10/04/2025
Itโs not All Black & White: The Hidden Bias in Dog Breeding
๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ.
A lot can be lost when appearance becomes the goal - working ability, structure, sound temperament, health.
๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
But thereโs another side to this story. One we speak of far less.
As awareness around the pitfalls of colour breeding grows, so too does a quiet kind of prejudice - ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ.
๐๐ญโ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ.
To assume that a ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต.
That ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฅ.
That ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต.
But hereโs the truth: ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ.
When we overlook a dog because of how they look, we are doing exactly what we condemn.
We stop seeing ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ.
๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ.
๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ?
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ?
๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต?
If those answers are yes - ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ?
We must hold two truths at once: ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ... ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐๐.
Because excellence isnโt found in one shade.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ.
Look closer. Look deeper.
Donโt let your eyes make decisions your heart and mind should be responsible for.
