Ignoring Distractions
A proper breeding program is all about focus. We strive to create a better bulldog through tightly regulated health and temperament standards. Our goal is to make the perfect family dog healthier.
What We Breed For:
Health & Temperament
Equally important is what we do not breed for. Breeding for too many things creates distractions and dilutes focus. Breeding Bulldogs is hard enough, rare colors, fads, and show breeding only complicate.
What We Do Not Breed For:
Color:
Breeding for color focuses on accentuating a physical trait that ultimately has very little bearing on the quality of bulldog. Breeding for color can be obsessive and all consuming – often health metrics and personality are ignored in pursuit of a rare color. The genetic potential of a non standard bulldog is legitimate. Many rare color bulldogs have healthy standards that can help the breed improve genetic diversity, athleticism, and breathing ability.
Colorblind breeding – We are committed to color blind breeding. This means neither favoring or penalizing specific bulldog colors. Clinical research has proven that the Bulldog needs as much genetic information as possible. Additional studies have demonstrated that purebred breeds like bulldogs genetically produce many additional colors outside of club standards. Show clubs need to modernize to reflect these scientific studies. Color breeders need to stop focusing on producing colors and instead focus on the health of the breed.
Club show standards:
The English Bulldog faces an existential crisis. The current show standard features extreme breeding practices and needs modernized to correct many of the health issues in the breed. Many show breeders are well intentioned but the breed standards require a heavily wrinkled bulldog with poor facial structure. The result is a bulldog that often struggles to breath and move well. Rejection of current show standards is the starting point in proper bulldog breeding.
Fad:
The Bulldog breeds, both French and English, have suffered from radical commercialization. Trends have dominated the breed for 15 years – rare colors, fluffy, heavy rope, mini size, ect. Breeders are unable to focus on health and temperament if there main focus is creating the next trend. Rejection of fad breeding is essential to developing proper breeding protocols focused on health and temperament.