Brachycephalic dogs have unique skull shapes—shortened and broad, with a compressed nasal cavity. These features include an elongated soft palate, stenotic nares (narrow nostrils), and ...

The study, led by Nicholas Hebdon and Lindsay Waldrop and published in Science Advances on January 29, used advanced 3D reconstruction techniques to analyze 117 skulls from 40 domestic dog breeds and ...

A recent study using 3D skull analysis found no evidence that dog breeds bred for bite or scent work have specialized skull morphology for these tasks. For thousands of years, dogs have been ...

The official condition is called brachycephalic obstructive airway ... so the simple definition is that the dog has a short skull in ratio to its width. The nose is typically pushed in, meaning ...

Study finds a poodle, Irish wolfhound, Labrador and Border Collie all have the same shaped skull, with size being the only difference ...