posted 01-04-2004 03:53 PM         

I'm not sure if i've ever seen pictures of Sargent Slaughter, but it does ring a bell...

posted 01-04-2004 04:00 PM         

I actually met Mr. Boyd himslef at a ABA dog show. I have "our meeting" on video tape too! He was holding "Jordan", it's a Bully that the Boyd's prize a lot, i'd say.
The way i met him was actually kinda funny to me...
At this show, all the dogs were in there crates and all (since they are BULLDOGS, you know), and it was like a little more than half way through the day of this whole event. Everything was calm, everyone was chatting, meeting everyone and all. I was alone sitting down inbetween crates of Bulldogs in them, w/ my Bully (was a 6 month pup at the time) and this guy approaches me and asks me if i would like to buy a Bulldog. And he goes on with his "sales pitch"--LOL!!-- and says, "is this your dog"? I said yes, and he continues "would you like to buy a dog, because you know all of us Bulldogers have more than 1 dog; most of us have like 3-4-5-6 Bulldogs". I said, yeah i just recently bought a Chinese Shar Pei (he then kinda giggles that i said Shar Pei), but he's too young right now, i really wanted to bring him, but he does'nt have all his shots done yet, and this would be a lot for him to handle, but no, but thanks anyway".
Little does he know my Mini-Pei would go heads up w/ any of his Bullies, seriously. Yeah he's a Mini, & yeah he's a Pei, but he has the heart & attitude of a Bully... LOL!!

posted 01-04-2004 04:39 PM         

Anyhow, back to the story...
So the guy asking me to buy one of his pups was Mr. Boyd himslef, but he did'nt introduce himself, and neither did i. He then kinda just left, in a kinda upset mood.
Just a little after that, a fight broke out, and it got kinda crazy and loud all of a sudden. It just so happens that one of the dogs where i was just randomly sitting w/ my pup having a soda broke out of it's cage. And the area i was sitting at was the Boyd's post-up spot. I guess that's why he wanted to know if i wanted a dog come to think of it. He probably assumed that i was sitting there by his dogs waiting for him to return so that i could ask him about his dogs and stuff ...
Anyhow, the infamous dog that broke out was the popular "Jordan" of Boyd's! I was actually away from all that mess when it happened. But mannn, i was sitting right next to Jordan not even knowing just like 3 minutes ago!! Something told my a** to get up and go somewhere else, luckily for me !!

So later on that day i was just walking around video taping away all kinds of Bullies, and i was particularly getting footage of the Bully-Breed Adult Winners of Confirmation. And of coarse, Jordan get's the Blue ribbon right? So since i just had spoke to this guy earlier in the day, i felt comfortable going up to him and speaking to him, while my video was running !
He kinda seemed upset that i was approaching him w/ my camera, but now that i think of it, it's because he thought i really knew who he was earlier in the day when we first met, and i did'nt recognize him and give him "his respects"!?!?!
So anyway i said, so you won 1st place?! Boyd said, "yeah". It seemed like he did'nt want to talk to me, but i did'nt understand why. I was just thinking that he was being the usual stuck-up snobby doggie guy winner, you know??--LOL!! So since he was the 1st place winner i wanted to get footage of the 1st place dog (who cares about his snobby attitude, i wanted footage of a prized dog ), which he was holding next to him, so i asked him if i could get footage of him & his dog, since i thought he was actually being bothered by me (a nobody) video taping him. So anyway, as i was taping him, i was asking him questions about his dog and he said "this is Jordan". Again, i was completly clueless to who he & his dog was in the AB community/world.
Then i just tried to keep him and his dog on camera by asking more questions like, did you see what happened today, was there a fight over there (i pointed to the place where i was sitting before where i first talked to him)? And he said, "Yeah, that was my dog Jordan". I said, ohhh this Jordan!?! He said "Yeah". "Jordan broke out of his cage when this one guy w/ a Siberian Husky (a guy i also talked too on video) came walking by. I guess Jordan did'nt really like this dog for some reason and got loose". I was like WOW, this is the dog that broke loose and started it all?!? Boyd was like "No, Jordan did'nt start it, this guy came too close to Jordans cage, and i guess Jordan just wanted to get at him".
Well that was pretty much it that i got of Mr. Boyd, and Ch. Jordan. I think Jordans a Grand Champ now?!? Anyhow, you know what? Jordans not as BiG as he seems in the pics on the internet & magazines & stuff. He's actually a short, stubby, but well muscled Bully. His size is kinda small, but proprtioned nice! I think they say he weighs 100+lbs or something. I find that "kinda" hard to believe. AT THE TIME, i'd say he was at most 90#'s. And yes, he was well into his adult years. Don't get me wrong, i personally think Jordans awesome! He's definately the Bully type.

I actually got the victim (the guy w/ the Siberian Husky) on video too, and talked to him for a minute, him and his dad were nice peops, i'd could hardly believe that it was their fault. I think Jordan just broke out of his cage! Jordan actually bit the Husky, but luckily, Jordan did'nt break skin somehow. I remember the Dad with the Husky saying Jordan wasn't able to get a good grip, possibly because of the thick coat of their Husky. Everyone broke it up really quickly too.

That was also funny that that happened, because when i first got to the show, i met an old co-worker there too, and he told "watch, sometime durring the day, a dog's gonna break loose out of it's crate". I was like wha!? People that bring their dogs were suppose to bring a crate for every dog they bring. I did'nt have a crate at the time, and was just wandering around free/openly w/ my pup. I figured a lot of people would do this too, and i was right. I also checked in w/ the club, and they said it would be at my own risk, and recommended that i bring one. Mostly, the people that where competing had their dogs in crates for most of the day.
Shows are really tiring on dogs, it take a lot of their energy to go through it all, competing or not, i'd say.

posted 01-05-2004 04:25 PM         

I know what you mean. What i noticed when i went to that show, was that the Bulldoggers that have been doing it for a while were the ones that were "kinda" open to talking and sharing. While the others gave me that same outcast kinda feeling.

posted 01-05-2004 04:35 PM         

My fault, i had a feeling that i left something out that would make you think that i was talking about the English Bulldog of today.

Some believe that the American Pit Bull Dog (American Bulldog of today), is made up of American Pitbull Terrier, the "original" Bulldog, & the English Bulldog of today.
Some believe IT IS the original Bulldog.

I believe both types are exisiting today.

posted 01-06-2004 08:09 AM         

I hope that makes sense guys,

We were going to have a British bulldog after the English Mastiff died, at this point we knew nothing about the American Bulldog, didnt know what it was. It was only because i saw " Bulldogs for sale " and thought they were british bulldogs, then when i phoned up the lady told me " no, they are American bulldogs ", and because i had never seen one she said i could go round and have a look. As soon as i laid eyes on them i fell in love! That was the end of Novenber 2002, now i have 4 and a Rottie X. My partner wants another AB out of our friends litter due March.

Oz is 15 months old
Taya is 9 months old
Sasha & Maximus are 17 weeks old

Phoenix the Rottie X is 2 years old

I wouldnt have a different breed now! We have had Rotties, an English Mastiff and a White German Shepard. But now i have found my breed, and nothing else compairs. They are a fantastic breed and as i say i wouldnt have a different breed now