Is it cruel to buy a sausage dog? As Germany インチs closer to banning dachshunds, vets 警告する our obsession with 'stubby' 脚s means the 産む／飼育する now 耐えるs a 'lifetime of 苦しむing'
- 専門家s 重さを計る in on 計画（する）s to 禁止（する） these dogs and put an end to?'拷問 産む／飼育するing'
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With their?削減（する） little 脚s and affectionate temperament, it's no surprise that dachshunds are such popular 国内の companions.?
But in Germany, their native country, they could soon be banned?まっただ中に 関心s that the dogs live a life of 苦痛 and 苦しむing.?
For hundreds of years, dachshunds - also known as sausage dogs - have been bred to accentuate harmful features, like a long, sausage-like torso, to make them appear '削減（する）'.?
Unfortunately, they 苦しむ 厳しい 支援する problems 予定 to their long spine and 屈服するd, stubby 脚s, 潜在的に leaving them unable to walk.
Jana Hoger, 上級の 選挙運動者 at PETA, （人命などを）奪う，主張するs buying a dachshund supports いわゆる '拷問 産む／飼育するing' ? the 審議する／熟考する 産む／飼育するing of unhealthy 特徴 in a dog, 原因（となる）ing it a lifetime of 苦痛.
Dachshunds are 傾向がある to health 問題／発行するs such as レコード 損失 and 支援する problems, ear 感染s and?PRA - an 相続するd 注目する，もくろむ 条件
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Dachshunds have short, stubby 脚s as a result of a genetic 条件 called chondrodysplasia, which is a type of dwarfism
Dachshunds have been 設立する sketched into 古代の Egyptian 塀で囲むs and in 記録，記録的な／記録するs from South American and 中国, but the one we 認める was developed in Germany some 400 years ago.
最初 used for 追跡（する）ing, hunters needed a stockier creature that could follow animals 地下組織の and in 厚い vegetation, which explains the lower abdomen.
The Dachshund once had more 機能（する）／行事ing 脚s and a neck more in 割合 to its size, but thanks to human 産む／飼育するing these features are 大部分は lost.??
Their 支援するs and necks have stretched out and their 脚s have shrunk to a point that makes it difficult for them to manoeuver over 障害s a few インチs off of the ground?? but the 産む／飼育する is still a favourite of celebrities such as Adele.?
'Dachshunds usually 苦しむ in the course of their lives from さまざまな 産む／飼育する-明確な／細部 病気s such as herniated レコードs, malformations of the intervertebral vertebrae or 苦痛 in the crooked 脚s,' Ms Hoger told MailOnline.?
'This means that at some point dachshunds no longer want to walk or can only do so in 苦痛.?
'For this 推論する／理由, only the 採択 of a dachshund from an animal 避難所 is 許容できる from an animal 福利事業 視野.'?
The Kennel Club 述べるd the dachshund as the '産む／飼育する of choice' for celebrities which 含むs singer Adele (pictured, left, with Louie) and Emilia Clarke (pictured 権利 with Ted)
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PETA welcomes the planned 強化するing of the 支配するs in the new 草案 of Germany's Animal 福利事業 行為／法令／行動する, although Hoger said it could （問題を）取り上げる to 15 years for it to be 施行するd.
'This is too much time and would mean that many dogs and many other animals would still be 影響する／感情d by 産む／飼育するing over a very long period of time, 原因（となる）ing a lifetime of 苦しむing or, in the worst 事例／患者, 主要な to death,' she 追加するd.?
Dr Dan O'Neill,?professor of animal epidemiology at 王室の Veterinary College, said the short 脚s and sausage-like 団体／死体 'might be 削減（する） for us to look at but they're not 削減（する） for the dog'.
予定 to centuries of 産む／飼育するing by humans, dogs を煩う 'extreme conformation', where 誇張するd 団体／死体 形態／調整, structure, or 外見 can negatively 影響する／感情 their health and 福利事業.?
