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Can weight loss help short-muzzled dogs breathe easier?

Felicia Beswick's two English bulldogs, 6-year-old Jax and 5-year-old Tun, couldn't be more different. "If you look at 'bulldog' in the dictionary, it's Jax; he's just very, very stereotypical of the breed. He prefers to sit in judgment of everybody, and he's allergic to exercise," Beswick said. "Tu...

Can weight loss help short-muzzled dogs breathe easier?
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Felicia Beswick's two English bulldogs, 6-year-old Jax and 5-year-old Tun, couldn't be more different. "If you look at 'bulldog' in the dictionary, it's Jax; he's just very, very stereotypical of the breed. He prefers to sit in judgment of everybody, and he's allergic to exercise," Beswick said. "Tun is a little Labrador in a bulldog body; he wants to run and play. He has two switches—one is on 100% and one is asleep. There's almost nothing in the middle."

Originally published at Phys.org

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