Fondly dubbed the “Hellen Keller” pup by friends and family, Echo is the result of backyard breeding. Emaciated and covered in fleas, Echo was rescued by kind strangers. He was brought to a local ...

Dog breeding is a huge, lucrative international enterprise, and there are clear problems in breeders’ efforts to produce dogs who suffer from any number of physical and emotional maladies to satisfy ...

It’s no secret that dog breeding can be big business, which means it’s ripe for some to put profit before the well-being of the animals they’re selling. The abuses that run rampant in the puppy mill ...

Ancient origins: DNA from ancient remains shows dogs emerged from a single ancestral population in western Eurasia between 18 ...

Why it happens: Purebred dogs come from smaller gene pools, which can concentrate harmful genes and raise the risk of breed-specific health issues. Not all breeds: Some purebreds have relatively ...