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JOHNSON 100% REAL AMERICAN BULLDOG
Starting some where in 1930's a man named John D. Johnson of Summerville Georgia who used his bulldogs for farm work & protection of property and companionship. He begain gathering farm working bulldogs together into a breeding program to insure that they would never become extinct like their counterparts did in England.
In the 1960's he was joined by Alan Scott, a farmer and breeder of Percheron draft horses from northern Alabama. Together they scoured remote swamps and mountains of the rural southern area of the United States of American and collected foundation stock of an ancient breed which was given a new name in 1984, the American Bulldog instead of the American Pit Bulldog was lead by Mr.J.D.Johnson so people would not confuse it with the American Pit Bull Terrier, which is a bully breed but not a bulldog.
While it is true that today's American Bulldog is a direct descendant of the Elizabethan era English Bulldog and is physically identical to its great great grandparents, they were never extensively used in baiting contests on this continent but were used instead as farm utility dogs, hunting dogs and as watch dogs, consequently their temperaments have been mellowed over the centuries but their physical abilities have been retained.
The majestic American Bulldog has also proven to be a real ham, starring in many full length motion pictures and many commercials and advertisements. Showing the American bulldog's, intelligence and ability to adapt and serve their owner with trust, no matter what they are asked to do. The American Bulldog is now enjoying a great increase in popularity, not just in south east and south west,but all over America, Canada and the World. The American Bulldog can be found today World Wide working on farms catching hogs or cattle, also for hunting wild game,K9 police and protection work or just being a loving and protective family pet, just as they have done in the southern United States for hundreds of years.
American Bulldogs also successfully compete in several dog sports such as Schutzhund, French Ring street protection sport, Iron Dog competition, weight pulling and in the show ring.They also are good at social work with the elderly,young children and ill patients.
So no matter what story you have been told, "and there are many", or what you may believe about the beginnings of the American Bulldog, I believe due to Mr.J.D.Johnson's for-site,great breeding skills and along with other men that had admiration for this breed of Bulldog, saving this great animal from extinction.
This is just a line out of an interview done by David D. Jackson with Mr.John D. Johnson
John D.: "I have heard all types of rumors and stories that this is so, and I would like to set the record straight. Mack the Masher was a fine American Bulldog that was owned by Allen Scott. He was an excellent catch dog and long-legged and rangy. His muzzle was a little bit longer than average. He was purchased by Allen Scott from Sales Axley in Big Sand Mountain, Alabama. Sales Axley never registered any of his dogs, and he called them Old English Whites. Nobody was ever going to tell Sales Axley that his dogs weren’t English Bulldogs. If there ever was any pedigree associated with Mack the Masher, then Allen Scott concocted it out of his own imagination. My dogs have always been registered with either the National Kennel Club or the Animal Research Foundation, and how far their pedigrees go back on dogs which I never owned I cannot tell you. I did, however, think Mack the Masher was a fine Bulldog, and I did breed to him. There is no way, however, that Mack the Masher had any English Bulldog in him. Over 20 years ago, a man named David Levitt decided that he would improve the English Bulldog, and he decided to invent the Olde English Bulldogge. Initially, he tried breeding a Bull Mastiff with an American Pit Bull Terrier and English Bulldog. He was not able to arrive at the dog he desired and contacted me. He came down and looked at my dogs and decided that he would like to use one of my females in further experimentation to improve and perfect the Olde English Bulldogges. I leased him a female for his use. Later on in his search, David Levitt found a dog in Massachusettes which was owned by a girl up there and was an AKC-registered English Bulldog male that weighed 95 pounds and was called West Champs High Hopes. David Levitt bred my female to this dog, and the resultant litters produced the dog he was looking for. If you will look in the book "Fighting Dogs" by Dr. Carl Semenic, you will see the picture of a large white Bulldog that was one of these pups. This English Bulldog, West Champs High Hopes, was evidently a throw-back to the original Bulldogs, being more long-legged and weighing 95 pounds. He sent me a picture of this dog, and it was a very impressive-looking dog. He asked me if I wanted one of the puppies, and he sent me a very nice female pup which I named Gail after David Levitt’s wife. She grew up to be a 125-pound female, and was just gorgeous. I bred her back to the Incredible Hulk, and, with this, started the Incredible Mean Machine line. You have to remember that the English Bulldog and the American Bulldog were exactly the same dog 200 years ago, and, every once in awhile, a throw-back English Bulldog will be born which is the same as the old Bulldogs were. I could see nothing wrong with breeding a Bulldog to a Bulldog. I was not trying to deceive anyone, and the pedigree of these dogs clearly shows this dog’s name and the fact that he was an AKC-registered English Bulldog. If a man is going to be honest, he is going to be honest to a fault. I could have changed these pedigrees, and no one would have known anything about it, except for me, Mildred, and the good Lord. The Incredible Mean Machine Line of my dogs has probably become the most famous and sought-after line of all.
