The Truth about Breeding English Bulldogs

The Truth about Breeding English Bulldogs
I have included pictures of Jordin and Jake's First litter. They are Akc English Bulldog's and we debated a C-section, just because we read so much about English Bulldog's not being able to deliver puppies on their own.

The Truth about Breeding English Bulldogs
I think there are a few things to take into consideration.

First let me explain we have 4 English Bulldog's 3 females and 1 male. Our youngest female we have, her Mom died during a C-section. When the man we bought her from told us he lost his dog and had to raise the puppies on his own, it was devastating and shocking to us. Debating whether to C-section or deliver Jordin's puppies on her own was a big decision. First and foremost our dogs are like kids to us. We are not a puppy mill, this is our first English Bulldog litter. We did breed our Shih tzu in the past, who is no longer with us, but we do it because we have beautiful dogs and I am proud at the way I take care of puppies. I LOVE dogs. I cry at the "Save the dogs" commercial every time. Our dogs have never even seen a crate. They are part of our family. Each one of them has an amazing personality, like our kids. We ended up having Jordins puppies naturally and all made it! She did awesome at breeding.

-Update, 9/7/2011
I wrote The Truth about Breeding English Bulldogs a couple years ago. Since, we have bred our other two females. Our English Bulldog Madison did need a Csection. She has now had tow litters of English Bulldog babies and because her first litter was just one puppy, we tried to have her delivery naturally but after a hours of nothing happening our gut told us to bring her in for a Csection. The problem was the one puppy was too big and fat to fit through the birth canal. 


I have some new advice. If you have never delivered puppies on your own, do not risk it. It is best to go to a vet and do a Csection. If you have delivered puppies in the past, take one thing into consideration. Is your English Bulldog active or lazy? If she is very active and does not tire quickly you may consider letting her breed naturally, just have the doctor as a back up. If your English Bulldog tires easy, it may be best to go Csection. By the way, Jordin had another litter of 9 AKC English Bulldogs naturally, all perfectly healthy! Our Bella also had her first litter of AKC English Bulldogs naturally- Here is a link to my site with pictures of my girls and their puppies!

When the Jordin's (our English Bulldog) puppies were born, I planned on helping her with them in any way I needed to. We had a nice big box for the puppies and Jordin and they never sat in potty, I cleaned their area many many times a day. They never sat in potty. I spent weeks barely sleeping as we had one puppy not gaining weight properly and I needed to bottle feed him every three hours.

The Truth about Breeding English Bulldogs, it is hard work

Having puppies is a full time job, it really is, but looking at them grow, watching their first walk, their first run. It is simply amazing.

If you love dogs breeding may be for you, if you are in it just for the money, it is not for you. That is just the bonus at the end for us.

Back to my story, to C-section your dog, your dog must be in labor, her temperature must be at 98 degrees. So you can not plan it in advance. It just so happened that Jordins temperature bottomed out at 98 on Thanksgiving, so our options were slim and we decided to deliver her puppies naturally.

It was a good decision, she delivered each perfectly, and with absolutely no problems. She had 7 puppies (4 boys and 3 girls) and she did not even grunt, the puppies practically dropped out of her, a few honestly did. There was almost no pushing.

When we had our Shih tzu, she did push hard and moan and groan, the truth is our English Bulldog made it seem effortless.

The Truth about Breeding English Bulldogs, Talk with your vet
Ask your veterinarian his opinion on if you should C-section or not.
I will tell you, and I hope I do not get any hate comments from this, no one will tell you to breed your English Bulldog naturally. In fact, breeders for the most part, do not want others breeding in the first place. WHY? Well, they say they are too many dogs without homes already-true, BUT. Then I must ask why are they breeding? Well, the more people that breed the more it takes from them. The more puppies out there, the harder it is for them to sell their puppies. The more puppies of their breed out there drives the price of their puppies down. Again, no hate comments please, this is just my opinion. I am not saying everyone should breed dogs, but if you have been following my blog or even down this far in this blog, you are serious and responsible and trying to find out as much information as you can, as a good breeder should. The reason I share my opinion on this is because we thought about breeding for years and did not because everyone said how hard it was, everyone talked you into NOT BREEDING. There was no one that shared real information and there was no Internet then. Even with the Internet it is pretty much the same story. If you have a great dog that is perfectly healthy, and you can dedicate your time to helping with the puppies completely, and you are eager to learn everything you can, you can breed your dog.

The Truth about Breeding English Bulldogs
Not only should you talk with your vet, but go with your gut. You know your English Bulldog better than anyone. Is she short, stocky and lazy? Maybe you should not consider breeding her. Our English Bulldog, Jordin, is very active, completely healthy, and does not have any breathing problems at all.

My next blog will include English Bulldogs and C-section or no C-section, my theory.