Buddy the Bulldog's brother, Max the Bulldog (adopted) can also be seen on our website.

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Buddy is a wonderful Bulldog/Boxer mix. We first met him a year ago when Judy was given a litter of four pups born to a pure-bred American Bull Dog and a fence-jumping Boxer. The photo of him looking up was from that time. Buddy was adopted by a gentleman who drove up to meet him at 6am so that he would be able to turn around and get back home in time to open his mattress store at 9. He was so happy to have Buddy not only for himself but as a pal for Rupert, his two year old American Bulldog. How shocked we were to receive a phone call a year later from West Palm Beach Animal Control letting us know that Buddy and Rupert had been surrendered by their owner due to foreclosure! Certainly we were upset that he hadn't called us to give us back Buddy, but we have been seeing a great deal of this lately and we know that there are a lot of people whose lives have been turned upside down in the last year....
We put out the call through our volunteer network: Can anyone drive to West Palm Beach and get Buddy? Would they consider getting Rupert too? Deanna ended up as our intrepid adventurer, heading down Thursday afternoon. How could she know that stopping at the drive through would get her there after 4pm, the time the shelter closed? Frantic call to Judy, frantic call to the anwering service. Finally, someone in the back came out and opened the door. A short while later Rupert and Buddy were headed north, off on another adventure!
It is our greatest hope that we can place these two dogs in a home together. They have lost everything they have ever known ~ their family, their home, everything. We don't want them to lose each other as well. With that in mind we will reduce their combined adoption fee to $200. Please, do you have a heart for these two boys?

06/16/2008 Update: Buddy is a great guy. The only thing that he doesn't like that I see so far is to be seperated from his best friend and pal Rupert. If you take Rupert out of his site he will begin to bark frantically. These two really can't be seperated and must go together. They have been way too much lately and they are all that they have right now.


According to www.dogbreedinfo.com, early Bulldogs were used in the bloody sport of bull bating. Some of these dogs emigrated with their masters from England to America. Eventually the English Bulldog was bred down in size and his personality was softened, but the American version remained a larger, fiercer dog. The American version has longer legs and more speed and agility than the English show dog. Thanks to the efforts of John D. Johnson of Summerville, Georgia the American Bulldog exists today. After he returned from WW II he was disappointed to find that, like the English Mastiff, they were almost completely extinct. He then decided to gather the best he could find from all across the rural south and bring them back from the brink of extinction. He has been breeding these dogs longer than anyone else in the world and his father bred them before him. He is an old man now (in his 80's) and these dogs have always existed in his family. He is the sole reason why they exist today. If it were not for his efforts they surely would be gone. He has been breeding them non-stop since then. The American Bulldog has also been used as a guard and in hunting bear, wild boar, squirrel and raccoon. They have even been trained to drive cattle and guard stock from predators. Farmers prize these dogs for their stamina, protectiveness, intelligence and working abilities. Some of the American Bulldogs talents are hunting, watchdogging, tracking, weight pulling, and guarding. An American Bulldog should never be confused with uniquely different breeds such as the American Staffordshire Terrier or the American Pit Bull Terrier. The American Bulldog is a brave and determined, but not hostile dog. Alert and self-confident, this breed genuinely loves children. It is known for its acts of heroism towards its master. These dogs have fought wild dogs, bulls and even fire. It is said "fighting off one of these dogs is like fighting an animal that