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Location: Iowa | 
Just shop around. I got these two from 2 separate show breeders. Both were under $2000. Both with no health issues and both show quality and we have shown them successfully. Go to some dog shows and ask around. They are tons of fun to own. |
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Location: Northwest Florida | HezaMemory - 2015-10-20 5:09 PM
Just shop around. I got these two from 2 separate show breeders. Both were under $2000. Both with no health issues and both show quality and we have shown them successfully. Go to some dog shows and ask around. They are tons of fun to own.
Oh my goodness! SO squishy!!:) They are adorable! |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Cute, yes. But, the ones I've seen stink! Either bad breath, gas all the time or just a hound-y smell which I can't stomach. And they have a lot of health issues. I just can't pay that much for something with a ton of known problems. So, English Bulldogs are not the breed for me.
Now, I would pay a few thousand for a well bred shepherd with health guarantees from lines known for soundness. It also really bothers me when people assume that purebred dogs just have health problems. They have health problems because people continue to breed dogs with know health problems!
I wouldn't want to get that attached to a dog that might only live a few years because humans want them to look a certain way and ignore problems and breed them anyway. |
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Location: Kentucky | Nita - 2015-10-21 11:08 AM Cute, yes. But, the ones I've seen stink! Either bad breath, gas all the time or just a hound-y smell which I can't stomach. And they have a lot of health issues. I just can't pay that much for something with a ton of known problems. So, English Bulldogs are not the breed for me. Now, I would pay a few thousand for a well bred shepherd with health guarantees from lines known for soundness. It also really bothers me when people assume that purebred dogs just have health problems. They have health problems because people continue to breed dogs with know health problems! I wouldn't want to get that attached to a dog that might only live a few years because humans want them to look a certain way and ignore problems and breed them anyway.
I think any breed that has been poorly bred will have problems. My neighbor's pups are well bred and they don't have any of the issues, except farting... which I think can be helped by a quality food and FORCO. |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Murphy - 2015-10-21 10:46 AM
Nita - 2015-10-21 11:08 AM Cute, yes. But, the ones I've seen stink! Either bad breath, gas all the time or just a hound-y smell which I can't stomach. And they have a lot of health issues. I just can't pay that much for something with a ton of known problems. So, English Bulldogs are not the breed for me. Now, I would pay a few thousand for a well bred shepherd with health guarantees from lines known for soundness. It also really bothers me when people assume that purebred dogs just have health problems. They have health problems because people continue to breed dogs with know health problems! I wouldn't want to get that attached to a dog that might only live a few years because humans want them to look a certain way and ignore problems and breed them anyway.
I think any breed that has been poorly bred will have problems. My neighbor's pups are well bred and they don't have any of the issues, except farting... which I think can be helped by a quality food and FORCO.
I started to type that, then erases it, lol. I know there are breeders at both ends of the spectrum. Seems like most have health problems and people just keep breeding them, tho. |
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Location: Way up North | $35,000 for a HORSE! Seriously though I am betting lots of people think horse people are crazy for spending big money on a horse, why should we think it is any different for a dog?
We have a miniature EB, she is 13" tall and 35 pounds. Other than only having one eye due to a suspected run in with one of the horses she has been extremely healthy. Yes, she does fart and she does it a lot but if we would stop giving her human snacks she probably wouldn't. I have been around other lap dogs that were a heck of a lot smaller and a heck of a lot stinkier! You just don't hear theirs before you smell them! Ours is 7 or 8 this year and doesn't show any signs of slowing down. |
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| Anyone that buys one of these poor dogs is committing animal abuse. They spend their ENTIRE LIFE gasping for air. Never mind the skin issues, the hip dysplasia, the dental issues and the FACT they cannot even reproduce naturally any more! |
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| i have one-- she is now 9
one of the best family dogs we have owned-
mine has lyme disease but not from birth.
yes they have finicky tummies & my so learned quickly not to give her nacho cheese.
yes some have odors..
but i know some people that smell too.
best $ i ever spent-- i got mine for $800 reg because pa was really going after non registered breeders at the time |
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Location: California | Both our EB's have not had any skin/joint/eye/breathing issues so far. They are still younger, but they are extremely active & play all day with our mini aussie. Like anything else, you have to do your research into breeders, if that is where you choose to get one. You can visit breeders, look at their previous dogs and also see videos if you are too far to visit. It's just like when you are buying a new horse... you don't just look at whats "cute" anymore when you know you are spending more money or when you know they are known to have heath issues. Some have more "olde" in them... This is more toward the original breed. There faces aren't as smashed and they are a bit taller.
Plus if you keep them inside and don't push them to exercise, then they never will & that is another way to create issues.
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | We have a French Bulldog, 5 years old now. We rescued him. Brother in law is a vet and this guy was born with a cleft pallet and was going to be put down. Owner signed over rights and bro-in-law saved him then gave him to us as a 4 month old. No medical issues as of yet other than a bit of skin fungus last winter. You do have to be careful with them as far as heat goes. But talk about active! Chases a ball constantly (we hide it when it gets hot) rides or runs with the 4 wheeler, and basically runs with the cattle dogs like he is one of them. We love him, great with kids and a total clown.
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Location: Texas | They are one of many breeds who have a ton of problems. Very sweet dogs, but are pretty much born with poor airways. I would be careful with them in the summer time for sure because they can overheat because they can't ventilate like normal dogs.
Honestly though, if you look, theres problems for lots of dogs:
dachshunds- IVDD
boxers- heart problems and cancer
dobermans- heart problems
goldens- cancer
cavaliers- heart problems
burnese mountain dogs- cancer
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