Showcasing our american bulldog outdoor runs.

American Bulldog champion.

Well    here  we are  on the  morning  before  New  Years  eve. This was a  busy  year  here  at  Steel  City American Bulldog kennel  lots   changed.    We  said  Good  bye  to  Chevelle  who is  now  retired  and  living  Kingston  Ontario,  Jazzy  who  is  doing  awesome  in  her  retirement  how with the  Williams family.  Abe  our  stud  that  gave us  Champion  Steel  City  Bubba  and  US  Champion  Akilla  of  AMK  of  Bully  Rascalz  went down  south to the US  and  is  now  retired also.

At the american bulldog  shows  we  had a tremendous  year .  Bubba  became  a Canadian  champion  and  also  collected  the  most  points over any  other  dog  ” 500  +  dogs”   at the  rare  breeds shows  here in  Ontario.  Another  highlight  was Akilla    who  was  bred  by  AMK  by  using  Abe  our stud  at the  time  and a dog  I  produced  named  Stella  out  of  Chopper  and  Matilda.  Akilla  is a  real   nice american bulldog  I  cant  wait till we  get to take  her  half  sister  Bully  and  half  brother Bubba to the  States see  how  they  do!

We   didnt have  many  litters  year   but    we  did add a  few  new  prospects  to   our  line  up.  Chopper  sired a  litter  with  Kasmire  of  Razors  Edge  and  gave  us  a  little  Chopper  jr ..Chop  jr  has  some  big   shoes to  fill  and  we  got  our  fingers  crossed.    General  George  came  into the  mix .  This dog  is  something  else.   He  was  born   from Chopper  and  Jazzy and  he  was the biggest  boy  in the litter.   People  talk  about big  bonned   BIG  bulldogs,  well  they  haven’t seen  squat.  I’m  around  American Bulldogs  24/7   and  whenever  I  see George I  just  have  to  stare.   HES  AWESOME.  We  picked  a   young adult  female from  a  Jeff Castillo  from California.  Her  name is  Bubbles and  she is an extreme  Bully   this  girl  has lots  to add to  our  program .Wait and  see.    Bully  Fesity  and  Charlie  had  great  year  putting on  solid  lbs  of  muscle  and  developing  perfectly.   These  have  all the  looks, drive  temperament  I  could  ever  want in American Bulldog. They will be  of to  OFA   in  no  time  and  I  cant  wait to  start pairing  them  up.   Especially  big  hope  for my  boy  Steel  city  Charlie  Brown,  his  frame is the  ideal  size  for  my  taste as  far as a  urban  dog  goes.  Hes got great  proportion,  great  bone.  Nice  make  up.  TONNES  of  drive  and  the  heat  doesn’t  bother  him..  Chopper  sr  is  taking it  easy  hes  here on the  couch relaxing.  He retired this  year  but  hes  not going anywhere..  With  all the  heavyweights  coming  up  we decided to  let  him  retire   the  champion  and help  us   look  after the  pack.      Matilda is s till  here  shes got  a  litter  left in her  and  shell  be  up to that  sometime soon.   This  will be her  last litter as  long as our  vet  ok’s  the  pregnancy.   Brookie  or  Brooklyn  as we call her  whelped  a  litter  of four  this year. . Have  to tell you  if  she  wasnt  such a great  dog i dont think i  would  bother  breeding  her  just to  get  4  pups.   If  you  look  at  Charlie  Brown  that  she produced  you ll  understand why I   keep  doing  it.

There is  way to  much  stuff  going  on   here  and  I  have  to  sit  back and  not  get to  excited..  Were  working  with   great  people  we  have  some  serious  kick assamerican bulldog  breeding  for  2009  and  I  cant  wait to  see whats  next.    Make  sure  you  check  out the  updated  site  second  week  of  January  and  check back  soon   for the breeding  that  took  place a  month  ago  between  a  dual  champion  from  Europe  and the  US   to  a  Canadian  Champion  male.

the Canadian winter can get pretty nasty. With temperatures hitting extreme lows. We are lucky that we have a heavily wooded lot so it brakes down on the wind. The building we call the american bulldog kennel has gone extensive renovation over the last 36 months. 36 months ago this structure was home to a family of raccoons some old paint cans and used motor oils and a slew of rats judging from the droppings I found everywhere. The roof had more holes than my pasta strainer. The lot was graded in a way that when it rained all the water accumulated exactly where the building stood. Originally when the building was erected it was placed on a 6 inch concrete floor which was nice. to bad for the grading. The framing itself is 2 by 4 probably 30 to 40 years old judging by the materials. The framing itself was done well and other than a bit of water damage was ok. The building was sheathed with 5/8 plywood that was rotted in spots from the spring thaws. The plywood was was coated with a reddish maroon faded chipped paint that had seen its day long ago. In the front of the building where the door and bay window now stand was a irregular double barn door that didn’t line up nor did it close. When closed tight there was a 5 inch gap between the two doors. To compensate for this a piece of plywood overlapped the two doors to make a “seal” . There was a window in the back that was single plain glass and was about 20 or 30 years older than the structure itself. We moved in just as summer was coming to close and had our hands full with the adjacent building we call our home.. The kennel stood as storage space for the first winter. The american bulldogs were in the house and we only had about 5 american bulldogs or so. The following year we redirected the water away from the american bulldog kennel somewhat.. We did have a contractor erect for runs that stood in the back of the building and overlooked the ravine. The runs are 4 ft wide and 30 feet long so the american bulldogs can get plenty of exercise. The american bulldogs do like the long runs and it was worth the extra money. The only thing changed when adding the new runs was the choice of stone i used on the ground of the runs. When we put in the original runs we slopped the ground 3% moving away from the building and brought in a stone slinger and covered the ground with two to four inch clear river stone. This material is easy to clean looks great but if the american bulldogs don’t grow up on it takes time for them to get used to it. Since we didn’t use a landscapers cloth when we did our grading the stone sinks into the ground over time as the dogs run over it and disappears. Because there was 6 inches of it was ok to keep clean by way of power washing and picking up the shit. It was long that we changed to the meat diet and moved away from the kibble. As we found that the dogs ate less and shit less looked better on the meat. Believe it or not its cheaper to feed a dozen american bulldogs fresh meat than a middle of the road kibble and much less to clean up to! Well thats it for today look for part2 later tomorrow or on the weekend.