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(27,121 posts) Wed Mar 27, 2024, 05:39 PM Mar 27

Dachshunds could face breeding ban in Germany - here's why [View all]

Dachshunds could face a breeding ban in Germany after a draft law looked to prohibit the spread of various canine characteristics, the country's kennel club has warned.

The latest draft of the Animal Protection Act aims to clamp down on torture breeding - the reproduction of dogs with traits that cause "pain, suffering or damage".

As part of the proposal, it lists a number of "symptoms" that should not be reproduced, including hairlessness, reduced life expectancy, abnormalities of the skeletal system and teeth malformations.

Germany's Kennel Club (VDH) has warned that this could affect the dachshund - and a number of other breeds - due to their short legs being classed as an "abnormality".

https://news.sky.com/story/dachshunds-could-face-breeding-ban-in-germany-heres-why-13102742

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Maybe breed standards should be modified to allow for healthier dogs?

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Yes, I think breed standards should be modified whathehell Mar 27 #1

I have a dachshund and I have Tickle Mar 29 #16

That's good to hear.. whathehell Mar 30 #18

My dachshund was always a healthy weight, and lived 19 years. Freethinker65 Mar 27 #2

you didn't let him jump off places did you? pstokely Mar 28 #10

He knew his limits. Freethinker65 Mar 28 #11

The first dachsund I met was when I was about 7 senseandsensibility Mar 27 #3

By that same standard, shouldn't MAGAts also be banned from breeding to avoid reproducing their unattractive traits?! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 27 #4

All of their traits are unattractive traits. Aristus Mar 27 #6

Kinda goes without sayin!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 28 #9

I had two Dashshunds that were brothers Raine Mar 27 #5

My very first dog was a dachshund. Aristus Mar 27 #7

The really tall dachshund? pstokely Mar 29 #15

ban short cats. pansypoo53219 Mar 27 #8

Absolutely shanti Mar 29 #17

I've had (and still do have) several Dachshunds MurrayDelph Mar 28 #12

The wiener dog is one of my most favorites, had three....... a kennedy Mar 28 #13

Out neighbors had two Doxies and they both had back issues when they were old Greybnk48 Mar 28 #14

Unfortunately that is one thing German bureaucrats are very good at: DFW Mar 30 #19