and still can be, there are plenty of good dogs and good breeders out there, the breed still has a chance.  But before I go into to much detail on the current condition of my breed lets talk about the English Bulldog, oh what a cute dog! the English Bulldog has paid a big price in health to get those cute looks.  Problems with there short legs, short snout, and inability to give vaginal birth are just a few of the issues that cause some of the breeds problems, because looks are emphised over health in most cases (including breeding for show). If you want an English Bulldog and are ready to deal with a dog that can't handle being outdoors, has many common health problems (breathing problems,hip dysplasia, dry eye, cherry eye, entropion,demodex mange, elongated soft palate,elbow dysplasia, skin allergies, food sensitivities, vaginal prolapse, pinched nares, brachychephalic syndrom just to name a few) than that is great, for some people the health problems are just part of the bad along with the good, but unfortunately for many thats not the case and many of these dogs end up in rescues, shelters or put down at an early age. The Kennel Club of the United Kingdom has recently realized the detremental state of the English Bulldog and has changed it's standards to exclude traits that are not in the best interest of the breed, if only AKC would follow perhaps the breed would have a chance, but as far as I see it's unlikely.  I am not saying all English Bulldogs are unhealthy there are some that are not but it's not a common characteristic, I am not saying I dislike English Bulldogs, I think there great little dogs but what I am saying is they are unhealthy and I don't want to produce unhealthy dogs and I don't want to own unhealthy or uncapable dogs.

      Now let's touch on the Olde English Bulldogge. If you have been in Oldes any amount of time you have seen the color trend that started in oh about 2007-2008, the solid blues, tri's, blue-tri's and trindles (lol) when this crazy trend started(please note : the color blue comes from pitbull, I don't care who says different, they're lying to you), I assumed it would come and go but yet it's still clinging on, now my problem doesn't necessarily come from pitbull being added to the lines(although I no longer see a need for first generation crosses myself) at least the pit is a healthy, athletic and capable breed. The problems is when pit is added, everything produced comes out looking like a pit so that is then counter acted with quiet a few generations of your pit offspring being bred to English Bulldogs, before you start gettting dogs that don't so strongly resemble the pit, now we have already discussed the problems in the English Bulldog breed so I hope you see the obvious.  Oh wait but it's not ending there, the current color trend has also brought on a wave of shorter, bullier, less capable and most importantly unhealthy dogs onto the current bulldogge market.  This trend has continued to thrive and everyone is out to make a buck since the pups sell for twice what an average quality pup would sell for. Why? Because people continue to buy them, breeders, pet owners who wanna be breeders, back yard breeders, puppymills, everyones after the color craze! Why? The almighty dollar, at what expense, the expense of the health of the dogs, not everyone can afford a good quality colored dog, few produce a good quality colored dog but everyone wants one, so what happens? People compromise with what they can afford, what they find or what they have purchased even though it has problems, I mean they do have $4k in just the purchase of the pup, it's just one breeding and maybe with the sale of the pups they will be able buy a better female, that won't hurt anyone. right? Yes, Yes, it will and it is, and it has, this breed is following the same path as the English Bulldog all because of current trends, registries that promote colored and overly bully dogs, breeders with no ethics or investment in the breed, message boards that seems to only post there dog of the week as a colored, bully dog!  To me this is discusting, if you want color get color but get it right, breed them right and breeding solely for that $3k pup isn't doing anything but destroying the breed, sell these pups on limited registration oh no ones willing to do that because then there not such high dollar pups.  Do I have a problem with colored dogs? No, I absolutely do not, I have used one in my program but  both the sire and Dam had health testing done, both the sire and dam are 19" tall, healthy, athletic, free breathing dogs. Do I have a problem with the prices on these dogs? Yes I do, if there was some logic behind it like the dogs have been health tested, were healthy etc. I could possibly justify it then but in most cases that is not the case.  The point is breeding for cosmetics is why the English Bulldog turned into the breed it is today, I market my dogs as healthy, free breathing, athletic bulldogges and feel right doing so, but so many are using the word "healthier" as nothing but a marketing ploy to sell a dog that is nothing more than an unhealthy English Bulldog and it's hurting good breeders with good dogs and ruining the breed.  I am sure this will cause some feathers to be ruffled and that is fine if there are issues you feel I have addressed incorrectly or you have something educational for me that may make me think differently by all means please contact me, I would love to hear others thoughts and feelings on the future of the breed.  I will also post questions and comments below as time goes on if you have 2 cents you would like to add, wether you agree or not please contact me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it   or 765-621-3200.

Remember a bulldog used to just be a bulldog, there was no distinction between English Bulldog or Olde English bulldogge, there once was a healthy bulldog very similar to what is now the Olde which evolved over centuries into what is now the English Bulldog due to careless and cosmetic breeding practices, registries that promoted unhealthy breeding practices by placing the bullier, shorter dogs. The Olde English Bulldogge was later recreated due to the health problems of the English Bulldog, now it seems to be following the same course.  Isn't the purpose of learning history so the same mistake isn't made again?