My journey with English Bulldogs started over 25 years ago when my now husband delivered our first bully, his dream dog to my business and said this , "This is our new baby! Her name is Maxine and she is 6 years old!"
She was a big "PIG" for lack of a better word. She was 67 pounds of pure love. Maxine would live one week at my house and one week at his house. Her most favorite thing in the world was sitting with head held high in his '57 Porsche when we would go out for a drive!
In time we added a brother for her. I now dreamed of an all white male that I wanted to name Butch. Well, ask and you shall receive.
As a gift I got to go pick out a bully puppy. Standing in the yard of a strangers home that bread I listened as the owners wife yelled out "Butch! Stop That"!
What?
I turned my head and there was an all white male with the given name BUTCH! All I could yell out was, "MINE"
Now here we were with Maxine and Butch. Beach walks & Bulldogs That's so Very Southern California!
So, time moves on and we were actually given an English Bulldog by the name of Mugsy. Twin friends of ours couldn't keep him anymore and wanted us to take care of him.
He was just a big headed brindle boy. He loved balls. It was unfortunate because we realized that 2 males in the same yard didn't get along and Mugs being so dominant wouldn't work. So we actually adopted him out to a family member.
We continued to rotate the visits until the day came that we bought a house and then got married. It would be amazing to actually breed this type of dog but we were clear This is a man - made breed and it's not as simple as dog's just doing there thing and having puppies!
So, we just pampered and adored them. Years later our Butch died of cancer and I was just beside myself. He was my baby boy! Maxine was not eating and all I could think is I need to get her another brother. So, Let Me say it again,"Ask and you shall receive".
Being that my husband is a movie man it just so happened that we were given, Yes given a 1 year old boy from a well known actor that was going away to do a movie! At the time his name was Diesel , I just couldn't get that name to roll off my tongue so MAC was his new name. This boy had a passion for plastic bottles and remote control trucks! WHEELS Is the key. Bulldogs love wheels and skate boards! Maxine was a happy girl once again.
She lived a long happy life for that breed and died at age 13.
Now what? Here we go again. I digressed and decided that we should have a Basset Hound! So my husband took me to a breeders home once again and we came home with a puppy and named her Betty.
She was the best dog however not a bulldog! Imagine A Basset Hound and a Bulldog. It was fun and funny at the same time.
And then came the moment! Mac had a lump. We took him to a local vet to do a simple procedure and well bluntly they over medicated him and we lost him that evening. Bulldogs are very sensitive and let me tell you, ONLY go to a Veterinarian that is a BULLDOG SPECIALIST!
We learned the hard way!
Well, Here we sat with No Bullies in our home. It was a sad time. You really get used to those funny noises that fill the house and now it was silent.
And this is where I leave this blog.
Look for A New Beginning soon.
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