The following has been requested as a result of a column I wrote: https://www.askthedogguy.com/english-bulldog-breeding-animal-cruelty-abuse PLOS |Genetics – Bulldogs’ Screw Tails Linked To Human Genetic Disease Mansour, Tamer A., Katherine Lucot, Sara E. Konopelski, Peter J. Dickinson, Beverly K. Sturges, Karen L. Vernau, Shannon Choi, et al. “Whole Genome Variant Association across 100 Dogs Identifies a Frame […]
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Excerpt from ScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2012) — “Hip dysplasia (HD) in dogs is affected to a larger degree than previously believed by the environment in which puppies grow up. It is particularly during the period from birth to three months that various environmental factors appear to influence the development of this disease. During the puppy stage,
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There is something odd about this article (which is appearing in a ton of news media). The story has either some critical details wrong, left them out or someone is being highly mislead. I don’t question that a dog can be trained to do this but I have never (nor have any professional service dog
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Dear John, John, what do you think of English bulldogs as a family dog? I’ve done some on-line research and learned a lot but I’d like to get your opinion. Thanks Frank Hi Frank, With the Internet it’s for the most part easier to make make informed decisions regarding many of our purchases. However once
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University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). “Saving dogs with spinal cord injuries.”ScienceDaily, 18 Jan. 2012. “Dogs with spinal cord injuries may soon benefit from an experimental drug being tested by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences — work that they hope will
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I have a 5 1/2 year old male Bichon Frise that about two years ago lost his house training and started peeing in the house. I had him thoroughly checked for various things at the vet and all possible things were ruled out. My feeling is it is his way of showing he is unhappy
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