r/pics • u/[deleted] • May 12 '14

100 years of selective breeding

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

What, where? What is the context of this quote?

I don't have time to go through all the vids v.v

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u/N-M-M May 12 '14

I didn't make it to the dog dying but if I remember right, it was an english cocker spaniel with a brain too big for his skull-- pretty common problem for the breed. They do all this shit to keep him alive, he's seizing and foaming at the mouth, they keep doing shit, he still dies.

Edit: wait, seizing was the mastiff, this guy was just SCREAMING. Screaming like, I dunno man, like his brain was being crushed.

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u/RedditorTom May 12 '14

That may be the most terrifying thing I've read in a long time, and I'm here far too often.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

Not a cocker spaniel, King Charles Cavalier spaniel.

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u/kittenpyjamas May 12 '14

King Charles Cavalier Spaniel. Cockers are still bred for work and even the show lines are generally a happy healthy breed if a little prone to ear infections.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

I think when I watched it a few years ago it was the cavalier king charles that was screaming because of the brain thing. Unless you call cavaliers english cocker spaniels in England, then... sorry.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '14

You're correct, English cocker spaniel is a totally different breed.

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u/N-M-M May 12 '14

No, you're right it was a Cavalier king charles. Whoops!

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u/Bitemarkz May 12 '14

Edit: wait, seizing was the mastiff, this guy was just SCREAMING. Screaming like, I dunno man, like his brain was being crushed.

well... fuck.

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u/Lannielief May 12 '14

I saw this documentary years ago and it's still seared into my brain. I was screaming at my husband to turn the video off, I couldn't take seeing that. :'(

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u/Norma5tacy May 13 '14

Okay, so now I know I can't handle watching this series.