Bulldog

Facts about Bulldog, "Scientific name for Bulldog, or domestic canine, is Canis lupus familiaris". The Bulldog is an average-sized dog breed that is native to England in the United Kingdom. The Bulldogs are commonly called as the British Bulldog or the English bulldog. The Bulldog breeds are the fifth most admired pedigrees in the United States during 2013.

Features

The Bulldog is a well-built, weighty dog with a crinkled face and a unique pushed-in nose. Usually, the male bull dog has a body weight that ranges from 45 lbs to 55 lbs (20.4 kg to 25 kg), whereas the female dogs have a maximum body weight of 45 lbs (20.4 kg). The Bulldog breeds have a characteristic broad head and shoulders, together with a marked mandibular prognathism. The prognathism is the positional association of the mandible and, or maxilla to the skinny base where any of the jaws of the dog protrudes further than a prearranged imaginary row in the coronal level surface of the head.

Generally, these are thick skin folds on the brow of the Bulldog and their eyes are round in shape, black in color, and they are wide-set. The Bulldog have a short muzzle with quality folds, referred to as a knot on top of their nose. The Bulldogs have the suspending skin beneath the neck, and have sharp teeth, drooping lips and rarely an under-bite. The coat of the Bulldog breed is short, even, and smooth and they appear in the colors of fawn, red, white, piebald and brindle. The Bulldogs are one among the few dog breeds that have a natural short tail. The tail of the Bulldogs is either twisted or straight and so it is not docked or cut like with some other dog breeds.

Bulldogs pant to keep cool with 10 to 35 breaths per minute with an average of 24 breaths per minute. A large dog breed resting heart beats between 60 to 100 times per minute, and a small dog breed’s heart beats on average between 100 to 140 and they will pant a lot.

A Bulldog’s mouth can apply approximately 150 to 200 pounds of pressure per square inch and an American Pit Bull Terrier, German Shepherd Dog and a rottweiler can have 320 LBS of pressure on avg.

Bulldogs boast extremely small nasal holes and so they have great complexity in maintaining their bodies cool. The Bulldog are extremely sensitive to heat, so additional caution is supposed to be practiced during warmer climates and in summer months. The Bulldogs must be provided with sufficient water and shade, and they must be kept away from the standing heat. Good ventilation and air conditioning are necessary to keep them safe and healthy. Actually, the Bulldogs will do the majority of their sweating through the pads, situated on their feet and in view of that, they enjoy cool floors.

Temperament

The nature of a bulldog will be calm and kind, firm, and brave, but not cruel or violent. The demeanor of the Bulldog breed will be pacific and decorous. These qualities will be countenanced by the look and performance. Bulldog breeders have worked to decrease or eliminate violence from these bulldogs. Most bulldogs will have a gracious, enduring character. These dogs are acknowledged as outstanding family pets due to their propensity to form strong relationships with kids. Usually, the Bulldogs are celebrated for getting along well with kids, other pets and dog breeds. They can turn out to be so attached to the family and home, which they will not venture outside the backyard devoid of a human cohort. The Bulldog are as well, more expected to sleep on somebody's lap than pursue a ball around the backyard.

The average lifespan of a bulldog ranges from 8 years to 12 years.

Bulldogs sweat glands are between their paw pads.
A Bulldog sees in color and have better low light vision. Bulldogs have three eyelids, a lower lid, an upper eyelid lid and a third lid, that is called a haw or nictitating membrane, this keeps the Bulldogs eye protected and moist. Bulldogs eyes have a special membrane for seeing better at night, called a tapetum lucidum - a dogs reflective layer in the choroid chiefly of nocturnal, causing the eyes to glow when light at night hits the eyes and they consist of some layers of smooth flat cells covered by a section of double deformed crystals.

All dogs are identical in makeup big or small– 42 permanent teeth and 321 bones. Puppies have 28 teeth and when they become adult dogs they have 42 teeth. Female Bulldogs are in heat for matting for about 20 days twice a year. Bulldog Puppies for their first few weeks will sleep ninety percent of the day and their vision is not fully developed until after the first month. Female Bulldogs are pregnant for 60 days before they’re puppies are born

A Bulldog can hear a sound at four times the distance of a human. Sound frequency is measured in Hertz (Hz) Def-Hertz is the measurement of frequency, explicitly it's one cycle per second. The higher the Hertz are, the higher the pitched the sound is. Dogs hear best at 45,000 Hz to 65,000 Hz, while humans hear best at around 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.

Only humans and dogs have prostates, But a dog doesn't have an appendix. Bulldogs have two times the amount of ear muscles than people.
Bulldog’s nose prints can be used to identify them, their nose prints are like a humans finger print. A Bulldog smells more than 1,000 times stronger than that of a human. A Bulldog’s nose, secretes a thin layer of mucous that helps it absorb scent, after that they lick their noses and sample the scent through their mouth.

Average body temperature for a Bulldog is between 101 to 102.5 degrees
A dog is an omnivore, (definition-they eat both other animals and plants).
all Dogs are direct descendants of wolves.

The number one heath problems amongst Bulldogs is obesity, so always make sure your dog doesn't get to fat. Many foot problems that Bulldogs have are just an issue of long toenails.