The Advisory Council on the Welfare Issues of Dog Breeding issued recommendations in their 2012 report, under a section titled «Breathing difficulty linked to head conformation» but veterinary clinics across the UK continue to see many patients suffering from problem linked to
extreme brachycephaly.
Not exact matches
French Bulldogs and other flat faced dogs like Pugs and Pekinese, suffer from an
extreme conformational defect called
brachycephaly.
Within each breed there is a tendency for the degree of
brachycephaly to become increasingly
extreme over time.
An earlier broadcast on the BBC spawned three independent reports identifying the English bulldog as a breed in need of genetic intervention, presumably to breed away from the
extremes of
brachycephaly and chondrodysplasia and increase genetic diversity.