These are the 3 dogs with the most health problems

Kim Kavin is the author of "The Dog Merchants." She explains which dog breeds have the most health problems. Following is a transcript of the video.

Kim Kavin: You have the French bulldogs with the shortened snouts. The Cavalier King Charles spaniels, where they had the problem over in England of breeding the dogs with the skulls too small for their brains. I think is a fair one to say. And right now there's an awful lot of controversy about the German shepherd. Where they're now calling them half dog, half frog, because the backs are becoming so sloped and the back legs are so low to the ground. It just looks bizarre.

There are German shepherd breeders who are devout, devotees, of the German shepherd breed, not willing to breed this way. And saying "Stop what you're doing. It's not good for the dogs. They can't walk normally. Are their backs going to hurt when they get older?" In England, they recently had to change the rules of the kennel club over there because they had to insert a clause that said you can no longer breed fathers to daughters, just to get good looks. 

Now, most people would think "Why do we have to write that down in order for people to realize that that's wrong?" But there are some breeders, not, not all of course, but there are some who do that.

Editor's Note: This video was first published on September 24, 2016.

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