Dog breeding

Japan, Home of the Cute and Inbred Dog

Posted by Jeff from New York Times

Japan chases fads: Rampant inbreeding has given Japanese dogs some of the highest rates of genetic defects in the world, sometimes four times higher than in the United States and Europe. There have been dogs with brain disorders so severe that they spent all day running in circles, and others with bones so frail they dissolved in their bodies.

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