Dogs should be bred to be healthy intelligent companions with long happy lives and not for their physical appearance. Breeders need to be educated to rule out predispose illnesses in their chosen bred.
Avoid buying a dog from a show just because it has won a trophy. A show dog with a trophy or blue ribbon is not necessarily the healthiest dog.
Plastic surgery if not unheard of in dog shows. Tail docking and ear clipping are still common procedures.
Dogs are even having face lifts to compete in dog shows.
This is a series of youtube videos that expose how pedigree dogs are suffering for people's idea of beauty... It shows us how cold and uncaring breeders and dog breed clubs are toward man's best friend... ...