JDJ American Bulldog Preservation Board: Re: Hello all !

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Re: Hello all !

Posted by James on 1/5/2008, 11:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Hello all !"
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In the 70's... That was a lot of them back then LOL! They are still kinda rare which wa a lot of my attraction to them... How could such a Beautiful Dog hold it's own against pretty much any other dog!? I loved them and took pride in the fact that I could walk through my neighborhood full of thugs and not worry about them or they're dogs.. but I've moved on to biger and better things.. Ab's.. I love these dogs!.. Have you ever tried to play fetch with an Akita ?? You throw the ball... your Akita watches you walk down the street and go get it the 2nd time you throw it.. They'll only get it the first time...
I put picks of my Akita Belle up... I hope I did it right..
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: glad you are here,good luck...sounds like you are on the right track with the skin
: problem. i have a freind who had that problem,other than diet he gave her a bath
: with medicated head and shoulders for dry skin and it did seem to help. back in the
: 70,s i saw 3 akitas in homestead fl that i was told were in the first 5or6 in the
: country(dont know for sure). guy was in airforce that brought them back with him
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: Hello all!
: My name is James Davis. I'm pretty new to this breed.. I spent about 13 years with
: Akita's and then discovered American Bulldogs... I've been addicted since... My
: first AB I was told was from Johnson lines.... now I now that she did have a little
: bit of Johnson blood in her but the breeder seemed to be doing more
: "Hybrid" type breeding. When I went back to get another one, I was not at
: all happy with how his current dogs were looking and what he was producing.. I'm not
: an expert on AB's by any means... But I have my own vision of what "MY"
: perfect AB would look like... Reading Mr "J's" idea's and what he wanted
: to accomplish has made me rethink my idea's, but generally I was on the right track.
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: My first question to you all is this:
: I have always had dogs of color... After reading the standard for AB's.. I came to
: terms that a mostly white dog is most desirable in Mr "J's" opinion. I
: don't personally think they are the BEST looking.... but when I did my research and
: learned about all the cross breed breeding with mastiffs and bull mastiffs and even
: Pit's and other dogs.. I learned to love the White's.
: But my pup has some serious Dandruff going on !! I have tried changing food and it
: does have an effect on it... I tried the Purina one that was given to me when I
: purchased the pup, but her skin was red on her belly and the dandruff flakes were
: pretty big and plentiful...
: then I tried "Wellness" Brand dog food for puppies... The guy at the feed
: store recommended it along with some other supplement called "The Missing
: Link" super supplement. All the supplement did was give her Diarrhea.. Even
: when I started off with low doses then worked up to the full amount. The wellnes bag
: is almost $40 bucks for a 30 lb bag.... not 40.. 30lbs.. Hella expensive.. but it
: worked good and cleared up her eczema type rashes an all her exposed skin on her
: underside.. I tried something a little cheaper... about half the price of Wellness
: and it contains no Wheat or Corn in it which I think might be causing her skin
: irritation.. It happened with a couple of my Akita's causing "Hotspots"..
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: Anyways.. I'm just wondering if any of you have any suggestions.. The Purina
: definitely made her skin worse when I tried to go back... Wellness is the answer so
: far.. but it's so expensive.. I'll buy it if I half to..
: Her weight is good. She's nice and slim... I'll post some pics when I figure out
: how... She's not as Bully faced as I would like, but I didn't want her to drool as
: bad as my previous AB did, cause she is an indoor dog..
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: This is a great website and I've been keeping up with you guys for a couple months
: now just listening to what everyone has to say...
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