Some dog lovers also know that Labradors are susceptible to hip dysplasia, while deafness and kidney stones run in Dalmatians. But why is this the case? Breeding dogs for particular ...

Julie Pearce, 57, and her daughters Rosalie Pearce, 33, and Kaylie Adams, 24, received suspended sentences after admitting unlicensed dog breeding. The two daughters were also sentenced for ...

Organised crime is moving into the lucrative market of extreme dog breeding, a BBC investigation has found. Bulldogs, including the new American Bully breed, are being bred with hugely exaggerated ...

"If you have a dog from a breed that has always rounded up sheep," said Kisko, "you tend to have a dog that will round up the family. So there are some instincts that we have bred into dogs over ...

Whether you wanted your property guarded or farmland tended to, there was a dog for that. Through selective breeding, owners quite literally shaped their dogs according to their needs. So why don ...