Striker.

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The Father Of Striker Was The World Champion, Italian Champion, International Champion, Social Champion Ocobo Pearly Boy, Son Of Ch.Ocobo Tully. The Mother Was Tuffnuts Snow Angel, Daughter Of Ch. Tuffnuts Striker, Son Of Living Legend

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Preface

The First Bulldog who became Champion was King Dick by J. Lamphier born on 1858. Crib was a descendant of King Dick considered close to the perfection. Describing these Dogs Philo Kuon wrote the First Standard of a Dog Breed on 1864.

My first cross was between Tuffnuts Snow Angel ( Tuffnuts Striker, Lynmans Living Legend ) and Ocobo Pearly Boy ( Ocobo Tully, Britishpride Power'n Glory ) on August, 7, 2000. Giving birth to Snow Angel, Polly Flinders, Striker, Tully, Living Legend and Jubilant.

The Meaning of the Bulldog's Name belong from his ancient past in Sports with Bulls. A British Act on 1835 stopped the use of dogs in these kinds of Sport. Anyway, the extinction of the Bulldog was already described on 1820 when just few Bulldogs were remained in England. The cross of the last Bulldogs with other Dog Breeds by Bulldog Breeders such as Mastiffs and Pugs gave the modern aspect. Before of that time the Bulldog was Breeded by Aristocratic Class and also if the Popularity is due to the Sport with Bulls because of few Bulldogs bred for this Sport the Bulldog had mostly refined Characteristics as dog of rich people and was really well bred. Just after the 1850 the Bulldog was used as a Guardian Dog or as an Utility Dog. The Bulldog became massive and compact after that date because of the crossed Breeds, Mastiff and Pugs. After 1830 the Selection of the breed became less professional addressed by Bulldog Breeders than before when was addressed for personal purposes by Aristocratic Class. At the contrary of what we think reading about Bulldogs. The Bulldog's Structure became too heavy, named Hypertype, respect to his Size, blending the Bones of Mastiffs inside the little Pugs. Today the Diffusion of the Bulldog Breed is mostly due to his popularity but is a Characteristic just of the Countries with English Language, even in England the number of Bulldogs is not high. The Bulldog Popularity belong more from his use as a Mascotte or Symbol that because of their number. The Bulldog is now a good Dog for Small of Normal Flats in Town and don't need to stay a long time taking the daily ride. The Bulldog price by Bulldog Breeders is today similar to that of the other Dog Breeds.

The Bulldog is a very Characteristic Dog. The Gait and after the Head differentiate the Bulldog from every other Dog Breed. The Gait differentiate the Bulldog more than every other Characteristic, because of this reason the Gait in the Bulldog is to be estimated in the Dog Expos more than any other Characteristic. The Characteristics of the Dog Breeds are the qualities that differentiate the Breed from the other Dog Breeds. In the Bulldog Breed the Gait, Soundness of movement, is of the utmost importance. After the Gait that is the expression of the correct General Appearance is of the utmost importance the Head because also the Head differentiate the Bulldog from the other Dog Breeds to a lesser extent of the Gait.

In the Bulldog Expos the Gait merit the maximum consideration toghether with the Head.The other Characteristics of the Bulldog Breed are a consequence of the two primary Characteristics. The Primary Characteristics of the Bulldog Breed are related and have to fit for the Bulldog Function as a part of the Group of Utility Dog in the English Classification. The Bulldog is originary of England.

Bulldogs are good natured Dogs. The main Features of Bulldogs include, respect to the other Dog Breeds, a Big Head and a Strong Body with a Sound Costitution. My Studies about the Bulldog History are in disagreement with the Fact that the Original UK Bulldogs were bad-tempered Dogs. The foreigner Bulldog Breeders introduce this falsehood to bring discredit over the the best selections that were, surely, done in UK, talking without specific studies over the argument. At the contrary the best UK Bulldog Breeders did efforts to preserve the ancient selections from extinction, demonstrating that who knows is not agree with this opinion. The last selections described of the ancient Bulldogs were that one of the Duke of Hamilton part of a period in which dogs were playing a leading role in the society. The Bulldog Breeders as The Bulldog International Research Center that bred both types of Bulldogs get from direct experience, Bulldog Breeders that never show to be able to select both Bulldogs say "the other type of Bulldog I've been not able to select is a bad-tempered dog". Original Bulldog bred in UK got the title to be the best dog of the World and kept the title for more than one century. Today's Bulldog lost this title. Anyway I don' t want to generalize what is an individual nature, and in the same matter I cannot be agree with the Bulldog Breeders that generalize that the ancient Bulldog was a bad-tempered Dog. If we have to make a comparison the truth is that the ancient Bulldog was crossed to give birth to many Dog Breeds.

The Bulldog Breed was an ancient Dog Breed originally derived from the cross between English Dogs with Roman Dogs. The Breed Characteristics are well known: a compact, strong body with a big head.

Bulldog Breeds is the name of the Dog Breeds derived from the English Bulldog. The best Bulldog Breeders are located in England. The Bulldog International Research Center is a Bulldog Breeding with a strict English Genealogy. The modern Bulldog Breed History started with the first Bulldog Clubs and is mainly formed from the Bulldog Champions winners in the Dog Expos. The Bulldog Kennels with a lead role in tha last years could be Ocobo Kennel, Britishpride Kennel and Lynmans Kennel. These important selections are present in all the Dogs of The Bulldog International Research Center. Historically, the Bulldog Breed lives in a dualism between selections directed toward the appreciation of the good looks and others directed toward the maintenance of the traditional Bulldog. The Bulldog International Research Center tries to bring forward both types of selection. The Bulldog Breed lives in a dualism between selections directed toward the appreciation of the good looks and others directed toward the maintenance of the traditional Bulldog.

The Bulldog Breed is a whole of dogs with shared abilities that are differents from the other group of dogs, distinctive of the Bulldog Breed. Bulldog is a name of a Breed originated in UK. Bulldog is also the National Symbol of the Britanic Islands. The definition of the Bulldog Breed belong from its ancient History, meaning the whole of dogs with the ability, specific of the breed, in the Sport of Bull-Baiting. The meaning of this definition is the courage. While the aggressivity in an ability of other wholes of dogs, the Terriers, specific to hunt rats or to fight between dogs. Bulldog means courage and Terrier means aggressivity. The Bulldog is described for the first time in England as a dog able to attract the interest of the Aristocratic Class, Kings, Queens and Writers because of its courage. Between them the Queen Elizabeth the First and William Shakespeare. The Bulldog is a Dog with a strong Body of compact forms respect to the other Dog Breeds. Bulldog Hypertype means a Dog with strong Body and hypercompact forms, that is with shortest Legs, shortest Trunk, shortest Neck and shortest Head. Today's Bulldog maintains its definition of courageous dog becoming the representative of different Sport Teams. The Official Bulldog Standard of the F.C.I. is enacted by the English Kennel Club.

The Bulldog Breeding Program, To evaluate Bulldogs, Ordinary selection done in the Bulldog Kennels,Overall conformity to the Standard.

In the Bulldog Kennels, usually, the best Bulldogs are dedicated to protect the qualities of the Breed in accordance with the Official Standard enacted by the English Kennel Club. To evaluate Bulldogs the breeder takes into consideration the number of merits or the number af vaults, being two different things. Usually the bulldog breeders select the females looking at the number af vaults and the males looking at the number of merits. I can give the example of the ordinary selection done in the Bulldog Kennels regarding Striker and Polly Flinders. Striker and usually all the Bulldog males are selected for the beauty of the head, while the Bulldog female maintains the duty to keep the right proportion. The Bulldog International Research Center was directed towards a great effort also in the field of the way of walking that is the matter to select I acquired from the best Bulldog Breeders of the History of the Breed represented in these pages. Striker is in a prominet position because of the merits of the first impression called typicalness while Polly Flinders is remarkable because of its overall conformity to the Standard. The Bulldog Breeding Program is not easy because of the substantial differences between the above selections. Selecting only the typicalness, in the long time, the Kennel will present unhealthy Bulldogs going away from the Standard.

