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Sadly, research found it is due to careless over-breeding

Flat-faced dog breeds, including French Bulldogs and Pugs, have the shortest life expectancy, a new study has found.

According to vets at the Royal Veterinary College, brachycephalic dogs don't live as long due to the increased risk of breathing problems, skin fold infections and spinal disease they face. Despite flat-faced dogs having record-high puppy registrations in 2020, experts are calling people to stop and think before buying a dog with a short snout.

In order to uncover the findings, researchers assessed a random sample of 30,563 dogs from 18 breeds and crossbreeds to see how life expectancy varies between each pup. By looking at dogs that died between 1 January 2016 and 31 July 2020, they were able to uncover which breeds live the longest — and which sadly don't.

French Bulldogs live just 4.53 years, while English Bulldogs and Pugs live only 7.39 years and 7.65 years, respectively. On the other hand, however, Jack Russell Terriers were found to live the longest (12.72 years). This was closely followed by Yorkshire Terriers (12.5 years) and Border Collies (12.1 years).

"Dogs have helped so many humans get through loneliness and isolation of the COVID pandemic," Dr Dan O'Neil, associate professor in Companion Animal Epidemiology at the Royal Veterinary College, and co-author of the paper, told the BBC. "These new VetCompass Life tables enable owners to now estimate how much longer they can benefit from these dogs."

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