Health & Lifestyle

The Bull Terrier Club of Canada is dedicated to the love of Bull Terriers, with a commitment to the ongoing improvement in the health and well-being of the breed. Members are also encouraged to support our efforts by not only test their breeding dogs, to help reduce genetic based disorders, by also by participating in health research studies with both breeding and non-breeding dogs. In addition, all club members attest that they will abide by the BTCC Code of Ethics which includes that they will not knowingly breed, offer at stud, or breed to any Bull Terrier which has any inheritable defect or any other genetic defect which can be harmful to the Bull Terrier.

Special thanks to The Bull Terrier Club (UK) for allowing us to link to their information:

Bull Terrier Health UK – Health topics and issue

Additional Articles:

• • Lethal Acrodermatitis in the Bull Terrier: An Update – by Margret L. Casal, DVM
  • Genetic testing for Lethal Acrodermatitis (LAD)
  • Polycystic Kidney Disease – by Kristy Utt, DVM
  • Inherited Kidney Disease – by Goerge Lees
  • Medical Peculiarities of the Bull Terrier – by Jerry Schreiber, DVM
  • Pedigree Analysis and How Breeding Decisions Affect Genes – by Jerold Bell, DVM
  • Popular Sire Syndrome: Keeping Watch over health and quality issues in purebreds – by Jerold Bell, DVM
  • Hereditary Deafness in Dogs and Cats: Causes, Prevalence & Current Research – by George Strain, DVM