Worrying numbers of 'short-nosed' dog owners do not believe their pets to have breathing problems
Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 06:30
in Health & Medicine
Owners of certain popular short-nosed dog breeds, including Pugs, Bulldogs, Pekingese and French Bulldogs, are unknowingly putting their pets welfare at risk and not seeking essential treatment because they consider their pets signs of breathing difficulties to be normal for that breed so reveals a new study from the Royal Veterinary College, published on Thursday 10 May 2012 by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) in their journal Animal Welfare. Other affected breeds in the study included the Boston Terrier, Dogue de Bordeaux, Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and short-nosed crossbreeds.