English Cocker Spaniels 
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      Advantages
  • Makes them better at their job
  • In this case bird hunting
  • makes them look a certain way
  • better behavior (could depend on if the breeder is ethical or not)
  • Better than not selectively bred because:

    • Better than not selectively bred because:
  • The breed actually has a purpose for being bred, not just money (or other)
  • Can improve the breed, rather than just having random mixes (I do love mutts tho)
  • New breeds can sprout from it (sort of an iffy one)

    • Disadvantages
  • lack of genetic variety
  • Worse health (again, can dependent on the breeder)
  • Mutations can still occur
  • Only about the human, not the animal (dog; ECS)
  • An inherited form of kidney disease affects this breed

    • Interferes with natural processes
  • The breeding occurs due to humans, not the dogs in nature
  • makes them (genetically) less protective
  • Their demeanor and nature becomes what they're bred for, not what they originally were


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