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A French Bulldog is 15.9 times more likely to suffer a dangerous, obstructed birth than a mixed-breed dog. That's the highest risk of any breed veterinary researchers have ever measured. And that number climbed year over year in exact step with the breed's rise up America's popularity charts.
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For the first time in AKC history, the French Bulldog took the No. 1 spot (2022 registrations), ending the Labrador Retriever's 31-year reign.
In 2012 the French Bulldog ranked 14th, and registrations have since risen by more than 1,000%.
A UK study found French Bulldog females 15.9 times more likely to experience dystocia.
More than 80% of French Bulldog litters are delivered by Caesarean section.
A life table published in April 2022 by researchers from the RVC and National Taiwan University gave French Bulldogs a life expectancy at birth of 4.53 years.
Nottingham lace workers displaced by industrialization settled in Normandy with toy bulldogs, which became the French Bulldog.
Teng, K. T.; Brodbelt, D. C.; Pegram, C.; Church, D. B.; O’Neill, D. G.. Scientific Reports, 2022
Published 28 April 2022; authors from National Taiwan University and the Royal Veterinary College.
Royal Veterinary College (VetCompass)
Pete Wedderburn. The Telegraph (blog), 2009
Archived copy (Wayback Machine).
French Bull Dog Club of America
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