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The Week the Dog Breeding Row Went Mainstream<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A week ago it felt like we were standing in front of a juggernaut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Innate Health Assessment was being presented as inevitable. The people behind it seemed completely unmoved by the concerns of breeders. When we raised practical questions, many of us were dismissed as \u201chysterical\u201d or \u201cmisinformed\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the most dedicated dog people in the country suddenly found themselves being told they had to prove that dogs with short legs could be healthy \u2014 as if centuries of working history and lived experience counted for nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At times it felt like legislation was quietly sleepwalking into existence with almost no scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then something remarkable happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conversation escaped the echo chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suddenly journalists started asking questions. The wider public began to realise what this blunt visual checklist could mean for many of Britain\u2019s most loved breeds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then today, love him or loathe him, Jeremy Clarkson weighed in with his famously forthright style in his widely read column \u2014 highlighting the absurdity of judging dogs with a crude checklist and the danger of well-meaning but badly thought-through rules. When voices like that start talking, people listen.
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