[HPforGrownups] Re: New(?) observations.....

[FlamingStar Chows]

No: HPFGUIDX 57709


-Tanya wrote:
But, perhaps that's because I'm American and I'm confusing what
Americans call English Bulldogs with what the English actually
consider a true Bulldog? Perhaps it's a different breed entirely?
Maybe somebody could clear this up for me?

--Me--
I think I can help - I breed and show Chows, which are in the same group as
the bulldog.  Though you don't see it too often over here, there is a
totally acceptable tail on a bulldog which is about 4 or 5 inches long,
straight, and flat.  Its quite ugly and looks somewhat like a paddle
sticking off of end of the dog.  The first time I saw one like that, I asked
a friend who happened to be a bulldog breeder and judge, and he said that it
actually used to be far more common.  But the short, screw tail has become
the norm.  Anyway, I pictured the bulldog that belonged to AUnt Marge as
having one of these types of tails.  It would stick straight out and
certainly be capable of being stepped on.

~~Cathy~~