To gauge and improve the over­all health of the breed, a health sur­vey is in progress at the Ortho­pe­dic Foun­da­tion for Ani­mals (OFA) site. The French Bull Dog Club of Amer­ica Health & Genet­ics Com­mit­tee is con­duct­ing the sur­vey, with the help and assis­tance of OFA and their web­site. (OFA pro­vides this sur­vey ser­vice to par­ent clubs free of charge to help them assess the health of their breed.)

This sur­vey is open to any­one who has owned a French Bull­dog between the years 2001 and 2011. Click the link below to go to the sur­vey page. Once on the page, click “Answer Sur­vey” to start the sur­vey process.

2011 French Bull­dog Health Survey

The survey’s pur­pose is to deter­mine which areas of Frenchie health should receive the most focus for research and for grant money to improve the breed. Also, to get an over­all feel of breed’s health sta­tus and to com­pare with results from a sim­i­lar sur­vey con­ducted ten years ago.

All results are anony­mous and con­fi­den­tial. You will need each dog’s med­ical records handy for ref­er­ence. If your Frenchie has been healthy, com­plet­ing the sur­vey will be quick. Ques­tions deal with: health issues, what vac­ci­na­tions have been given, type of food fed (raw, kib­ble, etc.), tem­pera­ment, breed­ing issues, etc. For ques­tions that don’t apply to your dog, just skip over them.

Results are auto­mat­i­cally tab­u­lated as peo­ple com­plete the sur­vey and are con­stantly updated. You can review results prior to tak­ing the sur­vey and check back later to see how they are pro­gress­ing in the weeks to come.

Take a few min­utes. Share your Frenchie’s health data for his or her ben­e­fit and for the ben­e­fit of the breed.

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