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| Name: |
American_Bulldog |
| Average Maximum Height: |
20-28" |
| Average Maximum Weight: |
60-120 lbs. |
| Colors: |
Shades of white, brown, red, brindle, or tan |
| Coat: |
Short and stiff, glossy |
| Good with Children: |
Yes |
| Good with Pets: |
Yes |
| Best Kept: |
Indoors |
| Trainability: |
High |
| Originates From: |
U.S. |
| Origin Date: |
1700\'s |
| Original Use: |
Guarding, dog fighting |
| Current Use: |
Companion |
| Other Names: |
Old Country Bulldog |
| Life Expectancy: |
11-12 years |
| AKC Recognition: |
No |
| Class: |
Rare, working |
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An American Bulldog is typically a happy, friendly, and assertive dog that is at ease with its family and fine with strangers as they get to know the stranger in question. They are quite fond of children but sometimes do not know their own strength, thus, as with all dogs, they should be supervised with small children. |
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Common Traits |
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Very few problems other than hip dysplasia |
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History |
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Originally used as working dogs in England. They were replaced with the dog we now know as the English Bulldog. By the end of World War II the breed was almost extinct. Mr. John D. Johnson, a returning war veteran, decided to resurrect this breed. Along with Alan Scott and several other breeders, Johnson began carefully to breed American Bulldogs, keeping careful records and always with an eye for maintaining the breed's health and working abilities.
Perhaps the most important role of the bulldog and the reason for its survival and in fact why it thrived through out the South was because of the presence of feral pigs, introduced to the New World and without predators. The bulldogs were the settlers only means of sufficiently dealing with the vermin. By World War Two, the breed was near extinction until John D. Johnson and his father scoured the backroads of the South looking for the best specimens to revive the breed. During this time a young Allen Scott grew an interest in Mr. Johnson's dogs and began to work with him on the revitalization process. At a point, Allen Scott began infusing non-Johnson select dogs with John D. Johnson's line creating the now Standard American Bulldog. Therefore, the base stock of the Standard American Bulldog is the Classic American Bulldog. This created a falling out between Johnson and Scott causing them to go their separate ways and breed the two slightly different versions of the American bulldo |
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The history of Mastiff-type dogs in the British Isles dates back beyond the arrival of Ceasare, who reported of the ferocious dogs. With the arrival of the Normans in 1066 came Alaunts from the continent. The breeding of the indigenous mastiffs to the newly arrived ones produced the Mastiff and Bulldog of England. An interseting aside, is that all descriptions of the Alaunts (there were three types) mention an all white, or almost entirely white coat - something only the American Bulldog still has.
The American version has longer legs and more speed and agility than the English show dog.
Recognition
ABA, NABA, ARBA, ARF, UKC, NKC, JDJB, ABCC, AABC, NKC, CKC, APRI, ACR |
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