What animal is a Bichon Frise?
Bichon Frise Bichon Frise A Bichon Frise ( or ; from , , meaning 'curly lap dog') is a small breed of dog of the bichon type. The Bichon Frise is a member of the Non-sporting Group of dog breeds in the United States, and a member of the Toy Dog Group in the United Kingdom. The French word comes from Middle French ('small dog'), a diminutive of Old French ('female dog', cognate with English "bitch"), from Old English , and related to other Germanic words with the same meaning, including Old Norse , and German . Some speculate the origin of
Bichon Frise death were cancer (22%), unknown causes (14%), hematologic (11%), and old age (10%). Hematologic causes of death were divided between autoimmune hemolytic anemia (AIHA) and immune-mediated thrombocytopenia (ITP). AIHA and ITP were responsible for the greatest number of Bichon Frise "years lost" (a measure of the extent to which a condition kills members of a breed prematurely). While cancer is a more common cause of death than AIHA and ITP, Bichon Frises that died of cancer died at a median age of 12.5 years. Hematologic deaths occurred at a median age of only 5 years. Bichon Frises in the UK