Show me your dogs!

[ChickyWhicky]

I love to show my boys off! Jethro, bloodhound & Kano, german shorthaired pointer.

Here is my favorite photo of my late american bulldog, Ava with my sister circa 2013. Miss her to pieces.

 

[Mamatomany123]

My little 8.5 month old terror. I know it's to be expected but goodness, he's a handful right now.

 

[cluckmecoop7]

My little 8.5 month old terror. I know it's to be expected but goodness, he's a handful right now.

He’s so cute and innocent!

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Old fashioned southern bulldog.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

My little 8.5 month old terror. I know it's to be expected but goodness, he's a handful right now.

He is very handsome!! Ive heard that boxers get bad at that age, ive never had one though.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

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Old fashioned southern bulldog.

Very handsome!! A friend use to have one, she acted like a turtle. Walking slowly but when she wanted to run she could a little.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

Very handsome!! A friend use to have one, she acted like a turtle. Walking slowly but when she wanted to run she could a little.

This one is very athletic. Combination of English bulldog, pit bull (Staffordshire), and two kinds of mastiff. Some would call him an old English bulldog, others would call him a bandogge. I think its more accurate to just generically call him a bulldog. He’s more like what bulldogs were in generations past, except the mastiff genes cut down on the bloodlust a lot. I wouldn’t have him with my daughter if he was a straight pit or American bulldog.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

This one is very athletic. Combination of English bulldog, pit bull (Staffordshire), and two kinds of mastiff. Some would call him an old English bulldog, others would call him a bandogge. I think its more accurate to just generically call him a bulldog. He’s more like what bulldogs were in generations past, except the mastiff genes cut down on the bloodlust a lot. I wouldn’t have him with my daughter if he was a straight pit or American bulldog.

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I dont trust full pits. Wish i could but there are reasons. I love bulldogs, and mastiffs. Everyone i have ever met are gentle and sweet! except for one mastiff who wasnt trained properly. He looks like a american bulldog, but i can see the mastiffs and Staffordshire in him!

 

[themotleycoopchic]

My granddog, Norm He's a Blue Tick Beagle.

 

[Florida Bullfrog]

I dont trust full pits. Wish i could but there are reasons. I love bulldogs, and mastiffs. Everyone i have ever met are gentle and sweet! except for one mastiff who wasnt trained properly. He looks like a american bulldog, but i can see the mastiffs and Staffordshire in him!

Yes he does look a lot like an American bulldog. I could probably pass him off as a Johnson type. But he actually has no American bulldog in him, unless there is some mixed in on the English bulldog side.

All of the pits I knew seemed to be good natured, but the tricky thing with them is the potential for one to be hiding a strong catch drive that busts out when a child triggers the wrong instincts.

I’ve known some Scott or standard type American bulldogs that were monsters. I met a nationally renowned show stud off of Alan Scott’s farm that killed a toddler a few weeks after I met the dog. The only dog that I’ve ever been bit by was a Scott type American.

I also had a bad experience with a rottie that almost tore my throat out.

So I definitely have a list of dogs on my “do not trust” list. Even the bulldogs I keep I watch very closely. Strong catch drives and blood lust serves a purpose in working dogs, but in a family dog I want nothing beyond a fierce protective drive.