Welcome to our website.We are a small kennel located in Southern California about an hour from LA. I really don't like to call us a kennel we are more of an example of bulldog enthusiasts who happen to maybe have a few more dogs then the average person.... We got our first American Bulldog at the beginning of 1990 and that's been the only breed of dog for us since then...18 years in the breed..wow time flies! Unlike alot of the new folks who have jumped into bulldogs we will be around still when they are long gone!
Since then we have become very involved in the breed we both go overseas and judge shows and we have put on show's and contributed bulldog articles to Dog Fancy among other things.
Our first dogs were Suregrip lines Rip N. Woody, Freddie Kreugger, etc., these are the kind of dogs we love and what we have based our breeding program on. We favor mainly larger hybrids/bully dogs with good bone, impressive heads and a balanced temperament.
We enjoy showing our dogs and have produced many ABA Ch and ABA grand Champions, bully type, standard and some that are hybrid types..We like to stick to our own dogs rather then going out and buying what ever bulldog line maybe flavour of the week...whatever female is cheap or available.
We are not like most folks in that we have several different styles of American bulldogs..due to my husband and myself having different tastes in dogs. We try and meet somewhere in the middle with our hybrid American bulldogs that we both like...but we have some large American Bulldogs and some Giant American Bulldogs that we enjoy having around.
We only produce a litter for the purpose of improving on what we have and always keep a puppy or two, we always reserve the top picks for our selves from each breeding. Some years we produce no pups and others we may have a few litters, we are not a large kennel and don't keep many dogs ourselves as we like them all to have plenty of time with us in and out of the house. Many of our dogs, especially our studs are raised and live with our friends and we co own or keep breeding rights on them this has proved to work out realy well for both us the dog's and there new family.
All of our pups are born and raised in our home and all of our dogs are family members that will live out there lives with us,they are not retired to live with strangers or sold on to someone who wants to have a few litters out of them but remain with us for as long as they are around...this can make it hard on us as it can cause our program to not develop as fast as maybe it could as we just don't have the room for a lot of new dogs but that's fine by us.
We have had many American Bulldogs through out the years, some that we no longer have are on our site to show you where we started and what direction we're heading in, you will find all our old family members on our foundation page. Special thanks to Kyle Symmes of Suregrip kennels for all his help through out the years and for all our foundation stock.
Please remember that although the American Bulldog is an incredible breed with a lot to offer it is often to much dog for alot of people, they are a dominant guardian breed, can be stubborn and do best with someone who has experience with such types of dogs.They also don't get along with dominant dog's of the same sex..not all of them sometimes there are exceptions but rarely.
Please do your research on the breed before purchasing an American Bulldog and also on the breeder you chose ...not all bulldogs are equal just the same as not all folks who are involved with bulldogs are equal!Remember your breeder should be able to answer any questions you have..that's what there there for ..you shouldn't have to ask me how to register your puppy,what to feed it etc. etc..that's part of what your payed for their help and knowledge...if you don't think they know that much why are you going to them for a puppy?
I am honestly horrified at some of the information people are told about bulldogs..basically anything they want to hear that will help the seller sell them a pup. In my opinion folks on there first litter with zero experience on bulldogs (or any breed)are not the people I would be buying a dog from..most will be gone in a year or so onto a new breed they can make a buck on and leaving the rest of us to pick up the mess. Sadly the bulldog has got to be a popular bred and with that we get alot of folks cashing in (or trying to)..honestly I could think of a million breeds that if you were in it for the money would be far more lucrative.
We are avid supporters of the ABA and only register our dogs with the ABA and only show at ABA shows...we believe the they have the best most correct standard for dogs and the best most accurate data base of American Bulldog pedigrees ...they don't register any other breed either just American Bulldogs and not all American Bulldogs meet the requirements to be registered with the ABA unlike with other registry's which will except any dogs of questionable parentage as long as you send a $$$.Trust me because the pup someone is trying to sell you is triple registered doesn't mean a thing if those papers are with some of the new registries out there..I have seen folks buy abs from pet stores for $2000 that have papers with registries I have never ever heard of and that I would honestly doubt were worth the paper they were written on!
We also think the best competition is at ABA shows ...to be a champion with any other registry's you need only beat 'competition ' which is one other dog! All Champion dogs are not equal... International, ABRA, UKC shows and a few others on the East coast you can champion out on a weekend with little or no competition (here in Ca you may well be the only AB there at one of these other registry's shows!) ...to us that is not a Ch!
Please note..We are always looking for good working homes for our dogs and will work with anyone who has previously titled a dog in SCH or PSA etc. If you have any questions please call or e-mail us ,
thanks Randee and Alison.
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