Lethal acrodermatitis is a serious inherited skin condition of Bull Terriers that usually causes death before the dog reaches two years of age.This disease causes severe retardation of growth, thick skin and painful blisters on the muzzle, eyes, nose, ears, feet, and mucous membranes which eventually leads to pneumonia and death. The most commonly affected areas are the muzzle, ears, feet, legs, and groin. Most breeders can recognize the disease in the puppy by the time it is six to eight weeks old because it is less than half the size of the other puppies in the litter and has flat, splayed feet with dermatitis.

Our little puppy Frank suffered with this disease. He was 19 week olds when he died. Unfortunately it is not compulsory for Breeders to test their dogs for LAD before breeding them. A puppy will only be affected if two carriers of the disease are bred, and it only costs 50 pounds for the test to be done, so is very easily avoided. We want to make sure that no more puppies have to suffer the consequences of irresponsible breeding.