The Bulldog also known as the English Bulldog or British Bulldog, is a medium-sized dog breed. It is a muscular hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose.
Example of a 4-year-old Bulldog of Champion bloodlines, side view. Note the "rope" over the nose, and pronounced underbite.
Bulldogs have characteristically wide heads and shoulders along with a pronounced mandibular prognathic. There are generally thick folds of skin on the brow; round, black, wide-set eyes; a short muzzle with characteristic folds called a rope or nose roll above the nose; hanging skin under the neck; drooping lips and pointed teeth, and an underbite with an upturned jaw. The coat is short, flat, and sleek with colors of red, fawn, white, brindle, and piebald.
In the United Kingdom, the breed standards are 55 lbs (25 kg) for a male and 50 lbs (23 kg) for a female.[11] In the United States, a typical mature male weighs 50 lbs (23 kg), while mature females weigh about 40 lb. (18 kg). The Bulldog Club of America recommends the average weight of a bulldog to be 40–50 lbs (18–23 kg).
Bulldogs are one of the few breeds whose tail is naturally short and either straight, screwed or thin and thus is not cut or docked as with some other breeds.
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