My husband & I were married in 1992 in Marietta, GA, after graduating from UGA in May. He's always had an affinity for the English bulldog and I've always loved animals but mainly dogs.
In 1995, we had just moved to the Birmingham area and my husband saw an email about someone getting rid of a fixed (spayed) female bulldog. Our middle son, Now 22, was 6 months old. Molly was 3 1/2 and the granddaughter of UGA V. We were HOOKED! We knew we could never own another breed! She was well loved and adored. Unfortunately, we lost our baby girl on June 5, 2005. We were blessed to have her for 13 1/2 years.
We knew that we wanted to have more than 1 bully in our home and to have babies one day. I mean, there's NOTHING cuter than a bulldog puppy, right? After Molly passed away, we were gripped with grief. The boys and I were constantly crying, all day, everyday for a week! It was exhausting. She was our boys playmate, protector, love and friend. She slept with them and was always our shadow.
One of the dogs in our neighborhood at the time had gotten loose. It was a little orange pom. Lucy was totally Trained! For the FIRST time in a week, our boys laughed, played and were so happy again. Although we had tried to wait, we were going NUTS without our Molly girl.
So we begun the search and we found our Princess Leia. She was 9 weeks old when we got her. She was ROTTEN! She was SO well behaved. She was very easy to potty train. She stayed and rotated in our boy's beds. Just a few months after we got Princess Leia, we moved home to Georgia.
I (Beth) studied for HOURS and HOURS for 2 years about having babies! I made lots of phone calls and asking questions. Leia ended up having 4 litters and was the absolute BEST momma. We had our struggles and almost every single litter something different happened. After our biggest & most painful struggle was our first litter and I was emotionally stressed & physically exhausted. I did everything I was told to do. Our house was like a NICU and we still had issues. I asked around and we wanted a vet who not only went TO UGA but also bred bullies. We found that vet 45 minutes away. Our vet & his dad (now retired), not only had went to UGA but our vet studied under the 1 vet that treats the mascot, UGA. Our vet was not only was raised with bullies, but also raises and has raised them. He's our bulldog expert. They now have 5 vets and are open almost 24-7 with hours from 7a-12a and on call the rest!
We are still grieving but on August 25th, 2017, our baby girl, Princess Leia took her last breath at 1:30 pm. I am seriously sitting here and crying.......like tears down my face. She had congestive heart failure but we tried to give her the best life we could. We were completely blessed to have our girl 12 & 1/2 years. She was funny, quirky, smart, loyal, dedicated and my shadow baby! She also helped train and raise other litters as they came along.
We added Libby to our bully fam in 2009, her daughter Gurley Girl aka "GG", in 2014, Harley Girl (rescue) in 2016 and Krypton, our tri male in 2016. Our boys have not known life without a bully!
November 2016
We raise our babies as we would want to receive a new baby! We also NEVER want to have our babies in a rescue or shelter, so we make all of our owners sign a first right of refusal. We want the best for our babies and want to make sure they are in the right home and they'll live like they do here! As FAMILY!!
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