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Purebred dogs might look flawless on the outside, but their beauty often hides a disturbing genetic truth. For generations, breeders have prioritized traits like coat color and snub noses over genetic ...

English bulldogs are especially prone to breathing and other health problems due to their unique body and facial shape created through breeding. Photo: Jacob King/PA Wire (AP) New research seems to ...

Data from the Morris Animal Foundation Golden Retriever Lifetime Study shows that inbreeding depression, the result of breeding closely-related individuals, reduces litter sizes in purebred golden ...

French bull dogs—who generally mate through artificial insemination and give birth through Caesarean section—strike a pose for the judges at the 2009 Westminster Kennel Club dog show in ...

The English bulldog is yelping away into extinction. Centuries of inbreeding have damaged purebred bulldogs to the point where the only way for the breed to survive is through crossbreeding with other ...