New Puppy Training

Our beautiful babies from our last litter just left and are with some great Bully families.  Some are new and some have lost their bully and brought a new love into their lives.  I thought about making a post on fb or my secret page, but there's so much to say, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to write a new blog post. Remember that it takes about 21 days-6 weeks to create a habit.  Hopefully, we've done some of the work for you to help assist you.


POTTY TRAINING:

When they are at our house, we litter box train them AND we take them outside.  Every time the big babies go out, the little ones go out.  By the time they leave, they cry and would rather go potty outside vs even going in the litter box.  It DOES take time to adjust to their new home, new family, surroundings etc.  Here are some tips to hopefully make things go easier:

1.  One thing we do is put bells or wind chimes on the door that they go out to.  That way, they will hit it or know which door to go to in order to let their people know to go potty.

2.  When they wake up, you take them out to go potty.  Tell them to go potty and as soon as they squat, tell them to "hurry up."

3.  If you're playing with them inside, make sure you keep an eye on them and as soon as they wander off, take them out.

4.  After they eat, immediately take them to go potty.  They will poop immediately.  If you cannot watch them the whole time, put them in a potty training crate, only giving them enough space to move around but not go to the bathroom. They will not poop in the same area they sleep in.

5.  Each baby has a poop dance and it's like a fingerprint.  They have their own unique poop dance.  Watch them so you can recognize what that looks like.

6.  Also if they're passing gas quite a bit, it's time for them to go out.  Reward them with little treats if they go potty or don't have an accident in the house.  Bulldogs ESPECIALLY are not only people pleasers but highly motivated by food/treats.

7.  They will have their own language.  Here, if they're whining, they're either begging (for food!! They come pre-rotten around here) OR they need to go potty.  We take them out, everytime that we can so they can recognize when they need to go potty.  Everytime that door opens, they're crying to go outside and go potty.

CRATE TRAINING:

Crate training is a little easier but takes patience.  Dogs, especially bulldogs, are creatures of habit.  If they are crying, they're either needing to go potty, they're bored or at first, they're missing their siblings/mom.  If they cry, take them out to go potty and put them back in.  If they are still crying, they're lonely, bored etc.  If you have hardwoods (from a hard lesson), put a waterproof layer of some kind UNDER the crate.  There are whelping pads on Amazon to protect your hardwood floors!  Urine will severely stain the hardwoods. 

Here are some ideas to help make it smoother.

1.  Put them in the crate, and make short trips to the store or run an errand.  Make sure they've been out to potty after they've had water etc and then put them in the crate.  They need to get used to you being there, all the time.  When you come back (do it intervals of 1-2 hours), if they haven't had any accidents, praise them and take them out immediately outside.

2.  We give a toy that's got the scent of their siblings on it.  So put that in there.  You can also put a shirt, t-shirt or something that you are okay with in their crate.

3.  Kong balls with cheese whiz are amazing but they can usually go through them within an hour or two or get done with them quickly.  These are also included in our New Welcome Home packets.

4.  Nylabone keys and toys are great for them to knaw on and given in our Welcome Home packet for our new owners and babies.

5.  The absolute BEST thing is an almost empty, plastic jar of peanut butter.  Make sure it's all natural and the ONLY ingredients are peanuts, salt and maybe oil.  Not only can they chew on it, but it takes them absolutely FOR-EVER to get to the bottom of the jar.  It's an extremely popular item in our house and if we only have 1-2, they get stalked or passed around between our babies. 

Hope this information helps anyone that needs some ideas in helping their new baby adapt to their new surroundings.

Harley & Sarge Litter

Harley and Sarge are the PROUD parents of 7 beautiful babies.  Harley is a red & white, tri carrier.  Sarge is a triple Carrier. Both are AKC registered.  Sarge is a triple carrier and Harley is a red & white, tri carrier.  Sarge is 4 and Harley is 5.  They were born on 5/6/2020.  We will not be taking deposits until they're 2 weeks old.  Everyone (unless you've already purchased from us in the past), must answer a detailed questionnaire before being approved to purchase.

If you want to know more about us and our bully home, you can read it here! 

Want to know what goes into breeding an English Bulldog??

Here's 8 reasons why our bully puppies are not like the others!!

If you want to know how puppies are similar to newborns, you can read it here.

You can email me at westgeorgiabullies@blogspot.com and I will send you a questionnaire if you are interested in purchasing one of our puppies.  Everyone that purchases a puppy from us, also signs a legally binding first right of refusal.

Now for these beautiful babies!!  Our theme this time is Presidents!


GIRL #1 DOLLEY SOLD to Dorian in GA

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GIRL #2 JACKIE SOLD to Nikki in NC

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BOY #1  TEDDY to Emily in GA

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BOY #2 GIPPER SOLD to Eric in SC.

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BOY #3 IKE Victoria in GA 

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BOY #4 DELANO Sold to Holly in GA

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Boy #5 Truman Sold to Anthony & Larissa in TN

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Our Bully home & fam

Hello and welcome to our Bully Home!

      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

     Our babies are NEVER kenneled, unless we are potty training. They sleep on our couches and beds.  They are FAMILY and treated like family.  They are our faithful & loyal companions.  Eventhough we have babies every so often (1-2x a year), we NEVER get rid of our babies or place them into a "pet home."  They are our family member period and foremost.  They are PEOPLE dogs.  They think they are human lol.  We also expect those standards of our owners.  We've never had one returned and we just want to make sure that our families are WELL versed on the breed and how to raise them!
     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!!

 Thanks for stopping by!