Oh and also one thing which really saddens me, is how some people who are into the show world just seem to be completely blind to the faults. I had this one friend who was also a trainer, great lady and all and she knew a lot about dogs. But she was also into showing and bought a Italian Greyhound specifically for that. Her first IG jumped of a table and broke it's leg so badly it had to be amputated. Her second IG also broke a leg but this time it was so bad the dog had to be put down
But despite this, when talking to her, she seemed to totally resist to even consider that maybe, just maybe, it should be possible to change a breed standard so you encourage sturdier dogs. Doing that is apparently impossible because "then it wouldn't be an Italian Greyhound"....