[HairOfTheDog]

Look... This isn't about occasional medical procedures or c-sections... this is about the FACT that there are many breeds, bulldogs, teacup poodles, perhaps others, that have been bred with structural faults that make it nearly impossible to reproduce naturally.

Breeding & Whelping, Bulldog Reproduction

They have selectively bred a freak of nature.

[Goodgirlinred]

I get your point. Thank you for the information.

My parents' beagle is representative of what can happen. He is a miniature beagle. The farmer did not want to sell him as he wanted to use him to breed an even smaller beagle. However, my daddy wanted him and paid what the farmer thought he would not pay. Snoopy was to be a pet only, so he was neutered. His chest looked strange and the vet said that it was due to the breeding. The breast bone juts out. It won't hurt him, although it makes fitting a harness difficult, but that would not be something one would want to pass on to the next litter.