 2 mutts from a gas station lol

The whole alpha and beta wolf thing is a lie and the guy who made it said it was fake. Its as real as zodiac signs but you know for men .

I'll stud my King Shepard when he's older. I love him so much and I want his genes in my next dog.

Dalmatians are the meanest dogs around. Bred to protect fire trucks when that was needed, by being crazy.

Good work man! Haven’t seen much of your stuff over the past few years but this makes me glad I stay subscribed. As the proud companion of a few healthy “I’m not sure” ex-shelter residents and rescue pups over the years, this one really resonates. I had always wanted a great Dane until I found out they only live about eight years. We made different choice when had kids and they were able to grow up with the same dog until they both went off to college and before he.

psychopaths dont care… as long as it makes money

It's been a while since I've been here, but so long as we love all currently existing dogs and only breed for the improvement of health and temperament.

Most people only get a pet for their own benefit, not the pet's, so it's a bad situation from the start. Firstly, if you want a pet, think of them as a small child because that's the level of care you'll need to give them. Secondly, adopt, don't shop. There are far too many pets that are in shelters and even more that are just killed or abandoned because there are no homes for them or people just decided that they don't want them any more. There are a lot more issues but they're the main ones I can think of at the mo. Thanks for doing this, Greg. A much needed public service.

FYI - there are breed specific rescues if you're really wanting a specific breed of dog. We adopted an English Bull Terrier (Target mascot dog, Spuds Mackenzie, etc) from a rescue in Texas

This needed to be said.

I assumed all this must be true, but this is the first time I've actually looked into the topic. It's just as horrific as I supposed from very surface level observation.

There is a small push in dog husbandry (husbandry is the formal word for raising animals) where breeders intentionally try to hybridize different breeds as a counter to this atrocity. It’s not always successful. My father raised GSDs for the first 25 years of my like, and in the mid 90s he found about the eugenic background. So all future breeds were as hybridized as he could make. We tried the wolfdog route with only one successful coupling. But the best combo was Malamute/GSD mix. However, the best dog I’ve ever had was a Feist-coydog mix. Best dog ever!

Hearing the lengths my friends mum had gone to to get an insanely expensive breeder for her micro-poodle, she ended up in Russia spending thousands to have another crusty rat dog. The two of them were always terrified and hypersensitive, always barking and biting and running away, their existence is probably a living nightmare

I had an English Springer Spaniel who started getting monthly seizures after he turned 5. Hardly a doubt in my mind that this might have been the cause of it.

Mutts usually have more health issues than most purebread dogs

why do i always get the 13

I pay for this Channel , maxed out settings. No notification ? WTF RU-vid!

I despise puppy farms and the disgusting creatures that run them I will always rescue.

My sister has chihuahuas and you can see how ridiculous those dogs are. She takes care of them very well, but whenever I show up, one of them gets so excited that I'm there that it gets choked up. This happens every time. For me, I prefer dogs that are as natural as they can be.

The breading of dogs was mainly for a task not for narcissism. Now dogs dont have thoses functions in our Society, that is were your point comes in.

Agreed with everything really

Oh, this hips issue of german shepherds might explain what happened to my dog. He was a mixed breed, but his mom was already a mix of golden retriever and german shepherd.

We are cursed mis shapen versions of our former selves. We also sit in daipers when we retire

Fun little episode Greg! I do hope at some point you revisit the apocalyptic parts of the history is a lie series again at some point - there were some things you promised to make a video on that never have seen the light of day!

Haven’t been here in a long ass time. When did Skeptic turn into Dracula?

Old German shepherds always hurt to see, such big beautiful strong dogs bred into a state of pure misery. I can't morally agree to a purebred based on that alone.

You would think dog breeders would be the last people to need an introductory lesson in genetics, but somehow they don’t seem to understand how lack of gene flow leads to an evolutionary dead end, as it were. You explained it very well.

the same thing happens in other pets too, they have managed to turn emerald tree boas blue and ball pythons fanta orange all through endless inbreeding. tons of "morphs" have neurological problems or cause shortened lifespan/death

I've always had a mongrel, Smudger lived to 16 years and Barney was 17, both cross breeds, who tend to live longer than "pure bred" dogs. My cats are the same, all mixed breeds that are still going years later. I hate dog breeders, my dogs came from the local dog shelter and will always take a mongrel, best characters too.

I hope you are going well up there bud 🤗

So are Pitbulls skulls also not able to fit their brain size? That would explain alot

I know this video about dog breeding but something I absolutely despise that people do is cut the floppy ears of their dog so they look kinda like devil horns

We were always mut adopters in my family. Got all our dogs and cats from the local animal shelter.

Have you seen a pug skull? It looks like an alien or goblin

He is correct on alpha male and beta male actully.

My childhood GS made it to 12 before his hips gave out. Broke my heart.

Are you doing alright Greg? Either something is wrong, or, this is very important to you, as this is probably your most somber delivery.

there is an idiot on my neighborhood who walks his anxious dog every fucking morning, the little beast (the dog) barks like crazy, it looks like that guy keeps the dog locked inside his apartment or tied to the fence of his house. I personally prefer to live without a pet, I have no time or money to make it happy.

