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...lives in crates or restricted runs, only coming out when it's time for another competition and another chance to make their owners shine." Is this supposed to be fun? The answer must be yes for owners like Anne May from Earlswood, near Birmingham, who shows her beloved English cocker spaniels in about 80 events a year. She spends eight hours on an animal preparing it for the ring. For most dogs, however, the answer is surely no. Beauty shows like these have proved increasingly bad for the health of canines ever since the Victorians discovered they could change...
...hind legs) were slipping out of place, a condition almost certain to have been caused by an inherited developmental abnormality. The legacy of ill health resulting from too much inbreeding is long. Cavalier King Charles spaniels and boxers are now often afflicted by heart problems. Irish setters, cocker spaniels and collies suffer various inherited eye disorders, while Shar-Peis have congenital skin disorders. Poodles are prone to epilepsy, and 20%-25% of Dalmatians in Britain have some form of deafness. Hip dysplasia, mainly an inherited disorder causing malformed hip joints that in turn can cause crippling arthritis and lameness...
...singing voice is just decent, and his biggest success to date has been an album anchored by samples from Alan Lomax field recordings. It's safe to say that it required a certain amount of gumption for Moby to will himself into the rock-star pantheon. Even Joe Cocker had it easier...
...Imagine - John Lennon 2. Yesterday - Beatles 3. It's a Good Life - Tony Bennett 4. Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin 5. La Vie en rose - Edith Piaf 6. Man in the Mirror - Michael Jackson 7. A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker 8. Respect - Aretha Franklin 9. Nessun Dorma - Luciano Pavarotti 10. New York, New York - Liza Minnelli
...llama as a subscriber." Pet lovers everywhere can rejoice, but let's just hope human health care doesn't fall by the wayside in favor of lower-cost veterinary care - or we could be sending an uninsured kid off to a doctor's appointment dressed up as a cocker spaniel...