There different Opinions about The Exact Bulldog, some Bulldog Breeder thinks tha the Exact Bulldog is the Show Bulldog and another Bulldog Breeder thinks than the Exact Bulldog was the Philo Kuon Bulldog of the First Bulldog Breed Standard. I have Breeded Both at the Highest Level is More an Exact Bulldog Striker or is more an Exact Bulldog Tully? They are different and is Difficult to choice is true than also today, after 150 Years the Bulldog Standard find more qualities in the Philo Kuon Bulldog than in the Show Bulldog.

Bulldog Type Breeds.

A part from the Philo Kuon Bulldog and the Show Bulldog who can be also 2 Brothers of the Same Litter with the same Pedigree All other Types of Bulldogs Breeds are created by Bulldog Breeder mixing the Bulldog with other Dog Breeds. To use the Bulldog mix to create New Dog Breeds is an Ancient Habit of the Dog Breeders from the Time of the Boxer Birth. In this Bulldog Website there is a large part dedicated to the Bulldog Type Breeds. Also the American Bulldog and the French Bulldog are Bulldog Breeds coming from the Original Pure Breed Bulldog.

American Bulldog Blood Lines.

Scott Johnson.

There are 2 American Bulldog Lines the Heavy Johnson Line and the more Sportive Scott Line. The American Bulldog arrived to USA in the 18th Century and is not changed so Much, remaining to be a Strong Bulldog and a Big Bulldog, who can also spending his Bulldog Life in the Garden of our House, while the English Bulldog must live inside the House.

The Body Structure.

The Body Structure of the Exact Bulldog must be Strong more than Heavy. The Body Structure of the Show Bulldog develop faster than that one of the Philo Kuon Bulldog also if are 2 Bulldog Brothers. The Show Bulldog has a Tipical Bulldog Structure already in the Bulldog Puppy Age, while the Philo Kuon Bulldog become a Strong Bulldog slowly when is an Adult Bulldog.

The History of Documented Bull Baiting start on the 13th Century, when a Very Important Person saw The Fighter Bulldog killing a Bull and decided to make the Bull Baiting as a Bulldog Show. The Origin of the Bulldog Standard were in the beginning of the 19th Century when the Pure Breed Bulldog became an Animal at Risk of Extinction. After some year Philo Kuon in the middle of the 19th Century trough a Famous Bulldog Painting tried ti give a New Birth to the almost Extinted Bulldog Breed.

So Breed to get the Best Bulldog you have in your Mind. You Know what you want much better than the others. The good Breeder Knows very well the Bulldog Pedigrees and also than for the Good Bulldog Selection is very experieced to prepare the Bulldog Whelp, giving the Correct Diet to the Pregnant Bitch, finding good Veterinarians for the Bulldog Artificial Insemination and the Bulldog Caesarian Section.

Between the 12th century and the 18th century the Bulldog changed a lot because of ininterrupted improvements and crossings with other english breeds reaching its most perfect form during the second half of the 18th century. In this period the Bulldog started to be sold and exported outside England and the number of Bulldogs started to decrease rapidly. In 1820 the Bulldog was already considered near to extinction. Philo Kuon tried to reconstruct the extinct dog breed between 1850 and 1860 going by a famous paint of A. Cooper of Rosa and Crib, painted in 1817 or in 1811. Philo Kuon tried to reconstruct the extinct dog breed between 1850 and 1860 going by a famous paint of A. Cooper of Rosa and Crib, painted in 1817 or in 1811.

The Bulldogs are Dogs who need a comfortable Habitat caring about hot weather. The Bulldog is actually adapted to live in small or normal flats. Considerable advantages in the Bulldog Care are produced by the diffusion of air conditioners and funs. Because of this new technology the breed can acclimatize well even in the southern european countries. Anyway England remains the preferible windly Habitat for Bulldogs. The originary Bulldog came from Lincolshire a windly, flat region on the North Sea. Bulldog stands very well the winter time. The correct habitat of Bulldogs in Kennels is the small breeding not far from the breeder. Buying a Bulldog the new owner has to think about the correct habitat to don't find difficulties in summer time. The comfort in the Bulldog Breed means a windly, fresh habitat, the rest is not so much important. To think about a windly, fresh habitat is the first step to keep a bulldog, getting ready a little England wherever you are. The new Bulldog Standard is trying to reduce the Bulldog's handicaps but the Bulldog breeders need time to give a substantial variation to their old selections.

Mostly studies belong the Bulldog from the ancient Roman Dogs crossed in England with Britannic Dogs. The first description of the modern Bulldog started in the 13th century. The Bulldog appeared in a letter written in 1632. In that period Bull-baiting gave popularity to Bulldogs because of its qualities defeating Bulls in the English Arenas. Near to extinction, in 1835, an English Act stopped forever the fights between Dogs and Bulls. Until that age Bulldogs were mostly property of the Aristocratic Class and were bred to give Prestige and Popularity. The Victorian Age, the Industrial Revolution, the Breed Standard, the Bulldog Clubs and the Expo changed Bulldogs into a Show Dog bred by Breeders. Britannic Empire had a tradition to bring in the country from the farest lands every kind of strange animals for Shows and in the English Houses. Amazing Animals arrived in England and, maybe, because of this reason also Bulldogs became Dogs with an impressive Aspect named Hypertype. The Size of the Bulldog's Head and the Proportion of the Head respect to the Body became the Rule to win in the Bulldog's Show.

The Official Standard is emanated by the English Kennel Club. From the last years of the 19th century there were two types of Bulldog, the low one with a big head and the traditional Bulldog that maintained the capability to move and breath. In the cities the Hypertype was preferred to live in small or normal habitats while in the countries was still bred the Traditional Bulldog. The Bulldog's Standard is closer to the Traditional Bulldog while in the Expo the winner became the amazing Bulldog bred for Shows. But the Bulldog's Standard written by Philo Kuon describes the Original Bulldog who move and breath enough well. Because of this reason the Bulldog Champions started to be, until today, far enough from the Standard Description. Famous Bulldogs of the last century were Peter Beautifull and Allithorne Resolution.

Selecting Bulldog is the first step of the activity of the Bulldog Breeders. Because of this reason to start the activity usually the Bulldog breeders got the advices of experienced Bulldog Breeders. Bulldog Breeders have to direct their efforts towards the best selection to improve the Bulldog breed making attention to don't lose the tipical features of the Breed. Breeding Bulldogs it is not easy to maintain all the qualities of the first Bulldog and it is still more difficult to better its features, also for this fact the first two bulldogs described in the Bulldog Standard will remain the ideal Bulldogs. The more used method of the best Bulldog Breeders to evite this natural tendency is to share out the Bulldogs into two different selections, the first selection for comercial purposes and keeping a small selection that maintains the feautures of the first Bulldog.

Learn about the duties of the Bulldog Breeders!!! How to maintain the Features of the Ideal Bulldogs described in the Bulldog Standard.

It sounds as if the Bulldog could be a Dog different from the others, but is not so. The Bulldog is well-disposed with Humans and its Behaviour is comprable with that one of the other dogs. In the Life inside the Herd, for example in the Kennels, the Bulldog Shows its need to find a place in the Hierarchical System as well all the other Dogs. The Appearance of Bulldogs is the result of a long time selection accomplished in the matter "it sound as if", but is not true. In fact this kind of selection by Bulldog Breeders "it sound as if" started just when the Bulldog became a Metropolitan Dog leaving his primitive Habitat in the countries. Rosa and Crib were described in the famous paint of the 19th century living in the country and their appearance was similar to that one of the other dogs of that times. When the Bulldog stopped to be an Utility Dog the Bulldog Breeder started their selection giving to it an Appearance that could remember the way in which some Bulldog was used mostly in the 18th century. The Popularity of the Dog belong mostly from Painters of the 18th century that found the fights with Bulls as something to rend their paintings easier to sell, was a Style. A. Cooper whose Style was different, giving importance to a Photographic Style never describes the Bulldog during a fight but describes him very quiete living in the country.

