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english bulldogge to me is the best
breed because it's the ultimate family
pet
it's a dog that's loyal its protective
and the greatest part is unlike the
English bulldogs you can actually take
your dog out and go to the beach and go
hiking and do the things that most
families want to do with their pets
my name is Ari from one-of-a-kind
Bulldogs I'm a local breeder and san
diego of old english bulldogs also known
as victorian Bulldogs and we also run a
rescue have been breeding for about 12
years now and been doing rescue for
about six years now I've always wanted
an english bulldog in my mid-twenties i
did some searching and just came to find
out it was a very problematic breed
after doing all my research and hearing
about the maintenance and the low life
span i realized it wasn't to breed for
me somebody turned me onto the old
english bulldog and once I saw my first
one i was strong on them the olde
english bulldogge historically was used
for baiting in the eighteen hundreds
when they ban bull-baiting the Bulldog
went two directions one direction was
crossing it with terrier and turning
into the pit bull you see today and the
other direction was the modern english
bulldog ec today
the point of this breed is to recreate
the historic look and athletic ability
and cut out all the health problems that
are so common with the English bulldogs
of today in the seventies David Levitt
and Greg hermes where to breeders who
started the olde english bulldogge they
both went their own direction Levitt
Bulldogs are very gamey and athletic
dogs true working dogs Greg hermes dogs
were on the bigger side a lot more
American in them but both of them had a
vision and they acquired their vision i
would say my old english bulldogs vary
from david lebovitz quite a bit because
I'm not looking to breed a super
athletic dog i'm not looking to breed
working dogs i want capable dogs i want
dogs who can handle basic day-to-day
events with their families but I'm not
looking for a dog that needs to be
worked everyday to fulfill their energy
needs
i would say David Levitt dogs are the
definition of a working Bulldog which is
not exactly what I'm looking for i'm
looking for an athletic ability but I
don't want too much drive on my dogs
not many people can handle working dogs
unfortunately and most pet owners aren't
looking for working dogs they're looking
for a family companion most of my lines
start from sumo lines and Victorian
lines we did have some hermes lines we
don't have any David Levitt lines in our
blood
my dogs are by now a few generations
deep into my own bloodlines sumo a lot
of the sumo stuff was from Carlos woods
my Bulldogs he's a Victorian bulldog
breeder it's hard to say where a lot of
the bloodlines stemmed from but those
were some of the dogs that he used in
his foundation and they became pretty
popular
I'm pretty far drawn off from those
lines by now I would say the closest
things direct sumo in my bloodlines
probably 7-8 maybe even nine generations
back
pet owners love this breed just noticing
from my own clientele about ninety-five
percent of them are families they have a
breed that they can have around their
children and just around their children
and a breed that is loyal and protective
to top it off health you know a lot of
people want to take their dogs out they
want to go to the beach in San Diego
they want to go hiking and you know that
stuff the english bulldog just can't
handle whereas these old english
bulldogs can handle basic day-to-day
activities the olde english bulldogge
the greatest thing is ultimately the
health they are bred for health giving
them a little longer muzzle and and
tightening up the face and giving them a
little bigger body is ultimately the
difference-maker the old english
bulldogs average attend to 14 year
lifespan they don't need their tail
pockets cleaned every day they don't
need their face folds clean those aren't
common issues with them in general when
breeding for health
you shouldn't have allergies in your
dogs you should have nice hips nice
elbows and all-around athletic dog that
can handle running around and jumping
and doing basic day-to-day things one of
the most common problems with English
bulldogs palette issues cherry I
entropion a lot of skin allergies these
just aren't problems that are supposed
to be associated with old english
bulldogs some of those surgeries can run
into thousands whereas an old english
bulldog shouldn't have those problems
and should be relatively low-cost when
it comes to that expenses some of the
problems that pop up with all the
English bulldogs all stem back to common
english bulldog problems cherry I
entropion palette issues pinch nares bad
hips but that is all relative to what
you put in your lines i've noticed many
breeders who put a lot of English
bulldogs into their old english bulldogs
bring back some of those health problems
so common in English I don't put too
much English in my lines i try to get a
clean structure dog I don't read for
anything extreme you start trying to
breathe for a massive head you get some
of the problems in that head you breathe
for a massive chest you start getting
some Bowie arms i'm looking for a clean
proportion dog that's able to handle
running around and doing things without
any extremities standards vary with the
olde english bulldogge david levin has
his own standards but most of the other
registries are pretty close in line with
those standards most of my dog sit about
16 to 19 inches tall
most of my dogs way around 60 to 70
pounds
I tend to think you should have at least
a one-inch muzzle on your dog it gives
them the ability to breathe one inch to
one and a half inches pretty good making
sure you don't have too big of an
underbite once you start getting extreme
underbite you start getting issues like
ride jaw making sure that you have a
nice square chest not Bowie arms not
weak pasterns or splayed feet one of the
bigger problems with the Breeders is
proper angulation on the rear end which
is something we're always working on so
one of the reasons our dogs breathe a
lot better
there's actually three reasons first is
