To comment on Debbie R's post on the 16-17th of August:
 
There is the bulldog look in ferrets - shorter nose length in relation to
where the eyes and the ears are set,  and
the bull dog Effect - which has not really been seen in ferrets - nose flat
with the face as in the buldog dog and the persian cat.  These animals suffer
from tooth allignment and breathing problems.
 
Ferrets with a shorter, rounder, stockier face are not being bred to shorten
it any further.  In fact, males come in three classes - whippet, standard and
buldog.  Females only come as standard and whippet - I have never seen a true
bulldog female, though onne of Schultz's girls ure is about as close as they
come....
 
I have never had a snaggle tooth ferret bred in or out of my line, but I have
seen shelter ferrets, with normal or whippet sized heads, with the tooth
problem.  There could be a lot more than the head shape to effect this.
 
Pam
[Posted in FML issue 1295]