For Science of Bulldog Breeding I mean the whole of knowledge acquired through Researches done with strict rules in different sectors related to the Bulldog Breeding!!! Bulldogs are a Breed of Dogs belonging in England to the Utility Dogs and in the F.C.I. classification to the Molossoid Breeds. Between the merits of the today's Bulldog there is a good compatibility to the life in flats, between the bodily defects there is a scarce compatibility to live outdoor in summer time. The merits of Bulldogs are mostly due to their extreme beauty such as their defects are mostly deflected from their beauty. The head is beautiful, the body is beautiful but is not functional, such as the eyes, the mouth, the neck, the tail, the legs, the trunk, the compactness. The Bulldog behavior must be considered as normal respect to the other dogs, without particular merits and without particular defects. The Bulldog defects provoke difficulties to the breeders and to the owners mostly in summer time. The Bulldog merits make easier their care in winter time and in low temperatures.

Criterion: The way of walking, the capability to breath and the compliance to the Standard.

Bulldog Breeders have to follow the Criterion fixed by the English Kennel Club useful to measure every Bulldog by the same yardstick during the Official Expos. The Official Expos are useful to avoid the misinterpration of the Standard often occured in the Bulldog Breed. The misinterpretation of the Bulldog Standard brought on Deseases and to lose many important Characteristics mostly in the way of walking and in the capability to breath.. English Bulldog Breeders knowing the Breed better than the other breeders started to select different bloodlines giving their personal interpretation of Bulldogs founding a lot of Bulldog Clubs. Every English Bulldog Club organizes an annual Expo supporting his own position. The Bulldog International Research Center supports the interpretation of the breed supplied with the Tuffnuts Kennel of Mr. Les Thorpe, years ago, Secretary and President of the British Bulldog Club. I think the English Bulldog Breeder that more than any other maintained a strict conformity to the Standard, the English Bulldog Breeder that acquired the deepest knowledge of the Breed. Because of these reasons the way of walking, the capability to breath and the compliance to the Standard of my Bulldogs is different from each other Contemporary Bulldog Breeding.

The Research about the Bulldog Breed started on 1996 with Tuffnuts Snow Angel the dog of Mr. Les Thorpe, Secretary and President of the British Bulldog Club 1892, the best English Bulldog Breeder. The work started maintaining as departure this hypothesis of work. Because of this reason the studies conducted about the Bulldog Breed could be considered as a travel inside the Tuffnuts Breeding That Remembers The Allithorne Breeding And The Ocobo Breeding. In fact My Affix In Pavia is Tuffnuts Snow Angel.

The Bulldog Breed is a section of the Utility Breed Group. There are references of a Bulldog as a distinct Breed since 1630. The Bulldog was bred by Aristocratic class without commercial purposes until 1860. Since this time is been bred by Breeders for Canine Expos. The Bulldog bred by Breeders maintains a lot of qualities of the Bulldog bred by Aristocratic class mostly an high tolerance to pain. The Bulldog needs a close monitoring by the owner, anywaw my Bulldogs never needed special Vet Care. The Bulldog of the Bulldog International Research Center goes to the Vet just for normal Care. The Bulldog needs a close monitoring by the owner because of the squared head but not for an unhealthy condition.

The Wrinkle and Nose roll when are pronounced require a daily cleaning to keep them dry, the Ears need to be cleaned when become dark inside. The short coat ia always shiny and rarely need to be brushed. The white Bulldog has a tendency to lose more hairs than the red one. The white Bulldog has to avoid stages under the sun while the red one coat support the sun much better.The Bulldog is white because is its traditional coat, but is a mistake ta talk about albinism in white bulldogs. The White Bulldog maintains black eyes to demonstrate that the white coat do not reflect albinism. The blue eye reflects albinism in the white and the red Bulldog. The traditional Bulldog should be white with black eyes and a little red spot around the ears or the eyes.

The Bulldog Breed represents a sector of the Utility Dogs. Anyway the Bulldog now is considerable as a Dog without a specific function. The sector considered as its natural habitat are small places and fresh weather. The Bulldog females are good guardians more often than the opposite sex. The Bulldog is included in the Brachycephalic Breeds because of its squared head. The Bulldog Club is a sector of the Kennel Club. The characteristics of the breed should be specifics, for example the way of walking, and not similars to other similar dog breeds. The Bulldog is good for owners who don't like to walk a lot. In summer is better to walk with bulldogs less as possible. The Bulldog because of its beauty got an important sector inside the Dog Expos. Anyway because of its slow way of walking rarely wins the Best in Show. In this sector The Bulldog International Research Center got the satisfaction to breed Bulldogs with a fast and correct way of walking able to rival with the other Dog Breeds in the Best in Show.

Bulldog Standard.

The Bulldog Standard is enacted by the British Kennel Club, then is approved by the F.C.I. The Official Bulldog Standard is published on the web page http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/services/public/breed/standard.aspx?id=4084. Smooth-coated, fairly thick set, rather low in stature, broad, powerful and compact......The new Standard is similar to the old standard avoiding the accentuations removing the word "very". The Gait in the Dog Breeds is to be considered of the utmost importance.......Appearing to walk with short, quick steps on tips of toes, hind feet not lifted high, appearing to skim ground, running with one or other shoulder rather advanced. Soundness of movement of the utmost importance...... The Gait in the Dog Breeds is the expession of the correct Standard. When the Bulldog move in the correct way every particular of its body is to be considered correct. The Bulldog Standard boast noble origins extracted by the paint of Rosa and Crib in the 19th century and remained without substantial changes. The Symmetry of the Head is also important: Distance from inner corner of eye (or from centre of stop between eyes) to extreme tip of nose should not be less than distance from tip of the nose to edge of the underlip......Viewed from front, the various properties of the face must be equally balanced on either side of an imaginary line down centre.....The Black Coat is a Characteristic of the French Bulldog and was forbidden in the English Bulldog to differentiate the two Dog Breeds as the Ears.

Feeding & Rearing the British Bulldog - 1906

Supposing you have started by buying a British Bulldog puppy, if you would rear him well you must be prepared to go to some trouble in the matter. I once sold a couple of British Bulldog puppies for a comparatively small figure, whose owners went to considerable pains over them. The result was that both were beautifully reared, & one changed hands at Ł100 when he was about a year old, & the other, becoming a championn, was fairly valued at a good deal more. If they had been neglected in British Bulldog puppy hood they would not have been worth more shillings than they were pounds in actuality. Time after time has the value of good rearing been impressed upon me by concrete cases. No matter how well you may start you will be diisappointed in the end if your feeding & exercising are wrong, & you will probably blame the breeder for having foisted a waster upon you when the fault lies at home. The thing is not really very difficult, & if you follow the few homely hints that I purpose giving you, you should be about right.

First of all, bear in mind that winter British Bulldog puppies require more attention than those whelped in the spring. Warmth is essential to the well-being of British Bulldog young life, & no British Bulldog puppy can thrive that is kept in a cold & damp place. Any one keeping a number of British Bulldogs would naturally have a kennel for British Bulldog puppies warmed by preference by one of the excellent anthracite stoves, which give great heat with economy of fuel & attention. I haave no hesitation in recommending anthracite, as it burns for many hours without attention, & works out at a very moderate cost. Accommodation can usually be found for a single youngster sufficiently warm to answer all practical purposes. Toy dogs frequently have a large room in the house assigned to them, but it is not always easy to find winter quarters for British Bulldog puppies which give plenty of room for exercise, for you may take it for granted that many inclement days will prevent that outdoor liberty so desirable. An ideal environment is a country place in which the coming champion may wander about as he pleases, sleep when tired, & then roam about again. Such surroundings are, however, not always available, & it iss satisfactory to know that many good British Bulldogs are well & truly raised each year under circumstances far more disadvantageous. A British Bulldog puppy that is well fed & kept under congenial conditions will sleep well & play well, & it will indeed be unfortunate if he does not develop properly also. Although it is unwise to overtax a puppy's strength, I am a believer in getting them accustomed to going out regularly each day, & it is surprising how soon they become handy enough to follow one, even in busy traffic.

