French Bulldog breed standard in America and the UK is a mess and abused by breeders
I’ve been digging around looking at the breed standards for the French Bulldog both in the UK and the USA. In the UK it...
Category: dog anatomy
Americans are bewitched by French bulldog’s appearance knocking the labrador off top spot
NEWS AND COMMENT: The labrador retriever is no longer America’s best friend because the French bulldog is now the most popular dog breed surpassing...
PETA asks Crufts to ban flat-faced dogs as they ‘can barely breathe’
NEWS AND OPINION: The pressure is on The Kennel Club and their dog breeders to genuinely change their ways and deal with this flat-faced...
How good is a dog’s eyesight?
Dogs have good eyesight but they see things differently to humans. And to cats or parrots! I have a page comparing dog and parrot...
Dogs’ facial fast twitch muscles provides them with expressions which entice us
Unlike domestic cats, domestic dogs have a face-full of fast twitch muscles which enable them to have expressive faces and rapid barks. Their bark...
Norway effectively bans British bulldogs and Cavalier King Charles spaniels
NEWS AND COMMENT-NORWAY: We know that the British bulldog is selectively bred to extreme to have brachycephalic features, the side effect of which is...
What is smart snout technology?
Smart snout technology is a way to identify a lost dog. The person who invented it, Bradley Watson, from Brantford, Suffolk decided that a...
How dogs see things compared to parrots
On PoC I have some carefully prepared and useful images which shows us, in my opinion, how cats see the world compared to humans....
Modern dachshund is too low to the ground
The Kennel Club has decided to change the breed standard for the dachshund. They decided that over the years breeders have gone for a...
Short-nosed dogs make better eye contact than long-nosed dogs
Short-nose dogs make better eye contact than long-nose dogs, research has found. The eyes are more on the side of the head for long-nose...
Chinese will identify individual dogs by their noseprint
The nose leather (the tip of the nose) of a dog contains a unique “noseprint” like a human’s fingerprint which does no alter over...
Origin of the word “houndstooth” and it’s back in fashion
It’s hot off the press, fashion’s new favourite print is the houndstooth pattern which is named after the teeth of a dog and is...
Dogs have infrared detectors in their noses
Surprisingly, it has been discovered that dogs’ noses contain infrared detectors. Infrared detectors can pick up thermal radiation and in doing so dogs are...
Are border collies the most gifted dogs?
Scientists are currently searching for the world’s most intelligent dog to try and understand why they are born with these gifts. They put a...
Is a dog’s hearing better than a human’s
Yes, a dog’s hearing is better than a human’s at the higher frequencies. At sounds of low pitch or frequency a dog’s ears have...
