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Every time i shut my eyes. I try and tell myself. Thats not the last image that ive got of him. Right, i think its in here. Yeah, here we are. Hope rescue. Hello. Hi. Im sam from the bbc. Im here for vanessa. This Rescue Centre in wales is at the sharp end of the dog trade, caring for abused and abandoned dogs. Dogs like keanu, an american bully. Oh, my goodness . One of the new extreme mixed breed bulldogs becoming more and more popular. Its as though his legs are on back to front. Who thinks, i know lets breed a dog whose legs are round the wrong way . Who does that . There are no surgical options for him. The vets have said, theres nothing we can do about that. How old is he . Hes eight months old. Hes only eight months . Butjust look how big he is. Look how thickset he is. This is torture. You know what these dogs are going to look like, but youre still breeding them, trying to get more and more exaggerated features. I mean, it ....
every time i shut my eyes. ..i try and tell myself. that s not the last image that i ve got of him. right, i think it s in here. yeah, here we are. hope rescue. hello. hi. i m sam from the bbc. i m here for vanessa. this rescue centre in wales is at the sharp end of the dog trade, caring for abused and abandoned dogs. dogs like keanu, an american bully. oh, my goodness! ..one of the new extreme mixed breed bulldogs becoming more and more popular. it s as though his legs are on back to front. who thinks, i know let s breed a dog whose legs are round the wrong way ? who does that? there are no surgical options for him. the vets have said, there s nothing we can do about that. how old is he? he s eight months old. he s only eight months? butjust look how big he is. look how thickset he is. this is torture. you know what these dogs are going to look like, but you re still breeding them, trying to get more and more exaggerated features. i mean, it looks painful when he ....
To create exaggerated characteristics. he actually came in as a stray. highly likely he was deliberately abandoned, though, due to his health issues. alvin s ears have been cropped and he s got skin missing from his front paws. so, he s scuffed and bleeding because he just is unable to have that strength to walk? he can t hold. he can t hold his legs. the sheer weight of these dogs, the muscle tone. oh, look at that! i know. you poor thing! oh, you can see his leg. yeah. his leg just totally twists around. and, again, bad breeding. it s the only reason for it. in the last 12 months, ten dogs have been in such poor condition due to extreme breeding that hope rescue have had to put them to sleep. robin! that s it. good boy. the breeders don t care. they re not the ones that are seeing the heartache. these dogs aren t going to see past their second birthdays. some of them, including my own foster dog, was put to sleep at six months old. ....
Because he just is unable to have that strength to walk? he can t hold. he can t hold his legs. the sheer weight of these dogs, the muscle tone. oh, look at that! i know. you poor thing! oh, you can see his leg. yeah. his leg just totally twists around. and, again, bad breeding. it s the only reason for it. in the last 12 months, ten dogs have been in such poor condition due to extreme breeding that hope rescue have had to put them to sleep. robin! that s it. good boy. the breeders don t care. they re not the ones that are seeing the heartache. these dogs aren t going to see past their second birthdays. some of them, including my own foster dog, was put to sleep at six months old. now, i didn t get into rescue to have to euthanise six month old puppies. that s not why i got into animal welfare. i can t tell you how hard. i m going to cry now. i can t tell you how heartbreaking that is for us. gosh, it. ....