With their baby-face aesthetics and a certain personable charm, flat-faced dogs are cherished companions around the world.
The skull and jawbone of a dog with a decidedly squashed snout was unearthed in 2007 in the ruins of Tralleis , thousands of years after it was buried in a tiled tomb at the foot of its human keeper.
Tralleis dog skull compared with the skulls of modern breed dogs. A. Pekingese, B. Tralleis dog, C. French Bulldog. It's only the second known specimen of a flat-faced dog that dates back to the Roman age; the other one wasBrachycephalic dogs such as pugs have become wildly popular in recent years despite increasing concerns about their, the result of their shortened snouts and extreme body shapes. Allergies, corneal ulcers, eye diseases, and skin fold infections are also common, research shows.
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