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British bulldog becomes most the country's most expensive breed

For generations it has been a waddling, wheezing national mascot, the very embodiment of tenacity and Blitz spirit. But the British bulldog appears to have undergone a makeover. Trading grit for glamour, it has become a four-legged status symbol with a luxury price tag to match. The bulldog is now the UK's most expensive breed, according to recent sales figures, with the average asking price for a puppy standing at £1,694. In second and third place were the golden retriever, at £1,453, and the boxer, at £1,356. According to Axel Lagercrantz, chief executive of Pets4Homes, the online pet marketplace that supplied the data, buyers are eschewing once-trendy 'handbag dogs' — including French bulldogs, pugs and chihuahuas — in favour of the bigger British bulldog. Sales