The Westminster Dog Show is arguably the most famous dog competition around, the four-legged competitors are divided up into groups such as the Working Group, Sporting Group, Herding Group, and even the Non-Sporting Group based on their breed. Well despite careful breeding all dogs have the

“Dogs have more genetic diseases than any other species on the planet.” David Ishee told me this early in our conversation. His claim makes sense: there’s no other animal that humans have purposefully bred with an emphasis on form over function—aesthetics over health—for so long. Centuries of