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Bulldog Australian Style!

I didn’t even know there was such a breed! My human’s friends came around the other day, they had just picked up a brand spanking new Australian Bulldog Puppy.

As I said I had no idea that there was a breed called the Australian Bulldog. I have heard of English or British Bulldogs – that’s me! – and American Bulldogs, our Yankee cousins, but blow me down we also have an Aussie cousin breed.

Being Aussie they try and out do the rest of the world, so two Aussie breeders – Noel and Tina Green thought they would breed a dog that looked like us British Bulldogs (adorable) but not have the inherent health problems that us Brits have (snobs!).

There were two independent breeding programs, one by Noel and Tina Green (the JAG line) and a separate program by Pip Nobes (the Nobes Australian Bulldog/ Wingara lines). Wouldn’t mind a Jag myself – Wot!, they are a British car by the way!

The only registered organisation for the breed is the Australian Bulldog Society or A.B.S, founded by Pip Nobes. they are currently working toward the A.B.S Australian Bulldogs being recognised by the Australian National Kennel Council (ANKC) as a breed. The United Aussie Bulldog Association U.A.B.A(formed in 2003) is run by Noel and Tina Green, this registry is still actively registering us British Bulldog over Aussie Bulldog litters.

The Aussie Bulldog is a thickset medium sized breed. Males weighing 28 to 35 kg and are from 40–45 cm tall, females are about 40–48 cm tall and weigh around 25 to 35 kg. The Aussie Bully skull is large but in proportion to their body (not like us bigheads!). The muzzle is wide,broad and stub, but not to the extent that it interferes with breathing.

Now when my humans saw this Aussie Bulldog they went nuts – oooh look how cute – etc. etc. and of course they went snap happy with the camera, but we dogs were having too good a time to stand still for the camera, chasing each other up and down the room. Anyway they got some photos, but there isn’t a lot of photos out there of this breed – unlike us British Bulldogs, so when “Ella” gets older we will post some more photos of her out there!