tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post5200796289260313061..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: What Have They Done to the Shar Pei?PBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-92098275652443541262010-10-18T00:17:10.349-04:002010-10-18T00:17:10.349-04:00I saw a cute little shar-pei puppy in Home Depot F...I saw a cute little shar-pei puppy in Home Depot Friday, and I actually thought "Awww, how cute. But its owners deliberately bought a breed for the cute factor and it's going to have so many problems... Poor thing." And I was briefly annoyed with you, Terrierman, for sucking the cute out of my life. But really, deformed isn't cute, and it's hard to see the extreme purebreds as anything but deformed anymore. :-/Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-18808150018067925472010-10-17T20:37:33.465-04:002010-10-17T20:37:33.465-04:00I can't remember where I read this (might have...I can't remember where I read this (might have been Houlie or Janeen who said it), but this little blurb has been in my head the moment I read it:<br /><br />"But the wrinkles are so kyoot!"<br />"That would be the problem, no?"Viateciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523551407472141202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-6175722191713317972010-10-17T17:43:22.101-04:002010-10-17T17:43:22.101-04:00I don't get the freaky over bred sharpei look....I don't get the freaky over bred sharpei look. Why would anyone want that. The first photo isn't so attractive to me either, but at least it shows an able working dog not some saggy freak that looks like it smells bad.<br />That poor dog with the facelift looks like Eeyore now, but not so cute.panavia999https://www.blogger.com/profile/12022750065016664499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-86882610826573189242010-10-17T17:33:00.402-04:002010-10-17T17:33:00.402-04:00I have a mini-shar pei which I inherited from a fr...I have a mini-shar pei which I inherited from a friend who got divorced. She is atypical in the sense that she doesn't bite and is very friendly to everyone she meets. She is exceedingly adorable but recently her eye skin needed to be surgically removed (entropion) and after a $1051 surgery she developed glaucoma and went blind 30 days after surgery. <br /><br />She is coping well with her blindness but it's painful to watch her in the role of shrinking violet because in her sighted life she was such an energetic and animated dog. <br /><br />I have a Presa Canario that watches after her and picks up the slack in the watchdog department. I would never get another Shar Pei because there will never be another Shar Pei like Liza. <br /><br />Here's a picture of them playing in better days. The Presa Canario is only 2 years old. The Shar Pei is 7. <br /><br />http://flickr.com/gp/warwolf/47B33k<br /><br />http://flickr.com/gp/warwolf/291724Yardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06550653944702095441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-91030510329242869132010-10-16T20:48:59.351-04:002010-10-16T20:48:59.351-04:00WOW. The pictures really bring it into perspective...WOW. The pictures really bring it into perspective, don't they??!JaderBughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10780805388664645210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-54745373894356534562010-10-16T18:43:05.933-04:002010-10-16T18:43:05.933-04:00As a general rule, I tend to avoid Asian breeds of...As a general rule, I tend to avoid Asian breeds of dogs. Akitas, Chow Chows, Shar Peis, Pekingese and especially Lhasa Apsos tend to be standoffish and snappy.<br /><br />As a kid, our family had a Lhasa Apso that bit my brother constantly, not that he didn't deserve it about 50% of the time.<br /><br />Freinds of mine adopted a rescue Lhasa Apso. It constantly bit them until the day it died. Friends of mine have a Shar Pei, I'm not too thrilled with that dog, either.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387561055021407254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-49189160786769963002010-10-16T08:59:33.783-04:002010-10-16T08:59:33.783-04:00As per the article you posted some time ago on the...As per the article you posted some time ago on the vet who quit the profession and wrote a news article about the unethical practices...would that make the vet also responsible for doing the eye surgery to prolong the animal's life, albeit with less discomfort?<br /><br />As an aside, I watched a medial canthus resection on a Peke with corneal ulcers due to the lack of muzzle and the rolls of skin that were shoved under its eyes. The dog most likely has no eye problem now...but it STILL CAN'T BREATHE PROPERLY. It's a bloody shame for those dogs.Viateciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08523551407472141202noreply@blogger.com