As many will be aware, there has been significant progress made in recent years in relation to the fight against kidney failure, a disease that has plagued the Bull Terrier breed for decades. In short the Animal Health Trust has been building up a store of DNA samples supplied by Bull Terrier owners, with the … Read more
Hi guys, this is just a quick note to inform of a few changes I’ve made to the site recently, and they are all related to the subject of Bull Terrier health matters. Firstly I’ve recently received a couple of articles from Terry Heath – one on Heart Disease and the other on LAD – … Read more
Hi guys, just a quick message to inform of a change I’ve made to the site recently. New Page I decided to add a new page relating to the Animal Health Trust’s need for Bull Terrier DNA samples, which they need in order to identify and hopefully in time eliminate the kidney problem the breed … Read more
You may already be aware of the fact that the Animal Health Trust is currently calling for Bull Terrier owners to submit Cheek Swab DNA Samples of their dogs, in order to try and identify the gene that causes kidney disease in the breed. Unfortunately the AHT hasn’t received enough samples to work with for … Read more
I received a letter from Terry Heath recently and she asked me if I could post it on this site. Given the nature of it I was all too happy to do so and it appears in full below. Just to add to what Terry states, in fact more just to back it up really … Read more
I know I’m a few days late but I’d like to wish everyone in the breed the very best of wishes for 2014, good health and happiness to all. I’ll get back into my normal routine of posting various Bull Terrier related goodies in due course, but I thought I’d start the year off with … Read more
This is an update – or addition if you like – to the recent post about the Bull Terrier Clinical Studies Fund. Terry Heath has notified me that there is some confusion regarding the form that comes with the Animal Health Trust Swab Kits, with many people thinking that they need to consult their vets … Read more
There are many documents to download from this site, but if you were only to download one more then I’d urge it to be this latest one. Show reports and critiques and so on might be quite useful at times, but this one is actually important – it will explain how you could help improve … Read more