Brief American Bulldog History - Breeders in the Southern U.S.

The American Bulldog is a true companion, safe around other pet animals and has been known throughout the ages as a hero pet.  The American Bulldog makes a true hunting companion, both in the woods and also on farms and in rural areas.

Many people purchase an American Bulldog as a protector, to defend their property, because these animals are known for their size and power.  Despite its reputation as a strong and fearless dog, they are surprisingly good around children and other pets.

Bulldogs were first used in England to herd cattle as well as protect the property of their owners.  Eventually many bulldogs in England were replaced by what we today know as English Bulldogs, whereas the original breed were brought to the United States (the Deep South in particular).  One of the reasons why the Bulldog was so popular in the rural South was because they were the only effective means of dealing with feral pigs brought from outside of the country and with no natural predator to rid farms of them.  Perhaps the most important role of the bulldog and the reason for its survival and in fact why it thrived through out the South was because of the presence of feral pigs, introduced to the New World and without predators.

The bulldog was almost extinct by the WWII until John D. Johnson chose the finest bulldogs to revive them using the strongest bloodlines.  Alan Scott, an associate of Johnson, began breeding non-Bulldogs with English bulldogs to create what would eventually be known as the American Bulldog.