Pure-bred dogs have been regarded as superior to crossbreeds or what some people refer to as mutts. However, we now understand that producing purebred dogs has drawbacks. The lack of variety in the ...

Sometimes you can hear a French bulldog before you see it—it’s the wheezing sounds they make when they breathe. Frenchies, it seems, are 30 times more likely than other breeds to suffer from ...

Many people find their flattened faces cute, but among dogs bred with a squished visage, 11 percent or less of some breeds can breathe easily. The findings, published February 18 in PLOS One, evaluate ...