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Posted by Don
(DB_King) on 2/24/2008, 2:49 pm, in reply to "Hips One of the Biggest side steps breeders make "
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Some years ago (25 or so)when my three children were all under 5 years of age Deb and I decided to buy a nice puppy for the family. We had never even heard of the American Bulldog or of Penn Hip scoring. After much looking and searching with our limited knowledge we decided on a Rottweiler. We finally found what we thought would be the right one, money back guarantee, champion bloodlines, expensive and the other selling features. So off to North Carolina and we picked out a beautiful male named Larue from some very nice people. What a beutiful puppy. We took him to the vet had him checked out and all seemed well for a few months. Unfortunately we noticed a bit of wobble in his walk that seemed to get worse. Yes, he had hip dysplasia. Nothing could be done.
The nice people wanted to do anything to help, new puppy or money back. That was not the challenge. We were heart broken! What do we say to our children? We were a very close family and taught our children to love and respect all animals and that resulted in lots of sensitivity. That was a horrible experience! When we decided to raise American Bulldogs we remembered that experience and we decided without hesitation that it was our responsibility to do what was in our control to avoid any family from ever having to go though such heart ache. Most families don't even know what Penn Hip is so yes dogs can be sold without the expense. I can't carry the guilt of knowing I didn't take the responsibility to do the best I can do to produce dogs as healthy as to my ability. When we take on the task of becomming a professional business person to sell pets for someone to love and cherish we also must accept the respondsibility to provide service and integrity of the highest standard. No, Penn Hip scoring is not the perfect answer because there is none. But when my Stomper had a 100th percentile score I knew I could sell his pups and feel that I had give it my best. The results of poor quality long out lives the initial cost of producing the best. Thank you for the time, Donald B. King of King's Hollow
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: Unfortunately we see everyday people talking about hips in our American Bulldogs. Why
: It truly sadens me to see people say the things they do primarliy because they want
: to make bottom line money! $$$$$$$ Off there Bulldogs instead of making sure the
: breed is healthy and sound! Is it worth it?
: We all read things like I cannot see anything wrong with the way my Bulldogs move
: from people who have had bulldogs only a few years and say things like
: "treat the patient" not the x-ray!" from a medical background? Or it
: does not matter if a person has DVM in front of there name as if the years and
: years of training mean's nothing and a couple of years of seeing a young Bulldog
: move is proof the American Bulldog does not need help in that particular area!
: Spining the truth or the lie does not take away from the truth
: we have avery dysplastic breed folks and we see every year Bulldogs who cannot get
: off there rear ends some young and some old! Our breed is in the Top six out of 139
: different breeds for hip dysplasia.
: Everyone of us has seen a "very healthy looking man or woman" looking
: great on the outside and they move hreat and find out they have cancer or some other
: major health problem(like heart disease or kidneys failing) and it strikes them dead
: or disables them completely soon after we witness them looking great on the outside.
: We all know money drives every poor decision and it drives every misinformed
: person to make a choice they usually regreat later.
: Make no mistake checking for bad hips in your bloodlines and pups makes a
: difference. Your puppy may be cheaper and sure you'll get a replacement most of them
: have 30-40 bulldogs so what's the problem? Waitng a heart break or your puppy
: bloodline wasn't worth the fight for right! I've got to get ready for church I just
: read and read and read the garbage people are writting about hips and the spin they
: put on hipsthat it made me sick! This is not a personal attack on anyone , I love
: you all no matter if you check hips or not ,my commitment is to this breed and my
: aliance is with God so if you have a problem with what I believe about hips take it
: up with God ,I won't argue or fight with ignorance or people who spin things for
: personal gain. I will stand up and be counted for what I believe in. Its kind of
: like that old saying live for something or die for nothing! Well if I can't do it
: right I won';t do it at all thats the way I think.!
: God Bless All: Mark @ Big Sky
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Board Administrator: Mark Moler
Co-Administrators: Paul Ciancio, Rob Barry,
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