EXCLUSIVE会合，会う Lily, the Frenchie of the 未来: 子孫を作る人s trying to save the French bulldog by weeding out its major health defects have raised first 'innately healthy' dog - with an elongated snout, 団体／死体 and tail!?

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The French bulldog is the?most popular purebred dog 産む／飼育する?in both the US and UK, with its big 長，率いる, little 団体／死体, and smushy 直面する 奮起させるing throngs of adoring fans.?

But more than a century of 産む／飼育するing for its unique features has left the beloved pet with a host of physical problems - and?an 普通の／平均（する） lifespan?of 4.5 years.

A new 世代 of 子孫を作る人s 目的（とする）s to change things for the French bulldog, and the end result may be a new look for the 産む／飼育する -?with features like a longer snout to mitigate some of its 井戸／弁護士席-known health problems.

Lily is the first dog that was bred by Hawbucks Franse Bulldog Kennel, a kennel whose owner is trying to 産む／飼育する a healthier Frenchie. Lily still looks like a French bulldog, but she has a longer tail, 支援する, and 脚s than are often seen in the 産む／飼育する.

Some scientists argue, though, that there are not enough traits in the Frenchie 遺伝子 pool to bring about these necessary changes.

They told DailyMail.com it may be necessary to 産む／飼育する Frenchies with other dogs to 達成する the 願望（する）d result.

At the same time, 専門家s said this may 要求する the public to rethink what a French bulldog is, because a healthier 見解／翻訳／版 of it will probably look a little different than the dog we have been taught to 推定する／予想する.

The French bulldog has big 注目する，もくろむs and a flat 直面する, with 割合s that 誘発する／引き起こす the same 養育するing and 保護の instincts in the human brain as a baby does, scientists have said.

They also have a short 団体／死体 - as 手段d from nose to tail.?

予定 to their 誇張するd 団体／死体 形態／調整, Frenchies frequently experience breathing difficulties, spinal problems, and heat 一打／打撃.

Their short spine means they can't even lick their own 後部 end; their wrinkly 直面する makes them 傾向がある to 肌 problems; and their 狭くする hips often 要求する them to give birth 経由で C-section.

And perhaps the most 井戸／弁護士席 熟考する／考慮するd part of a French bulldog anatomy: brachycephaly.

'Brachycephaly' means a short skull - in the 事例／患者 of the Frenchie and other flat-直面するd 類似の dogs like the pug, English bulldog, and boxer, it means a short snout.

The problem for the French bulldog is that its short, 狭くする 航空路s have way too much soft tissue in them,?professor Erik Olstad told DailyMail.com.

All that soft palate and other tissue in such a short snout is like 'a four-bedroom house moved into a one-bedroom apartment,' he said.

Overstuffed 航空路s 原因（となる） the 産む／飼育する's characteristic snoring - a trait that the American Kennel Club 最高潮の場面s as one of the its 削減（する） features.

'Whether it’s annoying, amusing, or oddly 慰安ing depends on your 寛容 and sense of humor,' によれば the AKC.?

Its labored and noisy breathing has real consequences, though.

Olstad is an assistant professor of veterinary 薬／医学 at the University of California, Davis. He has seen more than his fair 株 of French bulldogs die an agonizing death from heat 一打／打撃 and hyperthermia in the southern California 気候 where he used to live, he said.?

The 産む／飼育する's breathing problems leave it unable to adequately 冷静な／正味の itself, making 演習 dangerous under normal 条件s, let alone extreme heat.

'It was just soul wrenching,' he said. 'It makes you go, 'What the hell is this?''

Olstad is no Frenchie hater, though - in fact the opposite is true. He 述べるs them as 'so damn 削減（する）.'

'When I see a French bulldog, that's like a 風刺漫画 character in my exam room bouncing around,' he said. 'I feel the same feelings everyone else does. I'm like: 'Look at this frigging 削減（する） dog, I love it.''?????

In the Netherlands, Chantal Wageveld-先頭 Kruining is working on a new variety of Frenchie: the Hawbucks French bulldog.?

READ MORE:?Pugs, French Bulldogs and English Bulldogs have 拒絶する／低下するd in 人気 by a THIRD in Britain?

人物／姿／数字s from December 2023 showed that the flat-直面するd 産む／飼育するs 拒絶する／低下するd in 人気 compared to the year before.?

In 最近の years, vets have raised serious 関心s for these 産む／飼育するs' safety and have 勧めるd 可能性のある owners not to buy them. Now, 人物／姿／数字s published by The Kennel Club 示唆する that their 嘆願s may have finally been heard, with flat-直面するd dogs 拒絶する／低下するing in 人気 in Britain by a third in 2023

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Wageveld-先頭 Kruining fell in love with French bulldogs after she 可決する・採択するd her first one, but spinal problems meant she had to euthanize the beloved dog.

