In Brazil, dogs are undergoing plastic surgery. Dr. Edgard
Brito, who gives them wrinkle-reductions with Botox
injections, as well as full facelifts, says, "Why shouldn't
a dog be beautiful?"
But just as we don't want artificially-enhanced athletes
competing in the Olympics, dog shows don't want competition
from surgically-altered animals. But dog shows have an even
better reason: winning dogs often command high prices for
producing puppies, but if their winning traits come from
surgery, they won't be able to pass them on.
In bbcnews.com, Steve Kingstone quotes dog owner Anita Alt,
who has had plastic surgery done on her miniature schnauzer
Brutus. She says, "We imported Brutus from Argentina to be a
show dog."
"But then one of his ears started drooping," Brito says,
"Which is the kind of thing that would disqualify him from a
competition? At a crowded show the judges get only three
minutes with each animal. That's not long enough to tell
whether a dog has had surgery." But he does have his limits.
He says, "Here at my clinic I would never attach an
artificial testicle."
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