Today’s topic is a heavy one. So heavy, in fact, that I’m not even attempting to come up with a mood-lightening joke to soften its grim arrival.
While preparing this episode, I went from wanting to howl (I held it in), to sob uncontrollably (I didn’t), to shoot dogfight organizers in the knees (none were conveniently at hand). So no cheerful descriptions this time.
But what I am full of is the strength to talk facts — no fluff (somewhere out there, a thesis just got defended with all the saved verbiage I left out).
As you’ve surely guessed by now: this episode is about dog fighting — how a utilitarian tool became a noble pastime, and later, a modern-day blood industry.
Yes, your ears aren’t deceiving you: dog fighting is illegal in most countries around the world (including, I’m 3000% sure, the one you currently live in).
And yet, this bloody business isn’t the least bit shy about its scale.
Why it’s bloody probably needs no explaining to you, my wise and noble listeners. But why I dare to call it a business — well, that’s what I unpack in this episode.
And if I may say so — with just the tiniest lack of modesty — this may be the most comprehensive audio deep dive on dog fighting you’ve ever heard. Including all this:
🥊 How rat-baiting mutated into a rotting “entertainment” industry;
💰 How much a “promising” puppy costs and how fight organizers make money;
🧬 What role banned substances play — and how dogs are “trained” for the ring;
👁 What legal loopholes let perpetrators walk free again and again;
🐾 What consequences fall not just on dogs and organizers — but on society at large. (Yes, even if you’ve never heard of a dog fight, it’s still hurting you.)
⚠️ How to spot a dog in danger and when help is needed;
🧡 And following that: how you can help — for the price of a coffee, a phone call, or even just a few free words.
⏰ As promised in the episode, the segment about identifying and helping dogs in danger begins at 33:16.
🩵🩶 Listen. Be horrified. Share it. And please — don’t look away.
No puppy eyes this time — just an earnest ask to follow, react, or subscribe to Pёskast on the platforms where it’s easiest for you not to miss the next episode. And please — take care of yourselves and those around you. 🩶🩵
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Today’s topic is a heavy one. So heavy, in fact, that I’m not even attempting to come up with a mood-lightening joke to soften its grim arrival.
While preparing this episode, I went from wanting to howl (I held it in), to sob uncontrollably (I didn’t), to shoot dogfight organizers in the knees (none were conveniently at hand). So no cheerful descriptions this time.
But what I am full of is the strength to talk facts — no fluff (somewhere out there, a thesis just got defended with all the saved verbiage I left out).
As you’ve surely guessed by now: this episode is about dog fighting — how a utilitarian tool became a noble pastime, and later, a modern-day blood industry.
Yes, your ears aren’t deceiving you: dog fighting is illegal in most countries around the world (including, I’m 3000% sure, the one you currently live in).
And yet, this bloody business isn’t the least bit shy about its scale.
Why it’s bloody probably needs no explaining to you, my wise and noble listeners. But why I dare to call it a business — well, that’s what I unpack in this episode.
And if I may say so — with just the tiniest lack of modesty — this may be the most comprehensive audio deep dive on dog fighting you’ve ever heard. Including all this:
🥊 How rat-baiting mutated into a rotting “entertainment” industry;
💰 How much a “promising” puppy costs and how fight organizers make money;
🧬 What role banned substances play — and how dogs are “trained” for the ring;
👁 What legal loopholes let perpetrators walk free again and again;
🐾 What consequences fall not just on dogs and organizers — but on society at large. (Yes, even if you’ve never heard of a dog fight, it’s still hurting you.)
⚠️ How to spot a dog in danger and when help is needed;
🧡 And following that: how you can help — for the price of a coffee, a phone call, or even just a few free words.
⏰ As promised in the episode, the segment about identifying and helping dogs in danger begins at 33:16.
🩵🩶 Listen. Be horrified. Share it. And please — don’t look away.
No puppy eyes this time — just an earnest ask to follow, react, or subscribe to Pёskast on the platforms where it’s easiest for you not to miss the next episode. And please — take care of yourselves and those around you. 🩶🩵
Double Standards: How Breed Standards Became Breed Disorders | Episode 6
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6 months ago
Double Standards: How Breed Standards Became Breed Disorders | Episode 6
“If God gives you a purebred dog, He’ll throw in a purebred disease too.”
