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Because whenever dogs are bred for a rare and very specific look - like the spots on Dalmatians - the breeders almost always end up mating dogs that are close relatives to each other. Sometimes even father - daughter, that kind of thing. And inbreeding like that reduce the amount of genetic variation and increase the risk of birth defects.

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