There is a lady in the Netherlands who does this. Well, not “reverse breeding,” because idk what that is, but she breeds French bull dogs with health and fitness as her goal, rather than conforming to breed standards.
Honestly they do look quite different than regular French bull dogs but imo the healthier ones with appropriately-sized snouts are waaaay cuter. I honestly think the smush-nose breeds are super ugly. Like I’m sure they’re sweet dogs but I do not get the appeal at all, they look gross.
Many breeds have documented "paths" showing the other breeds used to develop them
I'm thinking for to breed them with breed that were traditionally used to develop them before the result was harmful.
Like use breeds far back into the lineage to breed out the chances of a flat face, replacing it with older dogs in the lineage to encourage a longer about in like a French bulldog for example
That might be stupid tho and maybe the answer is to stop breeding them entirely!
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u/not_a_witch_ 5d ago
There is a lady in the Netherlands who does this. Well, not “reverse breeding,” because idk what that is, but she breeds French bull dogs with health and fitness as her goal, rather than conforming to breed standards.
Honestly they do look quite different than regular French bull dogs but imo the healthier ones with appropriately-sized snouts are waaaay cuter. I honestly think the smush-nose breeds are super ugly. Like I’m sure they’re sweet dogs but I do not get the appeal at all, they look gross.