| Posted by Ben Jackson on November 2, 2011 at 11:55 AM |
I can remember when there was a craze amongst old dogmen about the red nose pit bulldogs. How some said they were more game than others, how they were stronger, or just plain better than others. Of course, that phase died out. there has been a recent yet dying craze for the "blue" color in anything dogwise. People put big emphasis on it" these pups for sale, blue carriers!! act fast!"
The sooner that dies out, the better. I can remember an old terrier man i had the privelage of knowing. This guy was a one of a kind.He had over 20 mixed up terriers and he used every one of them pretty much. He also had a few odd exotic animals he fed.One thing he told me that always made me laugh was that out of all his terriers, the brindle ones are the hardest,toughest dogs in the whole stable.he was dead serious. Perhaps his brindle dogs WERE the hardest, but im sure it want the color that made them that way.It may have been that along with the color getting passed down amongst those blends of terries, the ability and grit was also being passed down.
There is no magic in the color of a dog.Blue is not better than black, white is not better than brindle.Color is color. It has nothing to do with drive, health, ability, temperament, or strength. A responsible bulldog breeder should not put so much focus on color that he fails to concentrate on the traits that matter.There are far more important issues to deal with than color. Now, i know the consumer wants what the consumer wants. However, I do not want to attract a clientele that focuses on color. If we are breeding for the right reasons, we couldnt care less what the consumer wants.The consumer wants a certain camera they see on TV and then next year they want a different one. By the time we build a bulldogge to fit the consumers desire, they have changed thier mind and want something else. I personally love red with red nose, or chocolate with chocolate nose on bulldogs. However, i own no dogs like this. The rest have various coloration. Every bulldogger has his or her favorite color. Thats natural. Henry Ford had a lock on the car market, but when Louis Chevrolet was hired by GM, he offered color choices. Chevrolet cars sold like hot cakes because he offered a choice of difference. I dont know which brand was better made back then, but the color choices chevy had to offer attracted more business. If a bulldog breeder is out for sales and business, you will see it by the emphasis of colors. By them talking about the color of available pups, what color they carry, and sometimes they call a black dog a blue, A brindle dog a blue brindle, a buckskin dog a blue fawn, a rottie colored dog a blue tri, and i have even heard of a new color out there titled platinum lilac. OOOOOOHHHH AAAAAAAHHHH!!!
Far too many bulldog breeders aquire quality dogs from quality strains and ruin the creators hard work, the dogs health, ability, workability, and temperament by worrying more about "color" or "bullyness" than important things. I like white dogs. I like black dogs. I like red dogs. I like muscled up beasts. I like eye candy dogs. However, i would much rather own a solid white pink nose pink eye rim dog (I HATE that color)that was healthy, even tempered, and workable, than a beasty blue who was a lazy temperamental bum that suffred heat stroke. The heart, mind, and soul of a bulldog are so much more important than the size, color, and muscle. Breeding for color or buying for color is a mistake.Focus on the traits that make a bulldog a bulldog
The sooner that dies out, the better. I can remember an old terrier man i had the privelage of knowing. This guy was a one of a kind.He had over 20 mixed up terriers and he used every one of them pretty much. He also had a few odd exotic animals he fed.One thing he told me that always made me laugh was that out of all his terriers, the brindle ones are the hardest,toughest dogs in the whole stable.he was dead serious. Perhaps his brindle dogs WERE the hardest, but im sure it want the color that made them that way.It may have been that along with the color getting passed down amongst those blends of terries, the ability and grit was also being passed down.
There is no magic in the color of a dog.Blue is not better than black, white is not better than brindle.Color is color. It has nothing to do with drive, health, ability, temperament, or strength. A responsible bulldog breeder should not put so much focus on color that he fails to concentrate on the traits that matter.There are far more important issues to deal with than color. Now, i know the consumer wants what the consumer wants. However, I do not want to attract a clientele that focuses on color. If we are breeding for the right reasons, we couldnt care less what the consumer wants.The consumer wants a certain camera they see on TV and then next year they want a different one. By the time we build a bulldogge to fit the consumers desire, they have changed thier mind and want something else. I personally love red with red nose, or chocolate with chocolate nose on bulldogs. However, i own no dogs like this. The rest have various coloration. Every bulldogger has his or her favorite color. Thats natural. Henry Ford had a lock on the car market, but when Louis Chevrolet was hired by GM, he offered color choices. Chevrolet cars sold like hot cakes because he offered a choice of difference. I dont know which brand was better made back then, but the color choices chevy had to offer attracted more business. If a bulldog breeder is out for sales and business, you will see it by the emphasis of colors. By them talking about the color of available pups, what color they carry, and sometimes they call a black dog a blue, A brindle dog a blue brindle, a buckskin dog a blue fawn, a rottie colored dog a blue tri, and i have even heard of a new color out there titled platinum lilac. OOOOOOHHHH AAAAAAAHHHH!!!
Far too many bulldog breeders aquire quality dogs from quality strains and ruin the creators hard work, the dogs health, ability, workability, and temperament by worrying more about "color" or "bullyness" than important things. I like white dogs. I like black dogs. I like red dogs. I like muscled up beasts. I like eye candy dogs. However, i would much rather own a solid white pink nose pink eye rim dog (I HATE that color)that was healthy, even tempered, and workable, than a beasty blue who was a lazy temperamental bum that suffred heat stroke. The heart, mind, and soul of a bulldog are so much more important than the size, color, and muscle. Breeding for color or buying for color is a mistake.Focus on the traits that make a bulldog a bulldog
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