Dog health: Don't buy a bulldog until breed is reshaped, vets plead

The flat faces bred into bulldogs can cause a "lifetime of suffering" and vets are urging people not to buy one.Urgent action is needed to reshape the breed and stop the UK joining the list of countries where the dog is banned, say Royal Veterinary College experts.

A fashion for ever more extreme features, such as a flat face, wrinkled skin and squat body, has made the breed prone to health complaints, raising welfare concerns.With their large bulging eyes and flat face, the dogs are undeniably "cute", said Dr Dan O'Neill of the Royal Veterinary College, one of the authors of the study, but their extreme body shape after years of selective breeding has become their downfall.

"What we deem is cute from the outside, if you're living the life as that dog, is anything but cute. It is, in many cases, a lifetime of suffering." Veterinary historian, Dr Alison Skipper, of King's College London, said many of the diseases linked to body shape had been known by breeders for more than a century.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

You can hear the breathing difficulties they have when they walk past.

This has been my stance for years. I have always wanted a Bulldog but it's just not fair on the dog to be born with so many defects and not given a proper chance at life all because wierd people liked a certain look and some still do. Being back the Bully!

hbriggs great topic, leaves me wanting more key details though. Could do with the linked source and/or some explanation about how the breeds will improve/reshape

Non si comprano i cani, si adottano.

our future

Nothing beats a pug in terms of design flaws.

Never knew this. Very cruel.

Finally, please don’t like or reshare anything on social media having to do with pets and if you see any post where someone is feeding a hungry animal report it as animal abuse immediately

Poor dogs, most will get put down now . Try promoting looking after what we have . It's not their fault most Scientists are like Frankenstein

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