A charity is warning the general public of buying flat-faced breeds after 17 dogs were seized from an illegal puppy farm. Local authorities asked Dogs Trust Ireland to assist by taking in all of the dogs following the discovery.
It was revealed that one of the pups needed surgery to widen her nostrils to enable her to breathe comfortably, and another dog had been excessively bred. Scar tissue provided evidence that she had undergone caesarean sections, a risk associated with breeding French bulldogs.
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