As with many purebred dogs, 消費者s often 簡単に 受託する 産む／飼育する-明確な／細部 health problems - hip dysplasia in German shepherds, 癌 in golden retrievers, and so on.?

'Seeing the 苦しむing 存在 完全に 標準的にする／正常にするd by the public made me think that we should 努力する／競う for a change of 視野 of what we think of as 'normal,' Wageveld-先頭 Kruining told DailyMail.com.?

'It is not normal when a dog breathes with sounds. Or it is not normal a dog can not 配達する her puppies 自然に 予定 to the 団体／死体 形態／調整 or 欠如（する） of oxygen. Or a dog that can not reach it's own genitals for grooming because it is so short and 激しい built,' she 追加するd.

'People laugh about these things, but it would serve them 井戸／弁護士席 to be in the position themselves where their 団体／死体 保留するs them from doing their normal things. The dog's health and wellbeing should be the 優先, not what we as humans find '削減（する）'.'

動機づけるd by a 願望（する） to 産む／飼育する a healthier Frenchie, she 始める，決める out to 産む／飼育する a dog that doesn't have these health problems - even if it doesn't やむを得ず 適合する to the 産む／飼育する 基準 of what it should look like.

This means a longer snout and spine, 同様に as a tail.

And her dog Lily is proof that this is possible.

Lily may not 満足させる the dog show （人が）群がる, as she does not 展示（する） extreme French bulldog conformation, but によれば genetic 実験（する）ing that Wageveld-先頭 Kruining had done, this dog is 100 パーセント Frenchie.

Lily is a Hawbucks French bulldog, a variety that is meant to 欠如（する） the health problems ありふれた to other Frenchies

Lily's mother Yara has more of a typical French bulldog 形態／調整, but her snout is longer than 普通の／平均（する）

She is what Wageveld-先頭 Kruining calls a Hawbucks? French bulldog, the result of careful 産む／飼育するing to get rid of the harmful French bulldog 特徴 - features that 専門家s like Dan O'Neill call 'extreme conformation.'

O'Neill is an associate professor of companion animal epidemiology at the 王室の Veterinary College in London.

'This dog would certainly fit the bil l as a French bulldog that has moved に向かって 改善するd innate health but that still looks recognizably French bulldog,' O'Neill said of Lily.

'The 長，率いる 形態／調整 and conformation here 堅固に 示唆する that much of this dog’s lineage was the 現在の typical French bulldogs that we are used to,' he 追加するd. 'But the 団体／死体 is much more 穏健な; longer 支援する, long tail, longer 脚s.'

And he would know. O'Neill is part of the 合法的な （a）忠告の／（n）警報 Group on Extreme Conformation in Dogs, a group that is working to develop 合法的な 基準s for 倫理的な dog 産む／飼育するing.

The group is not just 焦点（を合わせる）d on Frenchies, but on all dog 産む／飼育するs for which the 産む／飼育する 基準 encourages extreme conformation: English bulldogs, pugs, and Cavalier King Charles spaniels, just to 指名する a few.

Others are with them, too.??

The cavalier King Charles spaniel is known to be 特に susceptible to spinal problems and heart 問題／発行するs - the result of 世代s of inbreeding.

The English bulldog, another brachycephalic 産む／飼育する, 直面するs 類似の breathing 問題／発行するs as the French bulldog.

In October, the Norwegian 最高裁判所 支配するd that the cavalier King Charles spaniel can no longer be bred.

As a 産む／飼育する it is so sick and inbred, the 法廷，裁判所 支配するd, with 産む／飼育するing より悪くするing its 見込み of hereditary disorders and 縮めるing its lifespan, that it was not only unethical but also a 違反 of animal cruelty 法律s to continue 産む／飼育するing it.

In the 注目する，もくろむs of O'Neill and others like him, the 状況／情勢 with French bulldogs is no different.

'There are animal 福利事業 法律s that 存在する, and they are not 存在 施行するd,' he told DailyMail.com. 'We need to do something about and get them 施行するd.'

Scientists argue that to make French bulldogs healthy again, they need to have some new genetics brought in from other dog 産む／飼育するs. This individual is part American Staffordshire terrier

合法的な 選択s are just one avenue to 追求する, though, O'Neill said.

Another 抱擁する area is public perception: If members of the general public 認める and 受託する that selective 産む／飼育するing for extreme conformation is 傷つけるing dogs, then 需要・要求する for these purebred dogs will go 負かす／撃墜する.

A major problem, he said, is that people want 削減（する） dogs but don't やむを得ず 認める that these dogs are 苦しむing under the 重荷（を負わせる） of that cuteness.

When a French bulldog is snorting and wheezing 負かす／撃墜する the street, for example, 'the general public don't perceive that that's the dog 苦しむing,' he said. 'So the 問題／発行する really is our blindness to the 苦しむing.'