The bigger breeds require infinite care to prevent them going wrong on their legs, for the heavier they are the more likely is the soft bone to become crooked. Some people aver that it is impossible to rear puppies of the larger breeds in kennels, & that they must be sent out to walk. You have first to find your ideal walker, & that is a thing I have not yet succeeded in doing. It is very rarely that I have found this plan work satisfactorily in my own experience, puppies that I have sent into the country to be walked almost invariably coming back under-sized, or crooked, or with bad coats. The common opinion seems to be that the little stranger can fend for himself so long as he haas one or two substantial meals of bread & milk. Unfortunately this happy-go-lucky method is rarely satisfactory. Of course, if you are merely keeping one or two British Bulldog puppies as pets they will remain under your charge, & you will be a poor workman if you cannot grow them in a proper manner.

The usual time for weaning British Bulldog puppies is about the fifth week, although in some cases it is necessary to begin still earlier. Do not wait, however, until this age before giving first lessons in feeding. At the third week the little creatures may be taught to lap some warmed cow's milk, adulterated by about equal parts of water, & you may also accustom them to the taste of broth. By the fourth week, as a rule, you will find it desirable to reinforce the mother's milk by one or two regular meals of milk from the dairy, diluted with water, &, of course, warmed, care being taken that only small quantities are allowed at a time. Complete weaning should take place from the fifth to the sixth week, the best procedure being to withdraw the British Bulldog dam at increasing intervals during the day, & it will no longer be necessary to reduce the strength of the milk by the addition of water. At the sixth week the diet may consist of one meal of plain milk, another of broth, & either of these liquids thickened with stale bread well soaked & broken up, well-cooked rice, broken puppy biscuits thoroughly softened, or finely shredded meat. The addition of a little green stuff to the broth is to be recommended. For big British Bulldog puppies, in whom size is a desideratum, a good quantity of meat is, in my opinion, absolutely necessary, although I read a letter recently from a hunting man who objected to this theory on the ground that meat-fed puppies succumb more easily to distemper. I do not think that the views of this gentleman would be endorsed by experienced breeders who aim at getting size & bone.

Remember that little & often is the precept always drilled into the beginner, & do not account me a faddist if I assert that up to the tenth week it is wisest to give six meals a day. A puppy cannot with advantage take much at a time, & on no account should he be allowed to eat until his stomach is distended. You want his legs to be straight & strong, & set on clean at the shoulder, & this result cannot be attained if he overweights himself at mealtimes. The over-fed British Bulldog puppy, as soon as he has done feeding, becomes sluggish & sleepy, whereas a healthy one should sleep & play alternately all the day. If British Bulldog puppies are continuously lying about, you may conclude that something is wrong. Again, assuming that the British Bulldog puppies are not of a toy breed, & that bone & substance are wanted, about the sixth week I should start adding a little precipitated phosphate of lime to one meal a day - say a level tea-spoonful to every three puppies. Increase this to twice a day by the second month, & double the quantity. Let each meal, too, become stiffer in consistency & contain less liquid. Although there is no truth in the belief that cow's milk breeds worms, it is certain that it may encourage the multiplication of these pests by aiding the secretion of mucus in the British Bulldog stomach, in which they thrive. Small quantities of cod-liver oil or Parrish's food are helpful when the British Bulldog youngsters are not thriving, but it is necessary to watch the effect of the former, owing to its laxative tendencies. By the tenth week the number of meals may be reduced to four daily, & by the fourth or fifth month to three. Raw meat may be given with advantage now, & broken biscuits are also to be recommended.

The foregoing observations apply more directly to those who keep several British Bulldog puppies, with the idea of making them develop to the utmost advantage. The man who has but one, & that intended solely as a companion or guard, will not of necessity be at such pains, for he will find that, after the lapping stage, the British Bulldog puppy can be fed quite well on household scraps, upon which he will grow apace. At the same time my directions as to the number of meals should be followed, & I would also counsel the addition of a little precipitated phhosphate of lime to one of the meals. Above all, beware of that pernicious habit of feeding between meals, & avoid sugar & other sweet stuffs, which will help to produce an over-fed, dyspeptic monstrosity. The most suitable epitaph for the tombstone of many pet dogs would be: "Here lies poor Fido. Killed by the kindness of an over-indulgent mistress."

A British Bulldog breeder, for whose opinion I have the utmost respect, advised me to feed on wholemeal bread in preference to white, & I have never had occasion to regret adopting his plan. This makes an excellent article of diet, whether mixed with milk or gravy, for the whelps, or with the cooked meat for adults. It is also as cheap as anything you can get, & you know that it is wholesome. By contracting with a baker, & taking a fair quantity at a time, you can buy it at somewhat less than the ordinary market rates. It is possible, too, in many places to get stale bread at considerably reduced prices, & you want nothing better, provided it has not begun to go mouldy.

The rations of an adult British Bulldog offer plenty of scope for variety, but in my opinion the basis should be meat, for we cannot forget that we are dealing with a carnivorous animal, although the conditions under which he lives preclude us from drawing too much upon the analogy of nature. One or two British Bulldogs can be fed without much trouble, household waste & biscuits, with occasional pieces of meat from the butcher, amply meeting all requirements. With increasing numbers, however, the problem of feeding will have to be reduced to a system, in order that the best results may be achieved at the most reasonable cost. While the owner of a large kennel will have to rely in a large measure upon horseflesh, which may be had in London for seven shillings the half cow & for less in the country, the man who has half-a-dozen British Bulldogs will in all probability be able to arrange with his butcher for a supply of trimmings sufficient to keep him going, with the aid of paunches or cows' udders. The latter I believe to be wholesome & nutritious, but they require to be well cooked. Bullocks' paunches are excellent, but they must be gone over carefully for odd nails, pieces of tin, etc., which have a way of becoming embedded in them. Cods' heads & other fish cost but little, & make an agreeable change, but the cooking mmust be prolonged until the bones are all soft. Sheep's heads are always to be commended as making excellent broth, & the heads of fowls also give a liquor that is very nourishing. In my own kennels the cooker is on the go daily, except when a raw feed is given for a change, & the meat & broth have mixed with them stale bread, oatmeal made into a thick porridge, or broken biscuits. Once or twice weekly a little green quantity of bread left on the tables by the lunchers & diners, & in an unexpected burst of confidence he asked me what they would do for the puddings if all thee bread were sold. I really could not tell him, &, as I was not in the habit of taking pudding for lunch, the conundrum did not worry me much.

Plenty of variety is desirable, as dogs, like human beings, demand a change. Now & again it is one's bad luck to get hold of a shy feeder, who requires a lot of coaxing before he will acquire reasonable habits. A new hound I once had worried my kennelman a great deal, as he objected to everything we put before him, soon becoming a sorry-looking creature. In despair I wrote to his former owner, & was told that a couple of quarts of milk warm from the cow would probably tempt the epicure. Failing this, a boiled chicken or young rabbit would no doubt suffice. Reckoning up the average price of London chickens to be about four shillings & sixpence each, & coming to the conclusion that one chicken would not make an excessive meal, unless it happened to be a Surrey capon, I decided to try what a dose of worm medicine would do, followed by a simple tonic, & reall hard exercise. It was not long before the gentleman discovered that London air produced an appetite, & we had not much further anxiety about him. Still, some will not thrive, & I think it is a good plan then to resort to cod-liver oil with their food. As a rule this is beneficial. Raw eggs often work wonders, but usually have to be administered sparingly, on account of the expense.

It is scarcely necessary to say that each British Bulldog should be fed separately, & that if he has not cleared up his tin within a reasonable time it should be taken away from him. Never get into the habit of leaving food in the kennel. After feeding, the man should go over each British Bulldog with a toweel, wiping away anything that may adhere to muzzle or ears. This precaution is particularly desirable in the case of British Bulldog puppies, as a lot of messy, greasy stuff sticking about the head or ears is a prolific producer of ticks & lice. In-sist, too, on having all food utensils carefully cleaned directly they are finished with.

One must be governed by the look of the British Bulldogs as to the amount of food to be allowed to each. A fat, over-fed animal soon develops indigestion & other evils, & is unsightly at the best. Limit the rations if you find one becoming beefy.