That’s the blunt truth — and it’s what this new episode is all about:
how our obsession with aesthetic ideals for different breeds has condemned dogs to breed-specific issues and hereditary disorders.
I won’t pretend — this episode, and this text, were hard to create. Because I’m furious.
It’s an infuriating, cruel topic that doesn't exactly cast humanity in the best light.
I tried to keep things calm — but stayed factual. I combed through every corner of the internet: studies, articles, meta-analyses, all of it.
Still, it was tough to write. I couldn’t squeeze out anything soft, uplifting, or comforting — I poured all of that into the episode itself.
Please give it a listen. It’s a genuinely fascinating (and heartbreakingly grim) topic. Here’s one of the key takeaways:
“More than 80 diseases are linked to aesthetic breed standards. That’s roughly a quarter of all hereditary diseases in dogs.”
But of course, I’ve also prepared some anchor points from the episode for you:
👑 What King Charles II and King Charles Spaniels have in common (besides royalty!)
🤼 MMA-style scuffles in the field — how Shanti and Riddick learned to speak the same language
🦔 Sonic X, piebaldism, and other English terms that just casually migrated into the Russian version of the podcast
🐁 What Dalmatians and white Bull Terriers share
🌵 Explain your smallness — and why gigantism is just plain inappropriate
🔮 The transparency of knowledge effect — or who are you without your GPT?
🤥 The encyclopedia of obscure breeds: the mythology of the Navarre Pachón and the Andean Tiger Hound
🧬 A thoroughly anti-intellectual tale about how I (tried to) get Riddick’s genetic test results
And more stories about how breed standards turn into genetic diseases and structural issues.
So with that, I bow out — not wishing you an exactly pleasant listen, but a thought-provoking one.
🩵🩶 Listen, learn, soak up the insights and research from the episode — and don’t forget to drop by the podcast’s Telegram channel: t.me/pyoscast. It’s no longer just tumbleweeds over there — it’s getting more useful (and funnier), I promise. 🩶🩵
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Today’s topic is a heavy one. So heavy, in fact, that I’m not even attempting to come up with a mood-lightening joke to soften its grim arrival.
While preparing this episode, I went from wanting to howl (I held it in), to sob uncontrollably (I didn’t), to shoot dogfight organizers in the knees (none were conveniently at hand). So no cheerful descriptions this time.
But what I am full of is the strength to talk facts — no fluff (somewhere out there, a thesis just got defended with all the saved verbiage I left out).
As you’ve surely guessed by now: this episode is about dog fighting — how a utilitarian tool became a noble pastime, and later, a modern-day blood industry.
Yes, your ears aren’t deceiving you: dog fighting is illegal in most countries around the world (including, I’m 3000% sure, the one you currently live in).
And yet, this bloody business isn’t the least bit shy about its scale.
Why it’s bloody probably needs no explaining to you, my wise and noble listeners. But why I dare to call it a business — well, that’s what I unpack in this episode.
And if I may say so — with just the tiniest lack of modesty — this may be the most comprehensive audio deep dive on dog fighting you’ve ever heard. Including all this:
🥊 How rat-baiting mutated into a rotting “entertainment” industry;
💰 How much a “promising” puppy costs and how fight organizers make money;
🧬 What role banned substances play — and how dogs are “trained” for the ring;
👁 What legal loopholes let perpetrators walk free again and again;
🐾 What consequences fall not just on dogs and organizers — but on society at large. (Yes, even if you’ve never heard of a dog fight, it’s still hurting you.)
⚠️ How to spot a dog in danger and when help is needed;
🧡 And following that: how you can help — for the price of a coffee, a phone call, or even just a few free words.
⏰ As promised in the episode, the segment about identifying and helping dogs in danger begins at 33:16.
🩵🩶 Listen. Be horrified. Share it. And please — don’t look away.
No puppy eyes this time — just an earnest ask to follow, react, or subscribe to Pёskast on the platforms where it’s easiest for you not to miss the next episode. And please — take care of yourselves and those around you. 🩶🩵
