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Introduction

Parents love their children; regardless of hooked noses, patchy uneven skin, pot bellies or
stout physiques. The kind of love that sees no imperfections as blunders. The kind of love that
accepts every little part of the human they created without ever wishing that it looked any different.
When they make the decision to raise a child, they take up the job without any preconceived ideas
of what their toddler would look or behave like. That’s the most thrilling part about being a parent.

A common misconception about parents is that their roles are restricted only to their
biological children. We often forget that those who take in puppies or kittens are parents too.
Bringing up a dog is just like bringing up a baby. From potty-training and late nights of googling
how to take care of your sick baby, to cutting down on social events because you can’t leave him
alone at home and constantly getting paranoid about other pet owners doing a better job than you.
It's all the same; the attention they crave, the love they need, the care they require.

These two of different ways of making an addition to your family split paths when it comes
to predictability. When it comes to babies, one doesn't know which end of the gene pool their baby
will pick, whether he’ll have a round face or brown eyes or freckles; with puppies, one already
knows what he or she looks like prior to making the decision of taking him home.

The majority claim to love animals but flinch every time a stray dog rubs up against their
knees. Little do they know that these strays are actually much healthier, less prone to disease, more
alert and capable than their tiny fluffy pooches back at home.

Stray dogs are the indirect result of Selective breeding. Selective breeding is a process in
which purebred dogs were bred to perfect certain characteristics, and they eventually grew to only
distantly resemble their former selves, essentially becoming inbred mutants that are prone to genetic
disorders which many times lead to a lifetime of discomfort and pain. In their effort to ensure that
their dogs fit their “breed standards”, breeders will euthanize perfectly healthy puppies who don’t
fit the norm for the breed.

Purebred dogs are often bred with their own sisters and brothers and parents, sometimes
even with unhealthy, ill dogs, for the sole purpose of creating a litter that is identical to what the
public wants. Hence, most popular dog breeds have a horde of health problems, like Hip Dysplasia