Fashions are harming the quality of life of dogs

Today we know that at least 15% of current breeds of dogs develop some congenital disease, more or less serious

Dogs derive from common ancestors with today's wild wolves. The domestication of dogs probably began about 15,000 years ago and was initially aimed at selecting less aggressive animals, and companions, to help in hunting or herding tasks, or also to protect and alert in the presence of dangers or intruders. However, the enormous variety of current dog breeds is the product of human intervention, which occurred about two hundred years ago, coinciding with the British Victorian period.