Devilsadvocate4education*just My Opinions*
Las Vegas,#2Consumer Comment
Sat, January 31, 2009
Since there isn't really any such thing as a 'mini' bulldog, just an occasional bulldog which is smaller than usual, it will be difficult to provide any evidence you purchased a 'mini' bulldog I think. Do you have a size guarantee in writing? Far easier to show there is one club which registers and reckognizes such a thing, and that less than 30 years of attempting to breed them down in size doesn't support any sort of consistancy in size. Please look up the other reports on here about 'mini' bulldogs. It will also be easy to prove that cherry eye is a pit-fall of owning certain breeds, and that it is one of the many, many things which is considered 'normal' or 'common' for this breed. What is going on with the front legs? Bulldogs are prone to many, many issues which arise from their build. So, we can't always reasonably blame our breeder's for 'genetic' issues that exist in our breed, because they are our breed. Our option is to not purchase the breed after deciding they may be to costly to upkeep after doing as much research as possible on our breed. Your bully's are still very young. To minimise issues that are a natural part of being a bulldog, they should be fed a low protein, high quality food (all natural, little to no corn, ect. and the low protien will knock out most puppy foods, and all natural knocks out most commercial pet foods as of now, I feed Innova, and bully's also do very well on healthwise), and things such as jumping and stairs should be limited, ESPECIALLY during the growth periods, which you are still in. Bully's are also very prone to muscle strain and sprain and tears and such, AGAIN, due to their body structure. If your vet is not already familiar with bully's and what comes along with them, and what is actually 'beyond normal' for the breed itself, you will have to educate yourself on these things to more effectively care for the life you took responsibility for. Do I think these people are very ethical, not really. But the purchaser really does have equal responsibility in these cases. If you'd like to know more about bulldogs in general, and some help in figuring just what it is and is not reasonable to try and go after the breeder for, you can email the devilsadvocate4education, who can be found in the area of yahoo *just my opinions*