I have experiences in an animal clinic, Animal Rehabilitation, and at an animal shelter. 100% agree with your intro, adopt at a shelter and spay/neuter your animals! In animal rehab, you can really see how these show dogs end up, lots of terriers and poodles come in with luxating patellas(slipping knees), Shepherds with hip dysplasia, and SO MANY Dachshunds and Basset hounds with paralysis due to spinal problems. Also watch what your dogs eat goodness gracious 😂 So many overweight retrievers come in with severe arthritis and torn acl because they were too fat

Sorry Sam o'nella beat you there.

Hey greg, do you have more videos on the freemasons???

There r 2 types of German shepherds working and showing dog. Working ones do not have the horrible low riding back legs

Ngl, I kinda checked out of your videos a bit ago. Not because they're bad, but because they're somewhere outside of my interests, but this topic is important and I'm glad you're talking about it. We adopted our dogs, Wulfie definitely suffers from some aspects of previous breeding even though he's a mix. He has ear problems because of his floppy ears, and joint and skin problems. They're all minor issues, at least for right now, but it sucks that he has to deal with these issues as a result of human meddling, essentially.

My last dog was a fortress K9 malinois gsd cross. Best dog i ever had. Everyone loved her. One day i will get another.

what are the most ethical dog breeds? I feel like a border Collie (sheep dog) has to be pretty safe?

Buying from responsible breeders is very different from puppy mills. Breeder i got both my dogs from has reduced hip displasia and eye illness to below 1% (huge achievement for australian shepherds). Still adopting from shelters is a great option, especially if you cannot afford the significant price that comes with responcible breeding.

The best places to find free dogs are Walmart parking lots. I’ve gotten two of the best dogs ever from random tweakers there.

I watched a video of someone interviewing AI. I don't know if they had to pay a subscription to do it, but AI gave us a 30% chance of survival when AI is launched. I would like to see an episode on AI in a way that only you could do. Verify or debunked, where you stand as a sceptic on AI.

On a side tangent, this is also what pisses me off when breeds get banned for being "aggressive". Because certain breeds are popular to use for fighting rings, they get bad raps, and even if you can argue a breed has "aggression", then it's on us for choosing those traits to continue on. But it is ALWAYS the dogs that get blamed and banned. Hard to find an apartment that will allow a Rottweiler, but breeders don't get restrictions at all. Just disgusts me to the point where I angry cry. Life truly is unfair.

There is at least 3 "people" in my neighborhood that "breed" more than a dozen dogs at the same time! Sounds like 3 different kennels when somebody walks down the street 3 blocks over. I know because I hear them all the time! And how many do you want to bet are up to code? or even basic decent standards? I hope this video has the impact we all secretly hope it does! Bravo!

7:40 Well no wonder the German Shepherd has bad hips as I would too if I could live for 110 years, you can see in the pictures as his back end keeps getting lower & lower in each picture.

I'm all for adoption, but have you seen these people's demands for adoption? They're insane!

The Bulldog cesarean is insane

Says a lot about "our" need for status symbols...and concern with purity I wonder where that comes from Ego, survival (social hierarchy) Cross effect from paternity (men) probably a mixture of all the above and more....from what i remember of Graham Handcocks work the missing Civilization had a cultural that actively fought against negative vices/inherited traits..if it did exist it needs to come back if not...we need to create it. ✌️

Bro, I have a whippet mix, sure only 50% whippet. She has killed a dove on my balcony, she hunted a hen one time as well, and god knows what else when I wasn't looking. She even managed to corner a hare once but let it go once she caught up with it. Doesn't take much to make them fierce hunters again.. =)

16:58 just got born on fallout 3

i work with dogs and i always hate having to take care of the ones that have smashed faces. yeah theyre cute and all but theyre impossible to train because the only thing they can focus on is getting air into their face. its mitigated by the fact most of them are small and weak but they are almost incapable of learning even the most basic things but that also makes them really prone to getting into trouble because they couldnt learn that some stuff is a bad idea

5:30 as a guy under 6'0 I can relate

This is wild, my family and I were just talking about this very same topic. I believe dog breeding is wrong. Especially when it's all about making money from the puppies. I'm going to share this one with my family. This really helps my argument. I really appreciate this. Thanks for helping bring light to a very touchy subject. Really good Show. 👏👏👏🐕

Awesome sam o nella clip

For everyone who is not already opposed to (dog)breeding, I recommend the book "All Tomorrows" by C.M. Kosemen. It'll probably change your perspective.

I just want a herding/guardian breed like a great Pyrenees.

This is the first time in years that I've really cared about an armored skeptic video. I really hope he makes more videos like this

Can’t beat a well bred and trained lurcher capable of a lot more than one job. Independent and confident to boot.

As someone who has had two litters of Australian shepherds (really it's a cross between three pro dominant breeds) id say yes get your dog from a shelter but imagine a world where dogs aren't in a shelter and are properly priced to reflect the care required to accurately give that breed it's needs. Ultimately if people want a specific breed mix rather than purebred then that's what breeders will provide. Unless they breed for livestock purposes. If the breeder is doing it right. They aren't making money.

I'll watch as much as I can, but this makes me queasy.