Returning a dog to the breeder - Questions/Rant

Why is the dog handsome? Can you explain what you like about him?

Because you act proud of her for her treatment of the Saluki (which is questionable) but TOTALLY ignore the STARVED baby Fila. You should be livid at your friend. You should be begging her to get help. You should worry and fear for her dogs.

I'm not judging her on her Saluki when I don't know enough about them and I know she adores that dog.

I love his form, I love his looks. I've enjoyed watching his work/his achievements. I think he's a great example of the breed.
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How do you know I haven't spoken with her? You don't. I'm past talking about this Fila at this point, if I want to, I'll talk to Teal about it.

I'm not judging her on her Saluki when I don't know enough about them and I know she adores that dog, her vets, the other Saluki people she works with seem quite happy with Bukra.

What, sick because I think he's handsome?

I don't see that dog as being emaciated.

With a Fila, Xandra, it's highly likely it was a combination of the two. He was pining and not eating and then no one worked to get food into him.

All it would have taken, if that was the case, would have been a little affection and attention. Just a little.

And yes, the techs saved Tallulah's life, especially one in particular.

Sorry, I still blame the owners for choosing to uber lean out their dogs because it is fashionable. This is dangerously common in pit bulls.

Hindquarters
Strong, hipbones set well apart and stifle moderately bent, hocks low to the ground, showing
galloping and jumping power.

I think the first line of this gives most people trouble, you do not have to see the complete hipbone to see they
are well set apart. Once you put this description with the Loin and Back you will understand why. The stifle (or
knee) is moderately (not large, great, or severe) bent, which indicates it is not straight, nor is it overly
angulated. The rear angulation should be balanced with the front angulation, an overly angulated Salukis will
overreach (Fault in the trot caused by more angulation and drive from behind than in front so that the rear feet
are forced to step to one side of the forefeet to avoid interfering or clipping). The hock length is short (well let
down) and the rear quarters are well muscled, this includes a well muscled second thigh


Loin and Back
Back fairly broad, muscles slightly arched over loin.
Loin: anatomy the area on each side of the backbone of a human or other animal between the ribs and hips.
This area has muscles slightly (very small) arched (intransitive verb to follow a trajectory in the shape of an
arch) over the area between the ribs and hips. If you put this together with the hip bones, the more muscle, the
less hip or topline bone you will see. As the Saluki breed standard calls for a well muscled hound, you should
not see but the tops of the hip bone and the topline should arch (again slightly arched) past the rib cage in a
soft curve, past the hipbone and into the croup. The topline should not be flat, this indicates a lack of muscling
in the loin area, which calls for a broad back. The underline should curve upwards from a long sternum into a
good tuckup (a reference to the body depth at the loin), showing a good length of ribcage.

Tallulah looks so sad. That picture made me cry.

She is, for the most part, a serious little dog, but she's not sad anymore. Or emaciated. The techs could hardly believe it when I told them she is The Bottomless Pit, that she eats anything that won't eat her first -- and even then I wouldn't care to bet against her.

Maybe this will make you feel better.

Is he also doing great emotionally? That lack of love and attention could have caused failure to thrive syndrome. That along with not enough food could have worked together to destroy him. He sure looks better. I was just wondering about his poor little soul. With this thread, I feel (and I'm sure everyone does) a real, emotional interest in this little dumpling, his breeder, and his new owners.