I really like dogs - they comes in so many different shapes and sizes. I used to have one, but he died recently.
Aww, that's really sad to hear! How old were they when they passed?
He was 8 years old. He was an english bulldog, which was bred for looks but not longevity. It's interesting how dogs breeding has created so many different attributes in their species.
Well I would assume that he had a good life, however short it may have been. What kind of attributes do they breed bulldogs for?
Yes, he lived in our home and we gave him plenty of love. The bulldogs are bred to be muscular, hefty, with a wrinkled coat.
He sounds beautiful. What was his name?
His named was Otto, but we called him Piggy as a nickname because he would do anything for food. Apparently, the bulldogs are growing in popularity, as in 2016 they were the fourth most popular purebred per the American Kennel Club.
Oh wow that's so cute. What's the most popular purebred?
Fédération Cynologique Internationale (World Canine Organization).
History.
In the early 1800s, the English became concerned with the beauty of dogs as well as their function. This fad spread to North America, and in 1877, the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show began. Soon after, the need for a regulating body became obvious. The National American Kennel Club, which had been founded in 1876, began to publish and make publicly available its studbook in 1879. This organization, however, had a more vested interest in
hear that I draw inspiration from old Persian singers. I asked him, "Wow, that's really interesting. How do you hear that?," and he said because I use certain semitones and microtones when I sing. But I've never had a singing lesson in my life, and I've never listened to Persian music in my life! It's really interesting to me that some things just come to you unconsciously like that. It's like you have this brain and it's unconsciously and consciously registering everything