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Cimarron Uruguayo in Europe – please no more HD!

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After I wrote my last, very critical article about the Fila Sao Miguels health, I can’t hold it back much longer to write a similar one about the other dog breed I love so much, the Cimarrón Uruguayo. I have to admit, that I am new to this breed and not so much of an expert. But by simply comparing the facts, you don’t need to be an expert so see what is going on, or where the trend might go. Also, I just want to write down to all the „haters“: my dogs aren’t perfect eather, but healthy. Also, I pick my friends myself and don’t care if I get blocked from your Facebook-profiles. I have other goals in my life, than having many Facebook friends and beeing loved by everyone 😉 The Cimarron Uruguayo is a very rare, but special breed in Europe. Breeders and owners have the same high responsibility to not „ruin“ the breed by bad reputation, like uneducated and not socialized dogs or ill-breeding. But since this is such a …

Is the Fila de São Miguel really a healthy breed?

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I decided to write this article in english language, to be able to reach more people in the dog and Fila São Miguel community. It is my sincere wish to avert genetic (health) damages in this breed, and prevent it to go down the tube like so many other dog breeds did in the last years. Although the Fila São Miguel is not affected by breeding on exaggeration like super short muzzles, extremely long fur or massive skin wrinkling, you can already see a major changement in it’s appearance since the breed standard was developped in the 1980s and early 1990s. Thanks to the work of some breeders and the internet, the Fila gained more international popularity in the last years and it becomes easier to import a dog than before. If you are new to the breed, you are looking for a reputable breeder to buy from. Usually this is someone who’s kennel name is cited in catalogues of dog shows and repeats itself in the pedigrees of the offspring around Europe and maybe in the world. So …