I want to get a dog but I have to work, how does everyone on broadway market do it ?

Sweet picture.

As the imminent owner of a English bulldog I would say do your homework. The bulldog breed council have a very good website listing all of the dogs and bitches with the relative health scores, another one to
Look for us the Dutch health test. Responsible Bulldog breeding has improved massively over past 10 years, a well bred bulldog should not present anymore problems than any other large dog.

Jesus, get a different girlfriend or educate her to be a better human being.

Genuine question; how do you know this isn't all just marketing?

Isn't it a bit like director's pay bodies made up of FTSE100 directors?

I was looking at a similar breeders club for pugs the other day. They claimed that a well bred pug should have no health problems but the weird thing is, some of the web site was dedicated to the care of partially paralyzed and blind pugs. Doesn't add up to me.

Hey I can only go on personal experience, I saw the mother and she had no breathing problems. Looked healthy and paperwork that added up, the father was best of breed at crufts in 2017 (Roman king) and the breeder showed me all of the paperwork to support this, you get to a point where you have to take people at face value. I did my research and was satisfied that I was buying a responsibly bred puppy.

Fair enough.

Guess I'm just curious.

Also it was more directed at claims made by organisations, rather than questioning the responsibility of your purchase/sourcing.

No your right to be curious, the poor breeding of bulldogs over the years has decimated the public’s trust. It’s a shame as i personally like them, and they are a good fit for my family situation. I could be wrong and it’ll be a fucking nightmare !

I’ll be on the cat thread next on how to integrate a bulldog and a Bengal

@Markyboy - what a great looking pup!

this is simply excellent.@furious_tiles I vote staffy dude. not that it has been put to the vote obvs

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We talked about getting a whippet, but decided upon a mystery mutt rescue from Romanian, which should be with use in a few weeks.

https://www.battersea.org.uk/about-us/press/press-releases/real-cost-cute-battersea%E2%80%99s-french-bulldog-intake-soars

I picked Reggie up at the weekend and he's settled in well. Lovely to have a dog again and enjoying the walks.

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Lovely dog. He's lucky to have you.

Our little one arrived last week Ollie, after 4 days of travel from Romania with a near 6hr delay in France due to riots he arrived as a quivering wreck. We've made massive progress this week he's still not 100% about coming out of his crate so we are taking everything at his pace.

100% made the right choice with him, feeling very lucky.

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My big(ger) dog, a sprollie has always been an arse and can't be trusted to come back if he were off the lead. He also has a pathological hatred of Labradors and to be honest is unpredictable around most dogs of a similar size. He is taken out on either a zippy lead or a 15 metre webbing lead so that he can be under control when the need arises.
This morning I was walking towards a couple with two Boxers off their leads. I got my dog close to me and said to this couple, as their dogs start trotting towards me, "He's a bit of an arse and very unpredictable".
The bloke's reply was "It's okay they need a telling off from time to time"
I said "He looks young but he's 12½ and I'd rather he didn't have to".
The woman got hold of the dogs with a couple of metres to spare.
No harm done but - utter cunts.

We have been looking after our friends dog, which has bolted and is now missing around west Norwood.
It’s old deaf, blind and not very friendly let me know if you see her.

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Any luck getting the dog back?

Just collected her from battersea and is back at ours. Big thanks to battersea they were amazing

Well that could have been awkward.

We're moving house at the end of Jan, any tips on how to help the pooch settle in?

Is it crate trained already? If so reinforce the crate training before moving.

She is and thanks

Get someone to look after the dog the morning of the move, then bring it home once you've got most/all of your furrniture unpacked. Less stressful for them and you.