Beauty versus the beast: The UK public prefers less‐extreme body shapes in brachycephalic dog breeds
If given a choice, the UK public prefers less extreme body shapes in brachycephalic dog breeds. This presents major welfare opportunities to reverse the current normalisation of extreme body shapes in some currently popular brachycephalic dog breeds.
Authors
- Dan Gerard O'Neill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1115-2723)
- Zoe Belshaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5652-3324)
- Rowena M. A. Packer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9988-9828)
- Mickey Tivers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7047-9334)
- Johanna Neufuss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8683-9576)
- Elizabeth Youens
- Sayaka Mochizuki
Institutions
- Royal Veterinary College (GB)
- British Red Cross (GB)
- Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Veterinary Record
- Published
- 2025-07-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.5671
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.27
Funders
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals