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"To put it concisely: breeders who cover up hereditary defects occurring in litters are acting as gravediggers to a breed. Breed clubs that continue to disregard hereditary deficiencies, such as lack of maternal instinct in the brood-bitch or mating instinct in the stud dog, should be excluded from the privileges of the responsible kennel club."

"Every geneticist stresses the fact that hereditary defects can be eradicated by well-planned breeding. One basic rule must be absolute honesty."  Dr Dieter Fleig

Our Mission

The WEB was once a thriving breed among the southeastern United States. In the past 20-30 years, more people have recognized the amazing attributes of the WEB and used them as foundation dogs for their own bloodlines. In doing so, they have developed new breeds of dogs such as the American Bulldog with it's many "types" and bloodlines; (i.e. Johnson, Scott, Hybrid, etc.), the  "Old Time Southern Bulldog", and the "Southern White". The Scott bloodline along with many other performance bloodlines, such as the "Old Time Southern Bulldog" or the "Southern White" are very high performance dogs with an intense prey drive that is always "on", ideal for hog hunting and Schutzhand training. These performance lines derive from the WEB being bred to Pit Bull Terriers. The true WEB was and is a working farm dog, not a hunting dog. A farm dog with an unwavering prey drive would be futile as the dogs would chase and kill livestock, defeating it's purpose as a guardian of the farm. This is not to say that they will not hunt or catch, only that they can have the run of the farm without attacking or killing the animals, whereas these performance dogs cannot be trusted to run loose around other animals and even other dogs. What makes the WEB so remarkable and indeed a breed apart is that they posses these same hunting abilities and drive but with the added ability to turn this drive and desire on and off at their masters command and all with very minimal training. It is an innate ability that sets them apart in a league of their own and why they have been so prized by rural southern farmers for so long. 

Our objective is simple and straight-forward. We are dedicated to the preservation of the Carr White English Bulldog. We breed only according to the strict standard and the one phenotype of the Carr WEB set by the WEBPS, which is in following with the dogs bred for four generations in my family. It is our intention to save the rapidly disappearing CWEB and it's remarkable, rare temperament and physical abilities that make it such a wonderful breed. It is the combination of this temperament and ability that we are preserving. 

The CWE is a tradition in my family dating back four generations on my father's side. My great grandfather, (B. 1898 - D. 1991), grandfather, (B. 1920 - D. 2009), and father, (B. 1946 - ), have all bred the CWE throughout their entire lives. I grew up with them always around. Wherever I went the CWE was there too. Some of my very first memories involve these dogs, many of which were the best memories of my life.  

My great-grandfather, Dewey Horne, was the uncle of the legendary Dickey Betts of the Alman Brothers Band of Macon, Georgia. In the early 1970's Dickey and the band made several visits to my great grandfather's house at family gatherings where they entertained the family. One visit was for the sole purpose of obtaining a few WEBs from his uncle to guard 'The Big House' in Macon, where they served as guardians of the house and companions to the band and their families residing there. I myself recall a family get together where Dickey and the band played for us one afternoon with the bulldogs lying around our feet. The good ole days.

My great grandfather passed and my grandfather no longer had the dogs. When I returned to my small hometown 6 years ago, I wanted a few bulldogs for my kids. By this time my father had one male remaining. So we went to the source, the Carr family. He too only had one male left, a seven year old named Spike. It had been his father, Jake Carr who had established the Carr line. His two sons had continued breeding until recently. He knew of only a handful of remaining dogs from his blood. We were in for a very difficult search. We began looking all over the surrounding area for WEBs. Finding many dogs from out of state and northern Georgia that people called WEB, we soon discovered that what they called WEB and what we had around here were two different breeds entirely. While aspects of these dogs were similar to the CWE, none  were like the local Carr blood. This is the dog I grew up with, was familiar with, and what I wanted my children to know. As we were discovering though, finding the CWE was very difficult. After five years we have found only two, a male, Gus at 6 years old, and a female, Dixie at four years old. 

It is not our intention to popularize the breed, mass produce puppies for profit, or to make show dogs out of farm dogs. They never have been a show dog and we plan to keep them that way, strictly a working farm dog. It is our belief that popularizing a breed is most certainly the beginning of the end of what makes a breed so unique. It is the quickest and surest way to destroy a breed. We do not wish to change the CWEB in any way whatsoever, only to preserve them as they are.

What's in a name: "Kaolin"

Kaolin (Kay-o-lin), is an edible mineral known as white clay and most often called the purest of clays. Also called china clay, white clay, white dirt, porcelain clay, china clay, chalk, or the long winded scientific name aluminum silicate hydroxide.

Kaolin is used medically to treat diarrhea, dysentery, cholera, and is also used in paper making, paint, plastics, rubber, fiberglass, porcelains, ceramics, china, and toothpaste. Some of the most popular products made with kaolin (white dirt) are Kaopectate, Rolaids, Di-gel, Mylanta, and Maalox. Over the last three decades, kaolin products have been tailored for paper applications ranging from low-cost pulp extenders to high-opacity fillers and high-gloss and high-brightness coatings. Also, kaolin is a key ingredient in mildew-resistant latex paints, vinyl wire insulation, printing inks, cosmetics, catalysts for petroleum refining, and extenders for fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, fiberglass and nylon, and auto and truck body components. Today, other applications for china clay are continually being discovered. 

The clay eaters

Some people have actually been known to consume white dirt regularly and not only like the taste but crave it. It has been said that the taste of white dirt is akin to the fresh way that the ground smells when it's real dry and a little sprinkle of rain falls. Dirt-eating is an ancient tradition that is practiced all over the world and although the demise of the practice has been predicted for many years, it still persists, particularly in rural areas of the South. Dirt-eating was "first observed among blacks during slavery," who may have brought the practice with them from Africa, where it also exists today. Dirt is not eaten indiscriminately; "only specific clays are extracted and at times prepared (baked) for eating" (Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, 1369). Thomas Spencer compares it to chewing gum or flavoring food with salt; he reports clay as being prepared by its consumers with vinegar and salt or fried with grease. Kaolin is often sold in rural grocery stores, gas stations, and even livestock feed stores, as livestock and even wildlife will lick and eat the clay. 

"Geophagy" the scholarly term for dirt-eating, is practiced by both blacks and whites but is most commonly associated with black women, particularly during pregnancy. The dirt-eating tradition appears to have been handed down from generation to generation and several years ago it was not uncommon to see women gathered together sharing a pan of dirt. 

Kaolin is abundant along the boundary between Georgia's Coastal Plain and Piedmont Provinces. This physiographic boundary is known as the Fall Line, and the world's richest deposits of kaolin occur along this line.

Kaolin Belt Bulldogs