Hey damian83,
Keeping English Bullies is indeed a challenging and rewarding experience. They are unlike most other dogs in a few subtle and surprising ways. They are intelligent yet stubborn, powerful and loyal in ways that I can't compare to other breeds. They run rings around staffies (no offence to staffy owners). I have put more time into raising these two of mine than most and have learned a little about what makes them tick. They require serious dedicated training and attention daily from day one, otherwise I believe you they won't listened to you.
Inexperienced people who think they are stupid and disobedient are misguided as they are extremely focussed and committed. This makes changing their mind difficult once they have made their's. If a bully is disobedient, the owner hasn't put the time in. A friend of mine has a dog from the same littler as one of mine and has let the training and connection slide a bit, he now has a difficult dog to keep at 14 months of age. This dog has matured, doesn't tolerate other dogs and is extremely defensive of his yard. This same dog put me in hospital overnight recently from a bite i received splitting up a spontaneous fight.
They will certainly put you to the test during adolescence around kids. You're practically adopting a 20kg+ kid that likes to jump and play around. If it sounds like too much work, they might not be suitable.
As mentioned, dogzonline.com can be a good place to start the search and it is where I found one of my dogs. The only draw back is talking with some of the breeders who can be a bit arrogant. I think I spoke to over a dozen breeders until I found a viable option.
Swampie,
I got the black eared bitch after missing out on your brindle one, have you bred them since?
Cooltorsobro,
you are too kind. My crittters love compliments. Keep the user name a secret..lol
Another shot of Rhino. Bullies are #1.
