What are the biggest problems in the American Bulldog breed?
If you asked me this question five or seven years ago, I’d have most emphatically answered HIP DYSPLASIA. However, due to peer pressure and the hard work of several persuasive members of the AB community, I feel that, while still a huge problem in the breed, dysplasia is no longer the biggest problem. Over the past several years, I’ve had the priviledge to judge American Bulldog shows all over the country. With much dismay, I have found some pretty good looking dogs in the show rings with some pretty awful temperament! Many of these dogs have championships or are on the verge of having championships. This says to me that our conformation judges are not taking the temperament portion of our standard seriously and I feel that is a crime against our breed! I have seen the gamut of bad temperament from dogs cowering at the thought of interacting with a stranger to dogs attempting to bite me for just touching them! This is a big, powerful breed and it is simply appalling to me that this typ
