{"id":513,"date":"2020-03-10T15:21:28","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T15:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/?page_id=513"},"modified":"2025-02-03T10:34:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T10:34:35","slug":"position-statements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/?page_id=513","title":{"rendered":"Position and Consensus Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250124-BWG-Position-Organisational-Commitments-to-Responsible-Behaviours.pdf\">Organisational Commitments to Responsible Behaviours aimed at Redressing the Serious Welfare Issues from Brachycephaly in Dogs<\/a>\u00a0 &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250203-BWG-Organsiational-Commitments-Infographic.pdf\">Infographic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/241106-BWG-Noisy-breathing-in-brachycephalic-flat-faced-dogs-at-rest-or-light-exercise-is-never-normal.pdf\">Noisy breathing in brachycephalic dogs at rest or light exercise is never normal<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/241118-Noisy-breathing-in-brachycephalic-flat-faced-dogs-at-rest-or-light-exercise-is-never-normal.pdf\"><strong>Infographic<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BWG-National-Plan-Our-shared-human-responsibilities-Short-version-230308.pdf\">BWG National Plan 2023 <\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BWG-National-Plan-Our-shared-human-responsibilities-Infographic-230308.pdf\">Infographic<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW88472919 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW88472919 BCX0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/220512-BWG-Innate-health-in-dog-populations.pdf\">Innate health in dogs<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/220512-BWG-Innate-Health.pdf\"><strong><em>Infographic<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/210903-BWG-Maximising-health-welfare-and-temperament.pdf\">Maximising health, welfare and temperament<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Brachycephalic-Working-Group-Legislation-Position-Statement-210624.pdf\">Legislation relating to Brachycephalic Dogs in the UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/210609-BWG-Position-Statement-Heat-related-illness-in-dogs.pdf\">Preventing and Moderating Heat-related illness in dogs<\/a> &#8211; <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/210618-BWG-HRI-infographic_updated.pdf\">Infographic<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/210321-BWG-Concensus-Stop-and-think-before-buying-a-flat-faced-dog.pdf\">Stop and think before buying a flat-faced dog<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Brachycephalic-obstructive-airway-syndrome-Consensus-statements-.pdf\">Surgical Guidelines for Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Setting a limit for conformational exaggerations in dog breeds: <a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201030-Full-version-BWG-Position-on-Setting-a-limit-for-conformational-exaggerations-in-dog-breeds-.pdf\">Full Version\u00a0<\/a> <a style=\"font-size: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201030-Abbreviated-Version-BWG-Position-on-Setting-a-limit-for-conformational-exaggerations-in-dog-breeds.pdf\">Abbreviated Version<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/200228-Published-BWG-Position-Statement-Welfare-Impacts-from-Sudden-and-Large-Population-Increases-1.pdf\">Welfare Impacts from Sudden and Large Population Increases<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Brachycephalic-Working-Group-BWG-Policy-Position-Obesity-in-Brachycephalic-Dogs.pdf\">Obesity in Brachycephalic Dogs\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/BWG-Position-Statement-on-the-use-of-brachycephalic-dogs-in-advertising-and-the-media-190602-.pdf\">The use of Brachycephalic Dogs in advertising and the media<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisational Commitments to Responsible Behaviours aimed at Redressing the Serious Welfare Issues from Brachycephaly in Dogs\u00a0 &#8211; Infographic Noisy breathing in brachycephalic dogs at rest or light exercise is never normal\u00a0&#8211; Infographic BWG National Plan 2023 \u00a0&#8211; Infographic Innate health in dogs &#8211; Infographic Maximising health, welfare and temperament Legislation relating to Brachycephalic Dogs in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/?page_id=513\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Position and Consensus Statements<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-513","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=513"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":938,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/513\/revisions\/938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukbwg.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}