Every owner should want to have an unlimited budget, how is this slightly cruel?? Dogs can be expensive. Some people have bigger budgets, some dont. Why is this wrong to want and desire to have an unlimited budget for your pet? I did not mean to state that it is required for a pet owner to have an unlimited budget, it is clearly impossible.
Also, why would anyone go into buying a breed, after researching them, and not have a suitable budget for the possibility of having health issues? Some people make it work with smaller budgets its true, but my point was regarding bulldogs specifically. They can be expensive. I've experienced it! One of our bulldogs right now, Maggie, is a handful and has had costly vet visits. Sometimes its due to the equipment they use, not the health issues she having (if that makes sense I hope I typed that well). Certain tests are higher cost. We make cuts in other areas in our lives and make it work because we knew what we were getting into after research and experience.
If you cannot afford the medical issues, then you have to make your own personal decisions. My only point was that its wrong to state that you need an unlimited budget for a bulldog. Why just this breed? Also why shouldn't all pet owners be expected to have proper budgets? Why is it the costly breed (such as a bulldog) that is under scrutiny?
Yes they look different you're right! There is no doubting this, but also their lifestyles have changed completely, like I stated in my post. There are few that are still cattle herders. But ones that are in the photo look like our current ones. They aren't outside wrestling bulls lol!!
If you look at humans hundreds of years ago, we have also adapted to our new environment. We are no longer hunters and gathers in our daily lives. We have an obesity issue in our population. We no longer are as hairy as we use to be cause we have the ability to warm ourselves with coats and heat. Bringing my point to the bulldogs. They look completely different because they are no longer being used for their original intent. a normal bulldog today couldn't run half a mile!! Let alone 50 feet without being winded. This is just how it has become. They have completely adapted to their new lifestyles they are in today. They are couch potato, truck rider companions, and big lapdogs.
Of course you could have an argument that Poodles (the majority of them) are not longer used for their intended breeding use. But I have to respond to that by saying their are usually brought into more high-energy active homes. Bulldogs are normally brought into more relaxed homes.
I am in no way trying to be rude. I just think it is unfair to say a bulldog is not a family dog due to health issues or budgets. That is all up to the potential adopters and if they can manage it! Families come in all shapes, sizes, and budgets! A perfect breed for one family does not have to be a perfect breed for another family.
