Bulldoghistorian you're exactly right about management being the hardest. Managing these dogs is endless work and definitely the hardest part above all.

I get something like a "chicken ass" as you mention. I just simply call it a weak backend and also slip hicks from time to time. I try to factor that into my breeding selection, but the fact is they choose we don't.

While Bulldogs all look similar they are all selected differently by their breeders. I get where some look more terrier type while others more houndish. Who really knows what has been woven in there. I've heard of bitches being bred by strays and some really game dogs coming of it, they very well could have been bred back and continued with many many times in the breeds history.

What's interesting to me I have a few dogs with very intense noses. My house dog never fails to smell when anything different is around, whether it be a human driving by, a varmint or stale bread I sneak out and put in the yard for the birds. She without fail finds everything with her nose, makes me wonder what is in her background. lol

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