Breeding English Bulldogs

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Rivera7, Please don't find this a negative post, I don't mean it to be. I simply want you to understand where we are coming from. I'd like you to go back a read your first post. You gave us NO information except that you want to breed english bulldogs and you can't afford both dogs at the same time. You have to understand that this was your first ever post on this board and we know nothing at all about you. Had you explained yourself like you did in your second post you would have gotten some better responses.

There are a lot of people here who are against breeding and 100% for rescuing only. Others here support both rescuing and reputable breeders. I fall into that second category, I am very much involved with rescuing however I'm not at all against reputable breeders. You will not find anyone here who will support or even tolerate a backyard breeder, I'm sure you can understand that. This board is full of very passionate people.

any IDIOT knows that you should obtain male and female form seperate places.

The fact is that the world is full of "idiots". When it comes to breeding there are way way more backyard breeders than reputable ones. Because you gave us no information about your plans and knowledge on breeding we had to assume you had none. Understand that and you will understand why you got the responses that you got.

I agree with giselle that shadowing a reputable breeder would be the best place to start. It takes time to earn the respect of other reputable breeders. Get in the show ring with another breeders dog. You need to know how to swim before jumping into the pool, otherwise you'll probably drown.

I wish you the best of luck. I hope you can now see where we are coming from and I hope you'll give Pet Talk another chance.

[Logan]

I'm sorry that your introduction to this forum was so negative. I happen to LOVE English Bulldogs and hope to have one, myself, one day. It seems to me that you have thought out all of the issues with this breed. I have learned some things from reading this about the C-Sections. I knew they usually have small litters and there is a huge problem with actually delivering the babies, but I didn't know that C-Sections were the norm these days. I have only experienced one precious fellow, Ben, in my life, and he was the dog I grew up with. I loved him so much and have always wanted another one. My husband, it turns out, loves them too. We will have one, one day.

Best of luck to you on finding the right pair. Even if you never have puppies, I know you will experience much joy owning these precious dogs.

Logan

[lv4dogs]

First of all I am no ones follower and I was only able to muster up a few words like..."well said Vella" because I agreed with her. She said everything I would of said and I had nothing more to add.

I am honestly very sorry that your first experience here was a bad one but like others have said we didn't know anything about you. If you were to re-read your first post & pretend that it is written by someone else you may understand where were coming from. It sounded like you knew nothing about the breed, only that you were interested in breeding BD's. It kind of came across that you were a BYB in the making or the like. Sorry but thats the impression I got, by the sounds of it a lot of others did too.

And by the way no one here said anything rude to you but I do have to admit that some rude comments were made by you.

[Anita Cholaine]

I don't think anybody has been rude to you, but I do think your last post was a bit rude... We were just trying to give some good advice... I'm sorry if you missed that point...

[Daisy and Delilah]

Hi and welcome to Pet Talk. I am no expert so I usually don't get involved with these types of threads. However, after reading the thread all the way through from the beginning, I was beaming with pride for my fellow Pet Talkers. Proud that they all gave you their expert opinions completely without malice or judgement. Sometimes these threads have gotten ugly but this one never did until you replied back to everybody. I don't understand it. What was it that upset you so badly? No one intended negativity in any way towards you so please don't take it that way. You asked for advice and you got it. What more did you want?

[Jessika]

You came for advice and opinions, and that's what you got. Please don't take offense to it, just because its not what you want to hear. Did you completely skip over the posts that some members DID make that gave you tips (one that stood out to me was the one made by bckrazy)? As a whole, I think this thread is very informative and not at all negative in any aspect. Please don't take it the wrong way, and definitely don't take offense to it. At least you're asking for help and adive where others would never do it and just think "hey this breed is cute, lets stick two together and see what happens. I'm sure they'll have cute puppies!".

And it is not your job/role to assist me in how to manage my finances for vet visits, emergencies, dog supplies..

Wait, what? You asked for advice, and you got it. Nobody is telling you what to do, saying you're dumb or stupid, nobody! I REALLY think you got the entirely WRONG idea from this post. You want us to be open-minded with you, you must be open-minded with all of us as well. As lv4dogs stated, we don't know you or your situation as you did not tell us, how were we to assume?? We certainly can't read your mind.

[Alysser]

Am I blind to rude comments or something? Because I see none! NONE at all! As said by Vela, you are the only one saying rude unessacary things. You asked for our suggestions and we gave them. If you wanted them so bad, you got them.