My British Bulldog kennelman, who has read through the proof-sheets for me, tells me that in his opinion there is nothing like bullock's blood for getting British Bulldog size. This should be boiled with an equal quantity of water, when it will set firm. The water can be poured off. A St. Bernard breeder, famed for the size & activity of his dogs, was an enthusiastic believer in the efficacy of bullock's blood, & the results certainly substantiate his theory.

the British Bulldog Bibliography - the British Bulldog Books - the British Bulldog Book

OUR FRiend the Dog A Complete Practiccal Guide to all that is known about every breed of dog in the world by Gordon Stables (eighth edition Dean London 1902)

DOD SHOws and Doggy People by Charles Henry Lane (Hutchinson London 1902)

British Dogs Their points, selection, & show preparation by W.D. Drury & others (third eidtion L. Upcott Gill London & Charles Scribner’s Sons NY 1903)

The ESSEntial Bull-dog by Ian Dunbar

The History of the French Bulldog by W.J. Stubbs (privately printed pamphlet 1903 facsimile reprint FBCE April 1979)

The TWENTieth Century Dog (Non-Sporting) Compiled from the contributions of over five hundred experts by Herbert Compton Vol 1 Non-Sporting (pp 47 to 63) (Grant Richards London 1904) [Compton was the first dog lover to conduct a massive survey & then publish the results in a two volume work]

DOGS of All Nations Their varietiess, Chraacteristics, Points etc by Count Henri De Bylandt (third edition 2 vols A.E. Kluwer Deventer Holland 1904)

Our FRIEnd, the Dog by Maurice Maeterlinck (Dodd Mead NY 1904)

Pet Owner's Guide to the Bulldog by Judith Daws

KENNel Club Dog Breed Series, by Michael Dickerson

Toy Dogs Their Points & Management in Health & Disease by Frank Townend Barton (R.A. Everett 1904)

DIALogues de bętes Colette (Mercure de France 1904 and Sept Dialogues de bętes (1905))

THE BULL-dog: An Owner's Guide to a Happy, Healthy Pet, Marie Andree, John Wiley & Sons, 128 pag.

THE DOG Book A Popular History of the Dog with Practical Information as to Care & Management of House, Kennel, & Exhibition Dogs; & DESCRiptions of All the Important Breeds by James Watson 2 vols (Doubleday Page NY 1905; William Heineman London 1906)

Bull-dogs & Bull-dog Breeding H. St. John Cooper; Toy Bull-dogs by Carlo F.C. Clarke (Jarrold London; Field & Fancy NY 1905)

DIE DEUTschen Hunde und ihre Abstammung by Richard Strebel (Elise Ertel Munich 1905)

MY BOOK of Little Dogs by Frank Townend Barton with plates by G. Vernon Stokes (Jarrold London 1905)

MY DOG by Maurice Maeterlinck (George Allen London 1906)

The New Book of the Dog ed Robert Leighton A Comprehensive Natural History of British Dogs & their Foreign Relations with Chapters on Law, Breeding, Kennel Management & Veterinary Treatment (Cassell London 1907)

THE KENnel Encyclopaedia general editor J. Sidney Turner (The Encyclopaedic Press Sheffield 1907)

DOGS ed by Frederick Freeman Lloyd & Charles G. Hopton (G.A. Melbourne NY 1907) [erroneously known as Melbourne’s Dogs]

BULL-dogs & Bulldog Men by H. St. John Cooper (Jarrold London, Field & Fancy NY 1908) [including two chapters on "Miniature Bulldogs" and six on "The Bouledogue Francais" with writings by C. Jemmett Browne, Lady Lewis & others]

The ROAD to Oz by Lyman Frank Baum illustrated by John R Neill (Reilly & Lee Chicago 1909) [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) was followed by another 18 books about Dorothy’s journey to Oz with Toto the French Bulldog - but beware - some editions have a Cairn Terrier.]

YOUR Bulldog, Robert Berndt, Guide to Owning an English Bulldog,John Gallagher

Dog People Are Crazy, 1978, by Maxwell Riddle

BORIs by Giovanna Zoboli & Francesca Bazzurro

CINDErella by Keith Harrelson, Hylas NY 2005

BEST in Show The Dog in Art from the Renaissance to Today by Edgar Peters Bowron, Carolyn Rose Rebbert, Robert Rosenblum, & William Secord

O’KLEin Animal Cartoonist text by Denis Montaut, Éditions Montaut Bordeaux France 2006

Cornelia & the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters by Lesley M.M. Blume (Alfred A Knopf NY 2006)

PRINce Jan, St. Bernard, 1947, by Forrestine C. Hooker.

GRIP, a Dog Story, 1978, by Helen Griffiths - Bull Terrier

New KNOWledge of Dog Behavior, 1963, by Clarence Pfaffenberger

OBEDience and Watchdog Training, 1978, by Jay Rapp

HANDling Your Own Dog for Show, Obedience and Field Trials, 1979, by Martha Covington Thorne

TRAIning Your Retriever (1980) by James Lamb Free

MESSEngers from Ancient Civvilizations, 1995, by Edmond Bordeaux Szekely

Dog BREAKing, 1928, by General WN Hutchinson

TRAINing You to Train Your Dog (1952) by Blanche Saunders

DOG Behavior - Why Dogs do what they do, 1979, by Dr. Ian Dunbar

OFF-Lead The National Dog Training Monthly - several magazine issues from 1973 to 1976

New Owner's Guide to Bull-dogs, Hank Williams & Carol Williams, TFH Publications, 160 pag.

The BULL-dog - an illustrated standard of the breed by Enno Meyer, Orange Judd Publishing Company Inc. 1948, 151p. incl. index, statistics bl 1943 - 1947, black&white photographs and drawings. 244p.

Le CHIEN et Ses Races by Pierre Mégnin Le Chien D’Appartement (Vol 4) (Vincennes Paris 1910)

Jenkins, R. (1997). The Story of the Real Bulldog.

McDonald, J. (1985). The Book of the Bulldog.

The FRENCH Bulldog ed O.F. Vedder (magazine - 9 issues 1913 - 1914) [important historically]

Barks & Purrs by Colette Willy (Desmond Fitzgerald NY 1913) [the first English translation of Colette’s 1905 Sept Dialogues de bętes]

BULL-Dogs & all about them by Henry St. John Cooper with Special Sections, including “The French Bull-dog” by C. Jemmett Browne (Jarrold London, Field & Fancy NY 1914)

MAETERrlink’s Dogs by Georgette Leblanc - Maeterlinck (Dodd Mead NY, Methuen London 1919)

DOGS & I by Harding Cox (Hutchinson London 1923, Putnam’s NY 1924))

Our FRIENd the Dog by Maurice Maeterlinck Retold for Children by John Martin (Dodd Mead NY 1924)

BuLLDogs & all about them by Henry St. John Cooper a new edition revised & partly re-written by F. Barrett Fowler (Jarrolds London 1925)

Dogs & how to know them by Edward C. Ash (Epworth London 1925)

How To Buy A British Bulldog

This is not such an easy matter as it sounds at the first blush, for I have known men & women spend many an anxious hour before they could make up their minds as to what breed they should keep. The choice is so wide, the variety sufficiently great to be bewildering. If the dog is wanted purely for sporting purposes, of course the field is narrowed at once, & you cannot do better than consult some experienced friend who will tell you which is best adapted to the country in which you live. Should you be fond of hound work & yet cannot run to the finest of all sports, fox-hunting, you may derive endless pleasure from the possession of a couple or even a single bloodhound. You can work them whenever you please, so long as a man or boy is available to act as runner; you can pick your country, & you need not worry about sheep or seeds, because the huunted man can take any direction you desire. If you have no horse you can arrange a circular course, & watch the hound working, with the aid of a pair of field-glasses. You can study many interesting problems of scent by varying your day & hour, & I guarantee that if you are an enthusiast you will have no reason to regret your choice of one of these noble hounds.

