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Bulldogs
The sweetest face in dogs, on a body that needs looking after every day. Everything we've learned about living well with an English Bulldog, from the first thirty days to the senior years.
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The Complete Bulldog Owner’s Handbook
The articles below answer one question each. The handbook puts the whole breed in order: the breathing and the heat, the eyes, hips and spine, the breeder question, weight and wind, training the stubborn sweetheart, adolescence, food guarding, skin folds and ears, family life, and health by age. Twelve chapters with tools you tap, slide and tick, a breathing and heat sign checker, a healthy-Bulldog buying list, a portion calculator, a true-or-myth test and a certificate.
Before you get one
Honest answers for the thinking-about-it stage.
Are Bulldogs Good for First-Time Owners? The Honest Answer
Gentle, funny, low-energy and wonderful with children, and a breed with serious breathing, heat, skin and joint problems. The honest pros, cons and costs of a Bulldog as a first dog.
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Your Bulldog Puppy’s First 30 Days: What to Do, in What Order
The first month sets the next ten years. A week-by-week plan for a new Bulldog puppy: sleep, toilet trips, the breathing baseline, keeping cool, fold handling, hand-feeding against guarding, and the jobs to do before day one.
Read more →Breathing, skin and weight
The three things that decide how well a Bulldog lives.
Bulldog Breathing Problems (BOAS) and Heat: Signs, Rules, Emergencies and Surgery
Most Bulldogs have some degree of narrowed airway. What BOAS is, what normal should sound like, the emergency signs, the temperature rules, heatstroke first aid, and what surgery can do.
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Bulldog Skin Problems: Folds, the Tail Pocket, Allergies and Ears
Bulldogs itch. Fold dermatitis, the tail pocket everyone forgets, ear infections, atopy, food allergy and the elimination diet, and the weekly routine that keeps the skin under control.
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Feeding a Bulldog: Weight, Portions, Wind and the Food-Obsessed Dog
More than half the breed is overweight, and every kilo loads the airway and the hips. How much to feed, the waist test, the slow bowl, treats, food allergy, the wind, and why a Bulldog never looks full.
Read more →Training, daily life and health
The stubborn sweetheart, the Bulldog day, and what to watch at every age.
Training a Bulldog: The Stubborn Sweetheart’s Guide
Not stupid, not dominant, just low-drive and unimpressed. Why two-minute sessions and fast food rewards work, the sit-down strike, the five skills every Bulldog needs, and the plan for food guarding.
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Bulldog Exercise and Daily Life: How Much, When, and What a Good Day Looks Like
How much exercise a Bulldog really needs, the temperature rules, walks by age, why they can’t swim, brain work without heat, alone time, other dogs, and a sample day for a dog built for the sofa.
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Bulldog Health by Age: Puppy, Adult and Senior Care
Bulldogs live eight to ten years and age early. What to watch at every stage: puppy eyes, heart and airway, neutering and anaesthesia, the adult skin and weight years, bladder stones, and the senior signs that are not just age.
Read more →Not a Bulldog question?
Our Dog Language Handbook reads any dog’s eyes, ears, tail and posture, and the plan finder matches one problem to one step-by-step plan.