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The Bulldog, commonly known as the English Bulldog has and is
still becoming ever more popular. This is a wonderful breed and every one that sees or comes into contact with it, usually
falls in love with it. Along with popularity come many problems. I will attempt to educate you on some of the many bad things
that are happening to people every day.
1. Scammers:
I have heard too many stories about people sending money to someone they don’t know with a promise
that sounds to good to be true. One of the most common is someone selling you a puppy for a very low amount. They will feed
you a line about sending them $500.00 or more just cover the shipping and they will send you this wonderful, wrinkled, lovable
bulldog puppy. This is a bunch of crap; these people are scammers and trying to take your money. No reputable breeder
is going to sell you a puppy for $500.00 or a $1000.00. AKC registered puppies usually at a minimum cost $1500.00 to
$2500.00. Any one that has any quality in their program and goes about their breeding practices the way they should, will
accept nothing less.
2. Picture
Thieves:
These are people that go around to Breeders that show their dogs and steal pictures of their
puppies off of the Breeder’s Website and post them on sites such as Puppy Find and other subpar websites because of
the quality that the puppy represents. The thieves are playing on your sense of visual gratification to induce a sell.
You send the money and get nothing in return. It is best to go to the breeder in person to buy your puppy. If time and
distance prevent you from doing this, you should require the Breeder that you are considering purchasing a puppy from to send
you a picture with the date stamped on it with the Breeder and the puppy included in the photo. Also included in the photo
should be a piece of paper with your name on it. If the Breeder actually has the puppy, it only takes about two minutes
to write your name on a piece of paper, take a snap shot of the puppy and e-mail it back to you. If the Breeder tells you
he or she cannot do this then you should take this as a sign and search elsewhere.
3. Imports:
On a daily basis people are buying puppies at cheap prices from countries such as Russia and
selling them for a profit here in the United States. These puppies are plagued with illness and health problems. The individuals
selling these puppies are interested only in your money and nothing else. Reputable Breeders overseas will not sell Bulldogs
to a home that is not a proven Show Home. It does not benefit them to send their best examples of the breed to the United
States if they are not going to be shown and bring recognition to the Breeder that sent the Bulldog and the Breeder Exhibitor
that imported the Bulldog. You as a potential owner will not have a chance in hell at buying a promising import to be
your best friend and nothing more. You should ask yourself why these people are selling you an import. They did not breed
the puppy, they are selling it as soon as they get it from these horrible places and most of the time they promise you AKC
registration which you will never receive.
4. I don’t show, but my dogs are all show quality:
If you breed you should show. The purpose of breeding a quality litter is
obtaining quality specimens of the breed. People that say that they have all show quality dogs but don’t show are not
being truthful with you. They want your money, and they want to spend as little as they have to in order to induce you to
give it to them. Every litter brought into this world is not going to produce all Champions. Hell, Breeders
are lucky if they get one promising show prospect that goes on to complete it’s championship quest, but
the dogs that are pets and not show dogs should and will be placed on limited registration and on a spay neuter agreement
by a reputable breeder. Ask yourself a question about show dogs. If you had a potential show dog that was the best of
his breed ever to exist would you not show him or her? If you had a puppy that was destined to be a Best in Show winning dog,
would you not show him or her? People that tell you that they have all show quality dogs and they are not showing them
are telling…… Lies…..Lies…..Lies…..
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