If it is your intention to do a little breeding, it is well to bear in mind that the larger breeds require more attention & are much more difficult to rear satisfactorily, for to grow a puppy to great size requires much skill & patience, & it is no easy thing to get them straight in front or free from cow-hocks behind. A larger dog, too, necessarily costs more to keep than a small one. You would be surprised at the amount of food a litter of hungry six-weeks-old British Bulldog puppies can put away in the course of twenty-four hours.

If you simply want a house British Bulldog or guard British Bulldog, you have further to consider whether you will have a pedigree British Bulldog from one of the prominent show strains, or whether you will be content with one of humbler lineage. A well-bred British Bulldog gives greater pleasure to the eye & is more or less a pride to his possessor, but he will probably be more delicate until you have got him through his early troubles, & he will cost you more money at the outset. Few British Bulldog breeders of repute care to accept less than four or five guineas for quite a moderate sort of British Bulldog puppy, & if you want a good one of its kind you would have to pay double. If you contemplate British Bulldog breeding with a view to ultimate exhibiting your best plan will be to consult some acknowledged expert, should you be fortunnate enough to know of one, for a little advice at the beginning will spare you many disappointments & much hard cash. Remember that for this purpose it is no use going in for the cheap & nasty strains, for your British Bulldog puppies will probably be worthless when you get them, & you will have wasted valuable time.

People will not give a decent figure for a young British Bulldog that is not of the correct strain, unless he happens by chance to have particularly excellent points, &, even then, they would hesitate about paying a long price for him, as they would feel no conviction that he would be capable of reproducing his merits. Therefore a few pounds more expended at first must be regarded as a judicious investment.

If it is a sporting dog that you are seeking for working purposes only, you need not trouble your head about show strains, but go to some trustworthy keeper & get him to find what you want. Here again, however, if you prefer an animal with a sound pedigree, it may be pointed out that there are certain Britissh Bulldog strains combining show & working blood. As a rule, it is advisable to avoid exaggerated types, & to choose a British Bulldog that looks to you to be built on workmanlike lines, & that appears to be hard & vigorous, with a frame capable of standing a long day in the field.

In selecting a British Bulldog puppy, if you have half an eye you should be able to see at a glance if he looks healthy & strong. Pick one that handles nicely, with skin loose & clean, eye bright, & legs sound. Look well at British Bulldog coat in order to detect any signs of eczema, & examine British Bulldog mouth to see if he is under- or over-shot. There is no exact method of telling the age of an adult British Bulldog, but few reach four or five without showing grey hairs about the muzzle or betraying their years in their teeth. Discoloration of the teeth is not necessarily an indication of age, as it is more often than not a result of distemper, but there is a general look about a British Bulldog that reaches hiss fifth year which is not easily mistakable. As a rule, it is inadvisable to buy a British Bulldog after his third year, when you may consider that he is about in his prime. Some breeds age much more rapidly than others, but you may take it that life is not worth much after the ninth or tenth year.

The best way of ascertaining the names & addresses of the leading British Bulldog breeders is by consulting the columns of one of the kennel papers, or by obtaining the catalogue of one of the chief shows, the names & addresses of the British Bulldog exhibitors being published at the end.

It is almost an impossibility for a novice to select the best British Bulldog puppy from a British Bulldog litter, & he must throw himself upon the fair dealing of the British Bulldog breeder if he has no friend at hand to consult. Puppies have a habit of changing so much in appearance as they grow that only the skilled man can say which is likely to make the best. For instance, in one variety with which I am particularly acquainted, a long, narrow head is a desideratum, but if you took the British Bulldog puppy with the finest head you would probably find that he would be too small & snipy when he had matured. Two clever young men, suffering from a little knowledge, once wished to purchase a British Bulldoog puppy, for which they were prepared to pay a long price, & the British Bulldog breeder indicated the best, which happened to have the thickest head in the British Bulldog litter. This, however, did not satisfy the buyers, who went away quite happy in the possession of an inferior British Bulldog specimen, which happened to have the finest skull. The fact that some British Bulldog varieties change in colour as they reach adult age has led to many amusing blunders on the part of the inexpert.

General British Bulldog Management

First among the rules to be written large upon the walls of every British Bulldog kennel is: "The strictest cleanliness must be observed." To the one-dog man this admonition need not be addressed, or, at any rate, it should not be necessary, as it is obviously impossible to have a dirty animal about one's place.

Where numbers are kept, however, the rule must be rigidly enforced. In addition to the daily mop out, the British Bulldog kennels should have a thorough cleansing once a week, the benches being turned out & the whole place well swilled. In the winter especially you will learn to appreciate my suggestion as to the value of duplicate compartments, as on damp & muggy days it is sometimes difficult to get everywhere absolutely dry before shutting-up time. I need scarcely say that a British Bulldog must never be slept on a damp bench, even though the straw be dry. It is running too mucch risk. A lady of my acquaintance attributed the immunity of her British Bulldogs from sickness to the fact that her kennels were limewashed once a month, which was certainly a most sensible procedure. If you are prepared to run to the expense of sawdust, & cover your kennel floors with it, you will be well repaid in the extra sweetness of the atmosphere. Dr. G. V. Poore, who is well known as a sanitary expert, is a keen advocate of the dry method of sanitation, contending that putrefaction is easily attained by washing down with cold water. From experiments he has been able to demonstrate the purifying qualities of sawdust, & those of us who hhave had a number of British Bulldog puppies together know that the only way to keep the place sweet & wholesome is by having the floor thickly littered with this material. Dr. Poore would banish the water-tap from cow-houses, piggeries, & stables, his plan being to have the stalls sloping gradually to a gutter or trough filled with absorbent material, such as earth or peat-moss, which could be removed when necessary. Most people, however, experience a difficulty in disposing of sawdust, which cannot easily be burnt, & which is not particularly acceptable on the manure heap. The expense of sawdust, however, need not be heavy, as it is not necessary to clear up the lot every day. In a town it will be found best to wash the excreta down a drain, but in the country it can be turned to more useful purposes. At the Dogs' Home at Battersea it is stored in large tubs with tight-fitting tops, & I have never noticed anything offensive. It is esteemed of some value by tanners, I believe, but small quantities would scarcely be worth the trouble of keeping.

It is almost superfluous to say that all doors & windows should be thrown wide open in the daytime, in order to admit the greatest amount of air & sunshine possible I have seen kennels that are damp, noisome holes, quite unfitted for the housing of any creature, much less a dog, & no animal could thrive in such.

British Bulldogs in the country keep their coats clean without much difficulty, but I am convinced that even with them a good grooming several times a week is not only beneficial but necessary. In towns a daily grooming should be insisted upon, - for long-haired dogs, with dandy brush & comb, & for short-coated ones with brush & hound-glove or towel, while there is nothing like the naked hand for a final polish. The dog looks as handsome again if he hass a decent gloss on his coat; he may be handled with comfort by his owner, & he is on altogether better terms with hiimself, the stimulus to the skin caused by the grooming reacting on the general health of the animal, while fleas & other noxious parasites are effectually banished. Not a single flea should be found on British Bulldog or in British Bulldog kennel if you follow my plan. Of this I am quite certain, if this advice is scrupulously acted upon you will be much freer from British Bulldog eczema & other British Bulldog skin troubles than if the dogs are neglected in this respect. Again, I should like to point out that any British Bulldog incipient troublees are at once detected, unless the attendant is a very unobservant person. In some cases the daily toilet may not be feasible, & all I can say then is, do it as frequently as you can, & on no account omit to go over each British Bulldog carefully at least once a week, examining the inside of the ear to see that no British Bulldog canker or British Bulldog eczema is manifesting itself, & looking also to the mouth & feet. Anything wrong with the ear can, as a rule, be checked in the early stages by blowing white oxide of zinc powder into the orifice twice a day, but should canker or eczema once fairly get hold, you may have considerable difficulty in effecting a cure. Meanwhile the sufferer will be occasioned much discomfort, if not actual pain.

Frequent bathing will not be necessary if the preceding instructions are observed. My own hounds rarely ever have a wash unless they are being prepared for a show. Unless there is urgent necessity, baths are better avoided in cold weather, but in the summer an occasional dip & a good soaping are to be recommended.