Dr Dan O'Neill advises against buying any 肉親，親類d of dog ? dachshund or さもなければ ? with any 肉親，親類d of?extreme conformation.?
'We might love to own these dogs with extreme conformation but those dogs may not like to live in that 団体／死体 where they have much higher health and 福利事業 問題／発行するs,' he said.?
によれば the 専門家, 'banning the 産む／飼育する doesn't solve the problem', partly because some?dachshunds are more 不正に-影響する／感情d than others.??
'Were we to 禁止（する） dachshunds, if somebody was 産む／飼育するing a healthy dachshund that didn't have extreme short 脚s and long 支援するs, that?dachshund would also be banned,' he said.?'That's one of the 複雑化s of banning the 産む／飼育する.'
This image shows a?dachshund from around 100 years ago.?Dachshunds 団体／死体s have got longer over time with more stumpy, 屈服するd 脚s
Dachshunds have been bred to accentuate harmful features - like a long, sausage-like torso - to make them appear '削減（する）'
Dachshunds are known to have the highest 危険 of any 産む／飼育する for intervertebral レコード 病気, where the レコードs separating bones of the spine?degenerate.?
The 条件 is a ありふれた 原因（となる） of 支援する 苦痛 in dogs and can 原因（となる） paralysis, resulting in 高くつく／犠牲の大きい 治療 for owners.?
Philippa Johnson, associate professor at Cornell College of Veterinary 薬／医学, said the anatomy of the dachshund makes it 傾向がある to?disk 排水（気）量s.
'This 条件 is where the レコードs moved up into the spinal canal and 原因（となる）s compression of the spinal cord,' she told MailOnline.?
'In many 事例／患者s, this 要求するs expensive 外科 and rehabilitation to 扱う／治療する, and many dogs go on to herniate more レコードs in the 未来.
'In my 臨床の experience, the miniature dachshund is the most likely 産む／飼育する to have an intervertebral レコード 排水（気）量 and in my 臨床の practice, I 観察する 多重の coming in for 外科 every week.
'説 that, there are types of dachshund that do not 展示（する） the same 見込み of 排水（気）量.'?
法案 Lambert, health, 福利事業 and 子孫を作る人 services (n)役員／(a)執行力のある at The Kennel Club, said: 'Dachshunds have seen a spike in 人気 over 最近の years, 大部分は 予定 to 存在 the 産む／飼育する of choice for advertisers, celebrities and on social マスコミ.
'Unfortunately this has meant that more people are 産む／飼育するing these dogs without prioritising their health 簡単に to fill high 需要・要求する.
'Would-be owners are looking for 確かな 誇張するd examples of the 産む／飼育する which are perceived to look "削減（する）", when in fact this could mean that they are more predisposed to 支援する 苦痛 and 病気.
'It’s 決定的な that 可能性のある owners do their 研究 and find a good 子孫を作る人 who 絶対 prioritises health and uses the 関連した 道具s to 産む／飼育する the healthiest puppies.'
Lambert continues: 'While 子孫を作る人s and 可能性のある owners must 避ける 誇張するd physical features that ar e detrimental to health, we are 関心d about any 可能性のある 法律s that would see 確かな 産む／飼育するs banned.?
'同様に as 存在 difficult to 施行する and 器具／実施する, an 完全な 禁止（する） is not a 解答 to 妨げる poor 産む／飼育するing practices or any of the コンビナート／複合体 health 問題／発行するs that can 影響する／感情 確かな 産む／飼育するs.?
'In fact, it could その上の 燃料 the 現在進行中の 危機 of irresponsible 子孫を作る人s, 違法な puppy 密輸するing and uninformed puppy 買い手s, and, by 運動ing 産む／飼育するing 地下組織の, could 現実に より悪くする the 問題／発行するs it 捜し出すs to 演説（する）／住所.'??
