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A French bulldog owner presents their older dog for evaluation due to clinical signs of spinal cord disease. The owner has a commercial genetic test result showing the dog is homozygous “at risk” for the sod1 liability gene for DM. You tell the owner that no French bulldogs have been pathologically confirmed with DM and the genetic test is likely not predictive for their breed. You further inform the owner that French bulldogs have a high incidence of intervertebral disc disease, which is a treatable condition (versus the fatal prognosis of DM). Further work‐up reveals spinal cord compression which is successfully treated surgically.