Bulldog Puppy Blog

The breed Bulldog has been around for at least 5 centuries. Contrary to the appearance of Bulldog today, the ancient Bulldog were tall and vicious that were essential qualities to serve its purpose of grabbing a bull by the nose to keep the bull in place. This activity was named Bull-baiting, is to bring the bulls in for breeding or castration purposes at the same time it also has an entertainment value back on the days when television, computer and internet is not yet discovered.

The early appearance of this breed carried on until the 19th century when dog fighting, a famous “sport”, in England was prohibited that led to the birth of dog shows. Breeders altered the appearance of the Bulldog for exhibition purposes until they arrived to what the Bulldogs are today – a dog with a heavy, thick-set and low slung, its shoulders are wider and have a huge head. Not only that, even the temperament was tamed, before Bulldogs were tough and aggressive but now it is kind and courageous but not ferocious. Indeed, its nature was pacified and dignified.

The first registration of the Bulldog to American Kennel Club was during the 1886 and 9 years later Bulldog Club of America was created. Handsome Dan is one of the most victorious show dogs in this era; it was the original mascot of Yale so its descendants used the same name as well. Another university that has a Bulldog mascot is the University of Georgia, the mascot name is Uga.

The fame of Bulldog being used as a mascot was not only limited to universities for even the U.S Maricne Corps has a Bulldog mascot as this breed was also associated with them during the World War I. From then all the Marine Bulldogs were named Chesty.

In the last 10 years, Bulldog’s fame has significantly risen. Back in 2011 it ranks 19th in AKC and as of 2010 it banged the 6th place. This just justifies that Bulldogs are fun-loving and sweet.

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