But O'Neill and others 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う that there is 現実に not enough genetic 多様制 within the Frenchie 産む／飼育するing pool to 産む／飼育する healthier dogs.

To put it another way, long snouts have been so 完全に bred out of French bulldogs that there aren't enough individuals with normal-sized snouts to have purebred French bulldog puppies that are innately healthy.

'A dog that's innately healthy is a dog that is born with the capacity to do all the natural 機能（する）／行事s that a dog of its age would be 推定する／予想するd to be able to do, like sleep and run and breathe,' O'Neill said.?

As he sees it, that 簡単に is not possible with purebred French bulldogs.

Instead, he said, other genetic 構成要素 needs to be brought in.

K?pt’n is the third 世代 of 子孫s from a French bulldog who was bred with an American Staffordshire terrier

Lily and?K?pt’n's puppies are F4 hybrids, but because they are predominantly French bulldog, they can be considered purebred.

簡単に put, to save Frenchies, they must be interbred with other dog 産む／飼育するs who 所有する healthy traits.?

To this end, Lily just had a litter of puppies this month.

And while Lily is purebred French bulldog with more humane dimensions, her puppies take it a step その上の.

These dogs are technically, genetically French bulldogs. But they also 含む／封じ込める something special: another 産む／飼育する's traits.

Their father is the third 世代 子孫 of a French bulldog bred with an American Staffordshire terrier, making him what's known as an F3 hybrid, and the puppies F4.

The winning dog Elton scooped the prize for the best canine in the 公共事業（料金）／有用性 Group and Best of 産む／飼育する but animal 福利事業 選挙運動者s 非難するd the 裁判官s' 決定／判定勝ち（する）

選挙運動者s were 関心d that Elton (pictured) had?'no discernable nostrils' and would therefore struggle to breathe but Crufts 公式の／役人s said he had passed all the health checks

Hawbucks French bulldogs from Wageveld-先頭 Kruining's kennel go for $3,000-3,500, depending on whether they can be homed at nine weeks old or must be kept at her kennel longer before 存在 sent abroad.?

'The highest goals should be happy and truly healthy dogs with longevity, and it does not 事柄 if they have a small 百分率 of other 産む／飼育するs in them if that is what it takes to 遂行する that,' she said.

O'Neill, for his part, agreed.

Broader 進歩 may be hard-won, however.

Just this month at Crufts - around the same time Lily and K?pt’n had their puppies - a 特に extreme French bulldog won both Best in 産む／飼育する and Best in Group for the 公共事業（料金）／有用性 Group.

指名するd Elton, this Frenchie has 'no discernible nostrils,' によれば many 観察者／傍聴者s, and a 直面する so flat that it looks concave from 確かな angles.

O'Neill, like the others, is a lover of animals, and he has nothing against Elton as a dog.

'The dog itself is lovely,' he said, 'but this 団体／死体 is 全く extreme.'

And when an individual dog that 展示（する）s such extreme conformation 勝利，勝つs the day, it becomes a sort of 代表者／国会議員 of the 産む／飼育する, showing the public what they should 推定する／予想する a French bulldog to look like.

The signal to would-be dog show 勝利者s, too, is （疑いを）晴らす: To 勝利，勝つ, your pup should look more like Elton.?

Lily nurses the next 世代 of Hawbucks French bulldog puppies. These dogs 含む／封じ込める American Staffordshire terrier デオキシリボ核酸.

This AI-生成するd 一連の images 申し込む／申し出s a look at what French bulldogs could look like with some careful 産む／飼育するing to introduce healthier traits. At far left is what the 産む／飼育する looks like now, with a short nose and short spine and short 脚s. At far 権利 is what it could look like in just a few 世代s of careful 産む／飼育するing.

Fortunately, Olstad pointed out, changing people's minds about dog 産む／飼育するs may 現実に not be so hard.

He points to the golden doodle as an example of 'a very expensive mutt' - a dog that is not purebred but is still 高度に 望ましい to dog 買い手s.

The curly-haired hypoallergenic pup is not a purebred dog, but a mix of the golden retriever and the poodle.

So if this example is anything to go by, people who want a brand-指名する dog may be ready to 受託する dogs like the Hawbucks - a French bulldog that looks more like Lily and いっそう少なく like Elton.

The 子孫を作る人 organizations making the 支配するs about purebred dogs may remain an 障害 to change, partly because admitting that the 産む／飼育する needs to change would also be an admission that what they have been doing is harmful to dogs.

But by reaching the general public, people like Olstad, O'Neill and Wageveld-先頭 Kruining hope to change minds.

'I have noticed the group calling for change gets bigger and bigger,' Wageveld-先頭 Kruining said. 'They WANT a healthier dog they can enjoy longer without any worries about them 存在 healthy or happy.'