I used to go to dog shows with my parents when they were into hound showing and the scenes at these places were mental, some of those dogs were completely deformed and everyone was insane. Lots of drama, lots of bitchiness and childish bullshit.
I remember one year a huge drama occuring with the Basset hounds at crufts, because a dog who won his class was disqualified. Why, you ask? His undercarriage was so saggy and his legs so short and bowed that his testicles were dragging on the ground. There was a huge uproar about this, with the owners and their friends accusing the judges of being biased and blah blah blah. Even as a kid I thought it was completely insane that these people couldn't see how crippled the dogs were.
I know of some elderly bassets now who similarly have dicks and balls dragging on the ground because they're so low and saggy. They have so many health conditions- bad backs, skin infections in their eyes and ears, digestion problems, general retardation, behaviour problems. Not a single one of those dogs is healthy. The worst part is the smell, though. These dogs stink terribly of fungus and yeast and stale earwax; you can smell them when they walk into the room. Their owners are at the vet constantly, I can't imagine how expensive it must be. They have to have their ears and folds cleaned out almost every night, and that's not even getting into all their other ailments. One of them clealry has some kind of doggy dementia and he's just so, so retarded. I'd fele bad but his whole existence is so pitiful that I really do hope that he dies, if only to put him out of his own misery. People who buy these dogs and have the nerve to be snide about mutts and cross breeds are absolutely retarded.