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Around 1835, laws were passed in England
prohibiting bull baiting and the Olde English
Bulldogges main purpose of existence vanished.
Within a decade the numbers of bulldogs declined
drastically almost to extinction. Dog show fanciers
eventually decided to reconstruct the breed, but
wanted to tone down the aggressive temperament of
the original Olde English Bulldogge. They crossed
the remnants of the existing stock with the
pug and over the
years that followed they developed the modern
English Bulldog. Unfortunately though, this modern
dog is wrought with all kinds of genetic health
problems.
The modern Olde English Bulldogge is a
reconstruction of the original Olde Bulldogge of the
17th and 18th century. Various genetic crosses have
been used in carefully and thoughtfully planned
breeding programs to obtain this goal. The
foundation of most of today's Olde English
Bulldogges can be traced to English Bulldog,
American Bulldog,
APBT and Mastiff.
These dogs were used very selectively in various
combinations to obtain the desired physical and
mental traits of the original Olde English Bulldogge.
The result has been a good looking Bulldogge of
great athletic ability that is much healthier and
physically fit without most or all of the problems
that plague today's modern English Bulldogs. The
goal of all Olde English Bulldogge breeders should
be to produce genetically healthier Bulldogges that
are free breathers, free breeders, and free whelpers."
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