Vintage Bulldogs

~ YesBiscuit

I hate to say it but bulldog breeders have apparently never been right. Structurally unsound doesn’t even begin to cover the bulldog. Exhibit A, two photos of this unfortunate animal:

The Dog Fancier, July 1916
The Dog Fancier, August 1916

Looking back at earlier photographs of the breed, it wasn’t good then either:

Leighton, R. (1907). The new book of the dog. London, England: Cassell
Turf, Field and Farm, March 10, 1899

And there were lots more deformed dogs around the turn of the century:

Leighton, R. (1907). The new book of the dog. London, England: Cassell
Leighton, R. (1907). The new book of the dog. London, England: Cassell
Dogdom, March 1912
Dogdom, April 1912
Dogdom, June 1912
Dogdom, April 1916
The Dog Fancier, September 1916
The Dog Fancier, September 1916
Dogdom, September 1916

Apparently, it’s just bad luck:

Dogdom, September 1916
The Dog Fancier, October 1916
The Dog Fancier, April 1918

Some bulldog puppies:

Three images from Dogdom, September 1912
Dogdom, December 1912
The Dog Fancier, December 1918

And lastly, some ads in the classifieds:

Page of ads from Dogdom, March 1912
Dogdom, May 1912
Dogdom, March 1916
Dogdom, July 1916
Two ads from The Dog Fancier, October 1916
“A dent instead of a nose” is not a thing I would brag about in a dog.
From Dogdom, November 1916
Dogdom, November 1916
The Dog Fancier, May 1918

2 thoughts on “Vintage Bulldogs”

  1. Yikes.
    We had a bulldog. She definitely LOOKED healthier than these dogs, and a lot of the bulldogs we see today; her proportions were not all wacked. But her health was still terrible. Skin problems – the worst! and joint problems, she was just sick all the time. I don’t think I would get another standard bulldog.

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