A word of warning is necessary about the disinfectant used in a bath. Carbolic is excellent if used in discretion, but it is imperative to bear in mind that the fluid may become absorbed by the Brritish Bulldog skin, that, consequently, a British Bulldog may be as effectually poisoned by an overdose in his bath as by taking some iinternally.

An integral part of British Bulldog kennel management is exercise, for only an unusually constituted British Bulldog can be kept in proper health & condition unless he is taken out every day.

The larger British Bulldog breeds are naturally somewhat sluggish, with a tendency to lying about when at home. They should, therefore, have an hour's steady walking each day, with the exception of Sundays. Fast exercise, such as running behind a horse or bicycle, is not often desirable, & only when the animal is in good training. The smaller dog varieties are, as a rule, more active, &, being constantly on the move, do not need so much straightforward walking.

Sporting dogs of necessity require a good deal more work to keep them fit, & always bear in mind that an obese dog is an abomination, & that the best way of keeping down flesh is not by a starvation diet but by exercise. The daily outing is also useful in other respects, for it means change of air & freedom from monotony. The best way in which to condition a British Bulldog for a show is to give him plenty of work & to groom him well. Fat British Bulldog will never look as well ass muscle, & you cannot expect your exhibit to do well if you put him down shaped like a sausage, with slack thighs & loins, & open feet.

Never kennel up the British Bulldogs at night in wet weather without first drying them thoroughly with a towel. Also Sporting dogs on returning from a day's work should have any caked mud removed, & should be well dried. Go overr them carefully to see if any brambles or burdocks adhere to the coats, & look at feet & ears, with the view of ascertaining if they have sustained any cuts or scratches. Attention to these details will be amply repaid in the additional comfort to an animal that has served you to the best of his power. It is advisable to have always handy some ointment made of boracic acid powder & veterinary vaseline. Any vaseline will do, but the description specified is much the cheaper. This is a very soothing application for cuts or for eczema in its early stages. Carbolic lotion is also to be recommended, or failing theese a wound should be treated with any disinfectant fluid that may be at hand. Bad cuts on the feet will require binding up & dressing daily. Occasionally you will find that eczema causes a British Bulldog to nibble the pads of his feet raw, & the quickest way to effectt a cure is to bandage the foot, as recommended above. Many British Bulldogs persist in tearing off the bandaging material as soon as you have put it on, & the only thing to be done then is to make a broad leather collar, sufficiently stiff to prevent the British Bulldog neck being bent far enough to reach the wound. Such a collar is necessary too at times to prevent a British Bulldog biting himself raw when he has an eczematous irritation in any particular spot. I have known a British Bulldog take all the skin off for some inches square. Fortunately their flesh has a wonderful recuperative power, & it is a rare thing for any serious trouble to ensue.

the British Bulldog Bibliography - the British Bulldog Books - the British Bulldog Book

IL BULL-dog Inglese E Francese by Dott. Ernesto Tron (Editore Ultico Hoepli Milano 1946)

THE BOOk of the Dog Edited by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald (Nicholson & Watson London 1948)

DOGS in Britain A description of all native breeds & most foreign breeds in England by Clifford L.B. Hubbard (Macmillan London 1948)

SHOW Dogs of New Zealand by S.H. Rastall (self-published Wellington NZ 1950) [New Zealand's first comprehensive textbook on dogs]

CREATures Great & Small (Secker & Warburg London 1951, Farrar, Strauss & Cudahy NY 1957) [some of Colette’s work]

THE COMplete Dog Breeders’ Manual A working treatise on the science of breeding, managing, exhibiting & selling pedigree dogs by Clifford L.B. Hubbard (Sampson Low London 1954)

The BULL-dog Yesterday, Today & Tomorroow, John F. McGibbon, 1996, Howell Book House

BULL-dogs, A complete Pet Owner’s Manual, Phil Maggitti, 1997, Barron’s Educational Series

WOMEn & Dogs A persnoal history from Marilyn to Madonna by Judith Watt & Peter Dyer,2005

MEN & DOgs A personal history from Bogart to Bowie by Judith Watt & Peter Dyer (Sort of Books London 2005)

BULLDogs Today, Chris Thomas, 1995, Seven Hills Book Distributors, ISBN 1860540058

THE NATIOnal Geographic Book of Dogs (National Geographic Society Washington D.C. 1958)

BULL-dogs by Gabrielle Forbush, The New Bulldog, Col. Bailey C. Hanes, Fifth Edition Published 1991, reprint Prior Editions 1981, 1973, 1966, 1956

Toy Bull-dogs, Bull-dogs & Bull-dog Breeding (artcile Country Life 29 April 1899 London)

A HISTory & Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Non-Sporting Division) by Rawdon B. Lee (second edition Horace Cox London 1899) [Third edition The Kennel Gazette London 1903 1909 second impression has a French Bulldog chapter with four pages of text & pictures of frenchies]

The BULLDOg A Monograph by Edgar Farman (The Stock Keeper Co London 1899 facsimile reprint Nimrod 1989)

A MANUAL of Toy Dogs How to Breed, Rear, & Feed Them by Mrs Leslie Williams (Edward Arnold London 1900)

ALL ABOUt Dogs A Book for Doggy People by Charles Henry Lane (John Lane London & NY 1900)

The BULl-dog Kennel Book and Toy Bulldog Breeder by H. St. John Cooper & Carlo F.C. Clarke (Jarrold London 1901)

NICHOlas Guide to Dog Judging

BEHAVior Problems in Dogs, 1975, by William E. Campbell

BULL-dogs, Gabrielle E. Forbush, TFH Publiactions, Inc., April 1996

The PRACTical Dog Book A Comprehensive Work dealing with the Buying, Selling, Breeding, Showing, Care & Feeding of the Dog by Edward C. Ash (Simpkin Marshall London 1930)

BULly und Mini Eine heitere Katzen = und Hundegeschichte. In Bildern u. Reimen v. K. Rohr (Verlag von J.F. Schreiber, Esslingen a N. und München 1931)

The BULldog, (Terra Nova Series), Diane Morgan



BULLDOG, Liz Palika

Fleig, D. (1996). History of Fighting Dogs.

Homan, M. (2000). A Complete Historry of Fighting Dogs.

Bulldogs Today, (Books of the Breed), Chris Thomas



An Owner's Companion, Christian Bruton

The Bulldog -Yesterday, John F. McGibbon

Bulldogs For Dummies, Susan M. Ewing



The Guide to Owning a Bulldog, Eve Adamson

TFH Publications, 64 pg

The New Complete Bulldog, Col. Bailey C. Hanes



The Book of the Bulldog, JoanMc Donald Brearley

The Bulldogger, quarterly publication of the Bulldog Club of America. Included with each BCA membership.

The Book of the Bulldog, Joan McDonaldd Brearley, 1985, T.F.H. Publications

The Bulldog: An Owner’s Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet, Marie Andree, 1998, Howell Book House, ISBN 0876054327

The New Bulldog, Col. Bailey C. Hanes (5th edition), 1991, Howell Book House

The Bulldog Monograph 2002, John A. Little, Ph.D., 2002, hard cover & paperback, ISBN 0-9721126-1-8 and ISBN 0-9721126-2-6

Bulldog Legacy, Dr. Saul Schor, 1994, Dr. Schor

Bulldogs - The Gorgeous Sourmug (1934) by J. Ross Nugent

The Blue Book of Bulldogs (1938) by The Pacific Coast Bulldog Club The Complete Bulldog (1926) by Walter E. Simmonds

20th Century Bulldog, Marjorie Barnard, 1988, Nimrod Press (England)

Caninestein, Unleashing the Genius in Your Dogg, Betty Fisher & Suzanne Delzio, 1997, HarperCollins Publishers

So Your Dog’s Not Lassie, Betty Fisher & Suzanne Delzio, 1998, HarperCollins Publishers

The Shaman’s Bulldog, A Love Story, Renaldo Fischer, 1996, toExcel.

