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Sigh. No.

Horses, breeding and eventing, are the mark of the aristocracy. The Queen's corgis are a little fancy extra because she already has horses.

Dogs are the mark of the middle class. Historically they came into popularity as pets because the wealthy farmers and factory owners wanted success symbols that could fit into their homes, since they could not afford horses and the maintenance that went with them.

There is no upper or lower middle class when you consider that it's all just a grade above the working class and below the aristocracy.

Now if you delve into who owns which dogs, you get the crunchy left-leaning pseudo-educated who swear by shelter mutts and believe breeders are puppy mills, and the saner people who hold a particular breed in their heart. It doesn't matter which breed, because see above.

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If you look at breeding dogs from an ethical standpoint it doesn't hold up at all...except for dogs that do specific work like Bloodhounds for tracking or Border collies for herding sheep etc.

But just to have a breed of dog because you "love the breed" is the logc of a child.  How many times has my 4 yo said to me he just wants things because he just wants it and loves it.

Ok but does dog breeding do harm? I would argue yes b.c it requires inbreeding and produces less healthy dogs with shorter life spans. [/quote]

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