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Official White English Bulldog Standard

In alliance with the Backwoods Bulldog Club

Any sign of fear, nervousness, unprovoked aggression, or lack of submission to being handled is not only a disqualification, but also revokes breed quality registration.

Body:

A moderate agile bodied dog standing on moderate but powerful legs of average bone. The neck should be solid; shoulders should be well muscled and well defined. Elbows should be in line with the dog's shoulders and feet. The musculature is not extreme or bulging as to allow for agility, quickness, and endurance.

females: 55 - 85 lbs. 20" - 24"

males: 65 - 110 lbs. 21" - 25"

Color:

White, with or without patches of color, shades of red brown, all shades of brindle; never covering more than 25% of body. Black only pigmentation and spotting which is found on the skin, around the eyes, on the nose and lips, and the genitalia.

Head:

Square with noticeable or moderate stop. Supra-orbital arches pronounced with a center crease between the eyes to the back of the head. Muzzle square and broad, half brick 2 1/2" to 3 1/2". Bite: Scissor, reverse scissor to 1" under at most. Classified as mesocephalic or dolichocephalic under the cephalic index.

Ears:

Rolled or flapped.

Eyes:

Any shade of brown, amber ok, blue a fault.

Feet:

Round and compact with noticeable webbing between toes.

Coat:

Coarse with slight feathering on back of hind legs.

Tail:

When not docked, long, thick at base, and feathered at end.

Temperament:

Completely loyal and fiercely protective of its master, the master's family, property, livestock and especially the children. Absolutely never challenging to any member of the family. Completely submissive to its handlers. With or without a threat display.

Use:

Family and livestock protection. Controller and retriever of the roughest livestock, even in wetlands. Suffices as an all around hunter from treeing squirrels to bears.