Even with their smaller mouths,
brachycephalic dogs still have 42 teeth.
Not exact matches
Some people
still believe that short nosed (
brachycephalic)
dogs were developed for blood sports.
But that all the other «tissue», the skin on the face, the palate, the teeth, the tongue, the lining of the mouth etc, in many
brachycephalic dogs, is
still much the same as it would be for a
dog with normal facial bones.
Please note that exercise can be challenging for older
dogs and
brachycephalic breeds — the ones with short or flat noses, like bulldogs and pugs, but there are many exercises that can
still keep your pet engaged mentally and physically at any life stage.
In a cross bred
dog this problem should be reduced as the muzzle is likely to be longer, however it is
still possible for a Boxador to be born
brachycephalic due to the Boxer parent.