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Posted by rich
on January 31, 2008, 5:27 pm, in reply to "Re: SIZE"
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Have to disagree on the size one. I want my bulldogs big! No more than 20" and if i can, over 100 pounds. I have heard the arguments about the 19th century Bull being small, but i've seen one stuffed bulldog in Tring museum from around this period and the dog is very bully and heavy (though the one next to it is small).
What is being bred today is not an olt time bulldog because a bulldog, anoung other things, was a game bred animal. Nobody breeds for performance on thbis level anymore so we have to face facts that we are breeding for look. I would like to see a new bulldog for the 21 century, a happy healthy family dog that is huge! lol
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: I THINK HEALTH SHOULD ALWAYS BE PUT FIRST.
: JIM
: WEIGHS ABOUT 90LBS, HE'S AS BIG AS I'D WANT
: AN OLDE TYME BULLDOG TO BE, NO BIGGER. I
: THINK VAMPIRE SHOULD BE CLOSE TO MY ABSOLUTE
: IDEAL. HOW MUCH DOES CAJUN WEIGH?
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: KNOW WHAT YOU MEEN JOE ,
: BUT ARE WE GOING DOWN THE BIGGER IS BETTER
: ROUTE
: LOOK WHAT HAPPEND TO THE ORIGINAL BULLDOG.
: HEALTH AND AGILITY SACRIFICED FOR BIG CHESTS
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: SMASHED IN FACES.
: COULD A BULLDOG AT 90 LBS REALLY BE CALLED
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: OLD TIME BULLDOG WHEN NO BULLDOG WAS ANY WAY
: NEAR
: THIS SIZE EVEN THE OUTCROSS TO SPANISH
: BULLDOG
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: I LIKE THEM SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 60 AND 90LBS,
: ANYTHING MUCH SMALLER AND I THINK THEY LACK
: SUBSTANCE, MUCH LARGER AND I THINK YOUR
: GETTING INTO AMERICAN BULLDOG AND
: BULLMASTIFF TERRITORY.
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: THOUGHT ID SEE HOW MY FELLOW BULLDOGERS FELT
: ABOUT SIZE.
: WERE ALL PRODUCEING HEALTHY ACTIVE BULLDOGS
: ALONG THE LINES OF THE MONOGRAPH BULLDOG.
: ALTHOUGH THEY ARE VERY GOOD RECREATIONS OF
: THE LONG LOST BULLDOG OF THE 1880S. BUT THEY
: ARE BIGGER, THE BULLDOG OF THIS ERA WAS A
: LOT SMALLER
: SO DO WE KEEP THEM THE SIZE THEY ARE NOW.
: WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE SIZE MUST NOT
: GET BIGGER,OR DO WE GRADUALY GO FOR A SLIGHT
: REDUCTION IN SIZE BETWEEN THE TWO SIZES
: IE CURRENT SIZE MALE AVE 70 LBS
: OLD SIZE 50 LBS
: SO COMPROMISE AT 60 LBS.
: SO THE DOGS ARE A BIT MORE HISTORICALLY
: ACCURATE
: DISCUSS
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