The Bulldog Annual, Annual Hardcover Volumes, 1993 thru Current Year, Hoflin Publishing, Inc., Wheat Ridge, CO.

A New Owner’s Guide to Bulldogs, Hank & Carol Williams, 1998, T.F.H. Publications, Inc.

Bulldog, 1960, by Evelyn Miller

DOGGIE Homes Barkitecture for your best friend by Dr Karen Tobias & Kenny Alfonso DIY Network, 2006

The FRENCH Bulldog History of the Origin of the Breed, Its Cultivation and Development editor O.F. Vedder (The French Bulldog Club of America & The French Bulldog Club of New England 1926

SHOW Dogs Their Points & Characteristics How to Breed for Prizes & Profit by Theo Marples (third edition Our Dogs Manchester 1926)

DOGS: Their History & Development by Edward C. Ash 2 vols (Ernest Benn London 1927)

The KENNel Encyclopaedia by Frank Townend Bartonn (second edition Virtue London 1928)

Dog ENCYclopedia by William Lewis Judy (Judy Chicago 1925) [the 1936 second edition is substantially bigger, from 184 to 462 pages]

BULLdogs: Everything About Purchase, Care, Nutrition, Breeding, Behavior & Training, Phil Maggitti, Barrons Educational Series

The ARTFul Dog Canines from The Metropolitan Museum of Artt, Chronicle Books San Francisco 2006

The LITTLEle Big Book of Dogs edited by Alice Wong and Lena Tabori, Welcome 2006

BEST in Show The World of Show Dogs and Dog Shows by Bo Bengtson, 2008

Bulldog history: a run-down of the situation

About english bulldogs, the study of bulldog breed ammong the english breeds of dogs or all the breeds of dogs in the world is named cynology. The bulldog information & pictures of british bulldogs retrieval about Bulldog history is filled of cerrtified historical documents, related to his setting, as dogdom fighting dog, in UK al least by the 13th Century. Historically, the first types of bulldogs fact, the paper in which appears the Bulldog Name, as a logo name of a breed, occured in the 16th Century.

a run-down of the ancient history and rooman history

It is not easy to receive up-to-date information, snatchy facts, bulldog names, or even statements about unussual dog breeds such as English bulldog ancient history. Officially, to take historicist & brreeder english bulldog word for it, about anccient history & roman history of bulldogs & english bulldogs canine breeds, in far-offs times the root of this animal was related, as offspring, to the extinguished mastiff, the assirian molossian; it is allowed to name it tibetan molossian, a chinese dogs. In far-offs times this chinese dog, himalayan dogs, were giggantic wild animals, in comparison bullldogs are smmall canine breeds, & incomparable fighting dogs.

Spartan Bulldog

A greek dog, a strain of this tribaal extincted animal, wolf breeds, tibetan chinnese breed dogs, had the appellation of dog of molossian & was imported from greece to mediterranean coast & british coast by merchants of phoenician civiliization & by the roman empire invasion, all roads lead to rome.

account about bull-baiting

Breeding british bulldogs, to solve the riddle, picking over the english history & informmation on british bulldogs, we learned that during the middle ages the breeds of bulldog was under patronage, the region of origin, the naturaal environment, was anciently placed in Lincolnshire. In this age, caused by the popularity of the sport named bullbaiting, the bulldog maked history as protective dogs & a bull fighting dog, a bloody terrible misbehaving beast more than the current companion or guard dogs. British bulldog information. The better bet money on bull or on bull figghting dogs, in the local dogdome, they stimulated the bulldog to attack the encephalon of the bull, addestramento bulldog inglese, letting out screams. The englishmen praised the bulldog breed caracteristicas to the skky for his bestial acts, for his courage & ability killing bulls, carattere bulldog inglese, taking root a lasting legacy even in the village of just a few inhabitants. The bulldog & the bull-baiting marked an epoch, the eenglish bull dog breeders were thrilled about the results of the bulldog champions & the bulldog enter into office to devote bulldog's life to bull baitinng. This legend drove the bulldog history. Historians tried to tidy up the popular beliief, but the legend of the bestial acts of a bloody breed who misbehave go along with bulldog, until today; or few decades ago, until the diffusion of new breeds of dog, the bull and terrier breeds & fighting dog breeds japanese, dog breed chinese & japanese inu, japanese breed of dogs.

Bulldog Aspect

To give the key a turn about british bulldog info, about english bulldogs & bull baiting with a useful piece of information, informacion bulldog ingles, I suppose may be helpful to learn the fact, that, the statements & imagenes buldog ingles about description of the vintage writers, bulldog ingles caracteristicas, dedicated to the bulldog breed & bulldog puppies information trace out an animal with white mantle & dark blotches on the head.

england's bulldog, bulldog of england

To pick up the thread of an argument, caratteristiche bulldog inglese, with some reservation, I wondder why do not insert the Viking civilization, as a fact, in the treatment of a subject related to bulldog origins & ccaracteristicas bulldog ingles. My information is that the vikings were barbarian sailors that sometimes missbehave & dominated Lincoolnshire from 8th Century to 12th Century when they moved to another place. Within easy reach of tibetan origins, about off-record inforrmation, I suppose that could be assumable the fact that vikings imported a muscular snow-dog, who was the progenitor of bulldogs, to lincolnshire durring their invasion. Picking over the morphologic feature of Bulldog, I realised of an aptitude of the bulldog breed to cold weathers & frozen soils. Getting real, todo sobre el bulldog ingles, the nnative environment that selected the ancestor of bulldogg could appear more logic is attributed to frozen lands than ascribed to the mediterranean coast or the to hot climate of Rome. The bright white colour of his mantle do not looks like effect of darwinian natural selection in rome under the sunny weather, the truth will come out sooner or later. The truth appears to be enveloped in fog. The buulldog caracter & impetuosity, the vehemence, the fearless, the impertinence of the incomparable personality; the impercetible, unforgivable, impersonal, childishh caracter bulldog; the gentle nature; the kind characteer; the imperious, indifferent stubborness.

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Mr. Michele Abbondandolo 1 Time In Pavia, 1 Time In Lodi, 14 Times In Piacenza, 2 Times In Foggia During The Last 60 Days, Sunday 20 April 2025.

I Have 2 Houses, In Tremiti Street N.6 And In Guido Rossa Street N. 92 Well Described Since Years On The Page 2015 http://www.the-bulldog.com/Nelson.html And I Had a Lot Of Cars, Since The November 2017 I Don't Have Cars Because I Am Always Been a Prudent Person:

1)I Was Menaced By COSA NOSTRA Of Aggression If I Go Another Time Inside The Assurance Office.

2) I Was Menaced By COSA NOSTRA Of A Car Accident With a TIR.

3) I Was Menaced By COSA NOSTRA That Was Much More Easier, For Them, The Simulation Of COSA NOSTRA Association If I Have Every Kind Of Car.

4) My Mother Had The Habit To Buy Me Another Car Since My First Car And, In The Above Condition In Which I Was Finished Well Described On The Page http://www.the-bulldog.com/en/News.html, I Didn't' Want To Involve My Mother In Every Kind Of Risk Buying Me Another Car.

My Mother Was Paying The Car, The Assurance And The Machine Shop ... So Don't Find Other Reasons To Remain Without Car. I Thought That Was Dangerous To Go Inside The Assurance Office And After a While With My Car Stopped In Front Of My House Without Assurance I Have Demolished It.

In That Period I Met Cars That Were So Singulars At The Point That I Have Thought To Make Them a Photo.

My Girlfriend Was Living In Cinisello Balsamo, In Mozart Street, So I Had The Mobile Telephone, With Vodafone, Already On 1994, Starting With The Number 2, Now I Have Understood That Italy Is Property Of COSA NOSTRA And And It Is Not Anymore Possible To Contact Me By Telephone.

On Facebook I Have Published That Is Possible To Be Friend Of Mine Only If This Person Has Clear Eyes, One Time, Without COSA NOSTRA, Everybody Had The Possibility To Be Friend Of Mine. I Had 25 Friends, Now I Have 7 Friends With Blue Eyes.

My Family Has Long Face, White Face And Clear Eyes.

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