People won’t listen and will want one as a status symbol, only to find out how sick they all are only when it is too late. I jog through a middle class area and lots of people have pure bred dogs, with plenty of pugs, bulldogs etc. They all look sick but the owners seem happy, as if they do not realise how much those animals are actually suffering.
I don’t know why you’d want to purposefully pick a dog breed that is suffering like this. Can’t get my head around wanting a pet dog but not actually caring about its welfare. I also don’t see how bulldogs are supposed to be cute, they are so incredibly ugly. Can’t fit their tongues in their mouths, drooling, audibly struggling to breathe, eyes bulging out of their skull. Absolutely cruel to keep one.
And don’t @me with bUt i hAvE a bUllDoG aNd iTs fInE, I don’t care. You’re still increasing demand for a cruelly bred dog when there are hundreds of other healthier breeds you could have picked instead.
Bulldogs, Pugs, King Charles Spaniels, Dachshunds, Alsatians….it’s a long list which can be shortened to:
* If it is a recognised breed, it is a genetic disaster area
The likes of the KC and breed clubs could resolve this, but they don’t actually care that much about the dogs. They care about their institution and money.
Do these people think anyone cares? Unfortunately, most of these dog owners are selfish and couldn’t care less.
i really don’t understand the popularity of french bulldogs
I’ll go one further, don’t buy a bulldog.
Buy a fucking normal breed that won’t injure/kill children.
I recommend the Pedigree Dogs Exposed documentary from 2008. It what stopped crufts from being shown on the BBC.
Their also a follow up, Pedigree Dogs Expose: three years on, which is on vimeo.
I had hoped things would have improved since then.
French bulldogs are crazy popular round here, they seem to be reaching poodle cross numbers.
My dear little dog (a Poochon) loves a French bulldog, and this morning we saw 2 (Tetley and Bella)
Tetley had to be pulled away by his owner as Tetley was getting excited and couldn’t breathe very well, Bella came up to see my dog but started making noises and had to go, and this was 8am and was only 18c at the time.
On Friday I dread to think, they’ll have to be walked at 4am by rights.
Let’s be honest a lot of people shouldn’t have any kinda dog in the first place.
The level of training a lot of dogs I see have is shocking. No recall at all. Pint sized people getting dragged along by a dog they have no controll over when it’s on lead because it’s the same size as them.
Breeding these poor mutant bastards is a cruelty.
Mutts are the best imo. Give me a scruffy looking heinz 57 any day of the week.
Not a designer cross-breed, an honest to goodness, old fashioned mutt.
Maybe with one eye.
Then what about all the pre/mis shaped ones?
Most people who own these types of dogs are thick as sht anyway.
My sister’s friend got a bulldog, only for it to have to be put down about a year later due to some horrific health issue. I can’t remember what. But she forked out 16k trying to save this dog, and now she is deep in debt.
If it “reshaped” it will no longer be a bulldog, so you might as well make the advice “Don’t buy a bulldog”. There are plenty of other breeds that don’t have problems breathing, walking, etc.
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People won’t listen and will want one as a status symbol, only to find out how sick they all are only when it is too late. I jog through a middle class area and lots of people have pure bred dogs, with plenty of pugs, bulldogs etc. They all look sick but the owners seem happy, as if they do not realise how much those animals are actually suffering.
I don’t know why you’d want to purposefully pick a dog breed that is suffering like this. Can’t get my head around wanting a pet dog but not actually caring about its welfare. I also don’t see how bulldogs are supposed to be cute, they are so incredibly ugly. Can’t fit their tongues in their mouths, drooling, audibly struggling to breathe, eyes bulging out of their skull. Absolutely cruel to keep one.
And don’t @me with bUt i hAvE a bUllDoG aNd iTs fInE, I don’t care. You’re still increasing demand for a cruelly bred dog when there are hundreds of other healthier breeds you could have picked instead.
Bulldogs, Pugs, King Charles Spaniels, Dachshunds, Alsatians….it’s a long list which can be shortened to:
* If it is a recognised breed, it is a genetic disaster area
The likes of the KC and breed clubs could resolve this, but they don’t actually care that much about the dogs. They care about their institution and money.
Do these people think anyone cares? Unfortunately, most of these dog owners are selfish and couldn’t care less.
i really don’t understand the popularity of french bulldogs
I’ll go one further, don’t buy a bulldog.
Buy a fucking normal breed that won’t injure/kill children.
I recommend the Pedigree Dogs Exposed documentary from 2008. It what stopped crufts from being shown on the BBC.
Their also a follow up, Pedigree Dogs Expose: three years on, which is on vimeo.
I had hoped things would have improved since then.
French bulldogs are crazy popular round here, they seem to be reaching poodle cross numbers.
My dear little dog (a Poochon) loves a French bulldog, and this morning we saw 2 (Tetley and Bella)
Tetley had to be pulled away by his owner as Tetley was getting excited and couldn’t breathe very well, Bella came up to see my dog but started making noises and had to go, and this was 8am and was only 18c at the time.
On Friday I dread to think, they’ll have to be walked at 4am by rights.
Let’s be honest a lot of people shouldn’t have any kinda dog in the first place.
The level of training a lot of dogs I see have is shocking. No recall at all. Pint sized people getting dragged along by a dog they have no controll over when it’s on lead because it’s the same size as them.
Breeding these poor mutant bastards is a cruelty.
How about don’t buy a dog at all
There are people trying to get bulldogs back to their original look/build etc. They’re called [old tyme bulldogs](https://www.ukpets.com/dog-breeds/old-tyme-bulldog).
I have one, he’s great, longer snout, full tail, athletic build, longer legs, and dopey as fuck.
Here’s what his snout looks like:
https://i.imgur.com/cLRRgA8.jpeg
Just stop breeding them
Mutts are the best imo. Give me a scruffy looking heinz 57 any day of the week.
Not a designer cross-breed, an honest to goodness, old fashioned mutt.
Maybe with one eye.
Then what about all the pre/mis shaped ones?
Most people who own these types of dogs are thick as sht anyway.
My sister’s friend got a bulldog, only for it to have to be put down about a year later due to some horrific health issue. I can’t remember what. But she forked out 16k trying to save this dog, and now she is deep in debt.
If it “reshaped” it will no longer be a bulldog, so you might as well make the advice “Don’t buy a bulldog”. There are plenty of other breeds that don’t have problems breathing, walking, etc.
Just for fun:
Here is the [skull](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/385/129256/65742881_1_x.jpg?version=1539892802&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=50) and [skeleton](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f3/7e/16/f37e166f560ad8bda1026ee3f2ed9b0e.jpg) of the Gray Wolf (*Canis lupus*)
Here are some [pictures](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/41/36/f6/4136f6dbc3abbf18721a808b9566ac92.jpg) of [the](https://i.redd.it/izkqambgsuh21.jpg) [skull](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1467/6660/products/English-Bulldog–Main__BC-128__1_grande.jpg?v=1534517665) and [skeleton](https://assets.catawiki.nl/assets/2018/5/28/d/8/a/d8a62bc1-921d-4772-82d2-bb7426c95630.jpg) of the English bulldog (*Canis lupus familiaris*).
Isn’t that just fucking nuts?