If you believe that, you'll believe anything.
No, the British Bulldog is NOT going to become extinct, it just won't look like the country it's supposed to be representing: Grossly overweight, and unhealthy.
Is that really the fighting fit message we are supposed to be sending out?
No.
The British Bulldog has been let down over the last 100 years by the very people who supposedly cared about it: the breeders. They tried to play God, thinking they knew best. They failed. The Bulldog can't mate without assistance, and no chance of natural birth for MRS Bulldog: no, she needs a caesarean because the pups heads are too big for her hips.
I've seen an impression of the new British Bulldog, and I like it. It has longer legs, isn't so fat it has to waddle, and has a face shape it can breathe with. Whats more, lowering the nose means the dog no longer needs the owner to remember to wet it's nose, because it can touch it's tongue to it's nose.
That's got to be an improvement, surely?
Well, the British Bulldog club are up in arms about it.
Of course they are. They don't like the idea of having to admitt they've been breeding unhealthy dogs for years, dogs that their ancestors wouldn't recognise as Bulldogs.
Others to get a healthy make-over under the new KC guidelines include the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, which will now be bred to have a head that is big enough for the brain.
The German Shepherd is another. The Police don't need to worry though, their dogs are, presumably, safe. I imagine that the change will be a lifting of the hips, meaning that the dog can walk.
The Shar Pei will loose those folds of skin around the legs, back, neck and face. Their breed club, welcome the move, which is great to see, that some people realise that something has to be done to help these breeds.
The Pekingnese will lose the flat face that stops it breathing properly, and will most likely, end the need for the owner to train the dog to drink from a bottle.
Yes, flat-faced dogs need supervision when they are drinking as the nose being flat against the face means theres a risk of them drowning in their water dish.
The Kennel Club may have taken a very long time to take action, but they are to be applauded for this move and should be supported by breeders, not shunned.
Those breeders thinking of leaving the KC because of this, remember:
When you breed those deformed pups, you'll have a harder job to sell them. It might have it's faults, but that piece of paper that says "KC Registered" holds more sway when people buy their pup than "non-KC Registered"
Maybe you should gice the new proposals a try, you might surprise yourself by finding you like the changes to your breed.