Dog breeders are often concerned about one thing: producing winners. They want to ensure they'll be able to sell cute puppies to their customers at a decent price. But the reality is, purebred dogs come from inbreeding, and the dog inbreeding effects can be disastrous when it comes to dogs' health. Mating a mother dog with a son may produce a physically appealing pup, but it could have numerous health issues and end up costing the owner a lot of money, time, energy, and heartache.
Undesirable genetic traits, like health issues, are much more likely to arise when two dogs are closely related. Breeding a mom and son is risky because the two may have recessive genes that their offspring inherit. When an owner buys a pup that has been inbred, that owner will likely find themselves at the veterinarian more often to deal with the medical problems that are coming up.
Inbreeding will, many times, lead to a dog having a shorter life, or, at the very least, a worse quality of life. Some disorders that can come about from breeding a mom and a son include progressive retinal atrophy, multidrug sensitivity, epilepsy, hip dysplasia, urinary bladder stones, von Willebrand's disease and Collie eye anomaly.
Some of these disorders will require drugs to keep a dog going, while others may call for surgery. Some genetic disorders are fatal and may cause an early death, and others can be dealt with by keeping a dog in good health and going to the veterinarian on a regular basis.
