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This is sometimes a hot topic for discussion, especially among
Bulldoggers(show breeders). This reading is to give you my honest, experienced dealings
with these Rare Bulldogs.
Contrary to popular opinion, Black Bulldogs are NOT inferior or of less
quality than any other well-bred bulldog, they just don't meet the BCA
standard for Bulldogs as far as color goes. The color DOES NOT affect
their health, skin, or structure as many would have you believe, and
unless you are wanting to show your dogs in competition, this is
insignificant (actually, black or blue bulldogs can be entered in shows).
I have been breeding "to breed standard" bullys for years now & have
found that you get more health issues with the so-called "well-bred"
bloodlines than you do with the less desired bloodlines. I have for the
past 2 years been bringing back some of my older bloodlines for this
very reason and I am already seeing a difference. Just because a
pedigree is stacked with Champions does NOT mean you will get healthier
bullys, a lot of times it is the opposite, because they are closely bred
with the same lines of ancestors in them. It really is all trial and
error though, no matter how educated you are, and there are some great
Lines of Champion bullys out there, no doubt.
NO ONE can breed a perfect bulldog! I have been breeding dogs for over
35 years & am very experienced with this issue of health. I would never
knowingly breed inferior, unhealthy dogs, I LOVE my bullys! I have
people accuse me of being in it for the money. If this were the case,
then I would actually HAVE some money! I put literally 90% of my
incoming BACK into the care, feeding, comfort, & upkeep of my babies. As
my vet put it the first time she did a farm call for me, " Man, these
guys have it made!".
The reason myself & many others call these Black Beauties "Rare" is
because there are few born every year. And as I said before, the color
is undesirable according to the BCA breed standard & therefore Show
breeders try NOT to produce black bulldogs. There are beginning to be
several educated, experienced Black bulldog breeders in the states now,
that will produce VERY NICE Black Bulldogs, so maybe in several years we
may not be able to call the Rare anymore.
This is an excerpt from the BCA Bulldog Standard:
Color of Coat
The color of coat should be uniform, pure of its kind and brilliant. The
various colors found in the breed are to be preferred in the following
order: (1) red brindle, (2) all other brindles, (3) solid white, (4)
solid red, fawn or fallow, (5) piebald, (6) inferior qualities of all
the foregoing. Note: A perfect piebald is preferable to a muddy
brindle or defective solid color. Solid black is very undesirable, but
not so objectionable if occurring to a moderate degree in piebald
patches. The brindles to be perfect should have a fine, even and equal
distribution of the composite colors. In brindles and solid colors a
small white patch on the chest is not considered detrimental. In
piebalds the color patches should be well defined, of pure color and
symmetrically distributed.
See Official Color Chart
for more information on black colors in English Bulldogs.
In addition to the nose color, DNA Color testing will reveal the
"dd" alleles in TRUE BLUE dogs.
http://www.vetgen.com/canine-coat-color.html |
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