My Brother's English Bulldog

Someone I know spent £5000 on one here! I was shocked to say the least!!

What a beauty!

There's a pup round here that looks very similar in colouring to your brother's dog. He cost £1650! He has champion parents & 3 champion grandparents. They castrated him last week, so looks like he's not going to keep the line going!

He's a real cutie, lovely temperament, very friendly. But I saw a dog snap at him the other day & he gave a really good account of himself, despite his young age (5 8 months old!).

markeB wrote:how can anyone call that a beauty?? bred in deformity ,cant breath,have terrible eye problems,skin etc etc etc ,this is why so called breeders exaggerate these features.poor things ..

I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

The good thing is that breeders are finally trying to tackle the health problems, but it will take a long time & a lot of arguments! They're not all totally unhealthy, although none of them are super-fit. If you keep them slim & exercised properly they can actually be quite lively, strong & healthy, believe it or not.

chelly wrote:

markeB wrote:how can anyone call that a beauty?? bred in deformity ,cant breath,have terrible eye problems,skin etc etc etc ,this is why so called breeders exaggerate these features.poor things ..

have to agree with you there and the dog in the pic is under shot, just another problem with this breed.

But they are supposed to be undershot! That's the standard!

shane where your avatar gone to?

chelly wrote:their only allowed to be slightly under shot, and when their mouth is closed you shouldn't be able to see the six small teeth in the front of their mouth.

I know that, but undershot is undershot! There will always be various degrees of it. Like in staffs and Bull Terriers where an undershot jaw is undesirable, there will be those that have a 'reverse scissor' bite, those that are slightly undershot and those that are very undershot. It's a very difficult thing to breed for, and you'll always get varying degrees.

Looking at the pic I can only see two incisors, and even then that could be because the dog's mouth is slightly open.

Anyway, Blue put the pic on here for us to have a look at, not to pull to pieces!