I have heard it said that the English Bulldog is not the original pure Bulldog bred down in size, but a cross between the English Bulldog and a Pug. I do not believe this to be the case, for many reasons, and I believe the English Bulldog is a result of simply breeding the dog down in size, exaggerating the features through breeding, and, unfortunately, breeding his heart out. I do not believe that a 15-pound Pug was ever crossed in the 17th or the 18th century with a 100-to-120 pound Bulldog. I do not believe that this was possible in those days, since they did not know artificial insemination. Also, the Pug has a black mask which never ever appears in an English Bulldog or an American Bulldog. Also, the Pug has a screw tail which screws over his back in a different fashion. Occasionally, when an American Bulldog does have a curvature in his tail, it is a pump-handle type curvature which is totally different than that seen on the Pug. I have had American Bulldogs throw pump-handle tails for the last 60-70 years, long before I bred to West Champs High Hopes. Pit Bull Terriers will also occasionally throw a pump-handle tail, and I think that this originated from the early American Bulldogs which were used to create the American Pit Bull Terrier."
NOW YOU KNOW THE REST OF THE STORY, GOOD DAY!
STANDARD FOR THE AMERICAN BULLDOG BY JOHN D. JOHNSON
GENERAL APPEARANCE:Being that of a great powerful dog showing strength, endurance and alertness. Powerfully built, but active.
SIZE & WEIGHT:
Males to be 23 - 28" at withers. Weight. 90 - 150 lbs. (Slightly larger or smaller is not a fault). Females to be 20 - 26" at withers. Weight. 70 - 130 lbs. (Slightly larger or smaller is not a fault).
HEAD:
Expression: intelligent with keen alertness. The head should be square or have a round basketball look, and well muscled. The "STOP" should be deep and abrupt.
MUZZLE:
Should be broad, not long and narrow. Length of "MUZZLE": Not less than 1 inch to not
more than 3 inches. (Preferred length: 2 to 2 1/2 inches).
BITE:
At least 1/4 to 1 inch (Undershot) depending on size of dog and shape of head.
EYES:
Almond-shaped to round, medium-sized: Normal Color. brown. Acceptable Colors: gray, green or light blue eye(s).
EARS:
Small to medium, carried close to the head, or rose ears.
NECK:
Slightly arched of moderate length. Very muscular - almost equal to the head in size.
BODY:
Fairly compact with wide deep chest. The loin is wide, muscular and slightly arched.
TAIL:
Strong at the root and tapering to the hocks (normal relaxed position; however, many will carry their tails over their backs, especially when excited or walking).
COAT:
Short and soft.
COLOR:
Solid white only.- all shades of brindle (white, red, yellow, blue, brown, black or gray); red and white; fawn and white; beige and white; buckskin and white; black and white; brown and white; mahogany and white; cream and white.
FOREQUARTERS:
The combined front assembly from its uppermost components, the shoulder blades, down to the feet should be muscular and slightly sloping. The "Forelegs" are to be straight. Bone structure: medium to heavy - to be able to carry a large dog.
HINDQUARTERS:
Broad with muscies tapering well down the leg to show speed and strength, but not quite as large as shoulders.
DISQUALIFICATIONS:
Full black mask; cow-hocked; splayfooted; even and scissor bite; glass eye(s); docked tail (can be registered, but will be prohibited from the "Show Ring").
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