If you know me at all you will know that my username is a little bit of an odd accident!
Basically, my name (
) relates to my passion for English Bulldogs, or as we call them here in England, Bullies!!!
I am in no means referring to the human variety of 'bully', I detest any such behaviour and would never condone bullying.
So, with that out of the way, let me introduce you to a few special little guys that I had the pleasure of meeting this week!
These beautiful bullies come from a long line of health tested parents and grandparents and are bred for health and temperament.
Bulldogs have had a pretty raw deal in the past when it comes to bad breeding, but for the last 20 years or so, there have been major changes in the way the bulldog community breed.
The Bulldog Breed Council have worked tirelessly educating the public about researching their breeder before buying a puppy and also working with breeders to encourage only the best breeding practices.
These little nippers were amazing! They all had lovely open nostrils and good straight legs. They were running around playing like all healthy puppies should.
Their nose rolls do not overhang the nose and obstruct breathing in any way and their eyes are not covered by hanging wrinkles.
This may all sound like common sense to you guys, but believe me, I have seen some pretty bad examples of bulldogs.
It makes me so happy that breeders are putting so much time and effort into breeding health tested dogs and producing litters like these.
The law on Dog Breeding is due to change on the 1st October 2018. There will be a system in place whereby all breeders that make a profit selling puppies have to be a registered business and have to have a breeding licence from their local authority.
The government has stated that it is trying to crack down on puppy mills. Unfortunately, I don't think the changes will have the desired effect.
Lots of 'Puppy Farms' are already licenced and are registered businesses. In fact some are even KC assured breeders! The law change won't stop them doing what they are doing in the slightest.
In my opinion, the best way to stop puppy mills from churning out sick puppies is to enforce health testing parents and only breeding from healthy dogs in the first place.
There is absolutely no reason to breed from a sick or unhealthy dog, you are likely reproducing the issues in the next generation and why would anyone consciously want to breed sick puppies unless it is for financial gain? There is no reason.
So for me, the new law is a step in the right direction, but not thought through well enough. Compulsory health testing should be the way forward, but then the government wouldn't benefit financially from this... (conspiracy theory time?!)
Only the puppies, the puppy owners and all future generations of bulldogs would benefit from health testing... but wait... isn't that what it should be all about?!! YES!!!
I want to end this post on a happy note. I really enjoyed my time with these beauties. Here are some amazingly well bred puppies and I think the breeder should be very proud to have produced them! Bravo for the time and effort gone into this litter!
Thank you so much for reading!
All the images in this post are my own and the puppies are NOT for sale.