the elongated soft palate flat-face dogs
are more likely to have bad pallets
which does affect the breathing and
often gives them the snort etype noise
like a pig
one thing I won't breed is a dog with
the bad palette from their muzzle length
has another factor having a little
longer muzzle gives them the ability to
breathe a lot better you can have dogs
with long muscles but still have an
elongated soft palate and then the third
issue is pinched there's many Bulldogs
their nose holes a pretty much pinched
shut that affects the ability to bring
bring in oxygen and breathe better
so if you have a dog with a little
longer muzzle open there's and a clean
palette you're going to have a great
breathing dog
one of the big things about the original
Bulldog a lot of people think it was one
specific look I run a page called
Bulldog history on facebook and one
thing we've clearly documented is that
in the eighteen hundreds Bulldogs had a
variance of look they weren't reading
them just for a look they were breeding
them for an ability to be able to fight
a bowl but with that work
come certain features that have to be
there having a dog too tall just didn't
work well with the Bulls having them
have two short of a face didn't work
either having a little bit of underbite
help them latch onto the Bulls a lot
better
so what I'm trying to produce is dogs
very similar to those historic photos
the dog that looks like a bulldog
but at the same time is an extreme
doesn't have a super flat face isn't too
short to the ground and isn't act with
too much english bulldog but i would say
that is probably my favorite thing about
the breed is the variance you can look
at a lab they all look the same
you can look at a German Shepherd they
all look the same but you can look at
all the English bulldogs in Victorian
Bulldogs you can tell their bulldog
but you can see the difference in them
with other bull dog breeds I tend to
think our dogs are healthier because
they're not heavily in bread and line
bread people talk about all the issues
with purebred dogs I've got many dogs on
my property they're able to eat food
with grain in it with numerous meets in
it I don't have one dog with any known
food allergies on my yard I tend to
think breeding for one specific look and
then stacking up over and over for that
one specific look is what leads to some
of the problems i do believe in
outcrossing heavily when I do line breed
I don't library too tight to anything
and I only line breed dogs that I've
produced and dogs that i can i can vouch
for the history and their health behind
their history with the parents and the
grandparents when we outcross we out
cross to another olde english bulldogge
since there is so much variance it's
easy to find healthy old english
bulldogs that aren't related
one of my favorite things about the old
english bulldog is that many of them
will acclimate to their owners activity
level if you're the type who just likes
to lounge around on the couch all day
your dog is going to be completely happy
lounging around with you but if you're
the type who wants to go on a run and
take your dog on a mile hike as long as
you condition your dog for those hikes
they will be able to handle it
basic activity take them on a few walks
a day try to give him at least one hour
of exercise a day but in general this
breed can hang with you if you're ready
to go on long runs and do big activities
and they're also willing to just lounge
back with you and be couch potatoes if
that's the type of lifestyle you have
the first dog I brought out was bubbles
my house pet have produced her mother I
owned her father her grandmother on the
father's side and also owned both
grandparents on the mom side and even
some of the great grandparents she's
probably my favorite dog she's got a
very mellow temperament six years old
she's been very athletic is a pop she
could jump six feet high like it's no
problem
she's been a very healthy dog or whole
life she went to basic that exams and
all she's ever needed was her shots
I've never had any food allergies with
her or aggression issues with her she's
the ultimate family pet and she's a
vision of exactly what i wanted to
produce the next dog is my boy prince
prince was produced here
his mother was produced here he's been
very healthy he's athletic he's very
friendly he's one of my house pets
I've never had any health issues with
him he's been a tank since I've had him
as a puppy since he was born here and
then you also saw his sister sugar the
chocolate girl sugars off the same
parents their littermates both of them
are very athletic and are the epitome of
an old english bulldog when it comes to
health and activity levels i would say
one of my favorite things about sugar is
her body type
she's got good angulation on her she's
not extreme she's very athletic Bulldog
because nothing on her is extreme her
chest is an extreme her head sizes and
extreme although some people want 20 25
inch heads that's not what I'm looking
for i'm looking for a clean proportion
dog and she's very proportion for her
breed mojo is one of my favorites on the
yard his temperament is one of the best
he's got one of the best when it comes
to hips
he's very athletic he can jump over
six-foot fence
he's a very friendly dog he gets along
with every dog i put them within the
yard
I love his angulation on the back he is
definitely a structure that i'm striving
to get with a lot of my dogs and like I
say personalities just one of the best
having a dog on my yard that is always
happy always friendly always gets along
with the other dogs never tries to
dominate other dogs is a very good
attribute
if you're looking for an old english
bulldog go visit some breeders check out
their dogs in person asked a lot of
questions asked about health testing ask
about palette issues it might actually
be the breed for you
they're healthy they're active they have
a longer lifespan and they're great
family pets if you don't want to buy a
puppy come check out our rescue
we frequently have old english bulldogs
through our rescue that have great
temperaments and will make a great
addition to your family