AKC English Bulldog Standard

This page is meant to help all the well-meaning people who are constantly taken advantage of by dishonest breeders or just plain weren’t sure what their English Bulldog should look like, act like, or cost among other things.Yes, I have seen many families enter the game of purchasing the “Bulldog of their dreams” only to come away with a much less than perfect Bulldog than they deserved for their hard-earned money.

Here’s what commonly happens. A person looking to buy an English Bulldog searches on websites and in newspapers for their beautiful English Bulldog Puppy. The search is narrowed down to a few breeders or pet stores that caught their eye with a fancy website or advertising. Now, when the buyer goes to view his possible new pet he has high hopes that were created by the truly beautiful pictures or videos that drew him to the breed in the first place, but when he gets to these puppies he often forgets what exactly it was he was supposed to be looking for in a quality purebred English Bulldog. He is wooed by the breeder and the puppies look more like a Beagle or even as bad as a common mutt than an akc standard Bulldog. The poor person still falls in love because after all; they’re puppies and any puppy can melt the heart of someone seeking their “best friend”. Please don’t spend $3,000.00 on a poor quality puppy. Read on to learn more about the akc standard and how to be sure you’re getting what you’re paying for.

Here are some common misunderstandings about the AKC standard and registration.

First, just because a puppy is akc registered does not mean that he is purebred or anything like the akc standard. Any breeder can get AKC papers for a litter of puppies.

• Let’s say Dishonest Breeder has two purebred Bulldogs with AKC papers.
  

  What akc registration papers should look like

• The female is mistakenly bred by a neighborhood dog of unknown ancestry.
• Dishonest Breeder will not give up the $2,000 he could get for “AKC registered English Bulldog puppies” so when the litter is born, he simply fills out the litter registration paperwork – claiming that his English Bulldog was actually the father.
• The AKC will mail him an envelope of English Bulldog registration papers for each puppy, which he will happily pass along to the buyer of each puppy….collecting his $2,000 as he does so.
• And no one will be the wiser until the puppies grow up and start to look nothing like the akc standard Bulldog.

The English Bulldog AKC Standard (continued)

Possibly more common is an Honest breeder who is just not very serious about producing quality English Bulldogs or is simply ignorant in how it is done correctly with love for the breed. It is possible for a breeder to start out with any quality of English Bulldog(Excellent-Poor) and over time with different breeding lose the certain characteristics that are key in the Bulldog breed and akc standard. For instance, one of his puppies may be born with longer legs or smaller paws than are appropriate features in an English Bulldog. The breeder may breed that puppy, therefore using a puppy with less than perfect genes. Every time these Bulldogs with undesirable physical character traits are bred they will pass these imperfections along to the next generation and they begin to look less and less the way an English Bulldog should. Finally you are left with a very bad example of the English Bulldog and he may very well still have AKC papers. Remember, even a car comes with registration tags, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a clunker. I hope this helps in understanding the akc standard even if it’s just one person. -Daniel

For More On The English Bulldog AKC Standard Click This Link  http://www.akc.org/breeds/bulldog

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