The ignorance on this thread is unreal. I thought people would appreciate seeing a bulldog that is something other then a fat sloppy unhealthy animal with more health problems than a 80 year old alcoholic. A bulldogs original purpose was to work. It's obvious that the opinions here are based on lack of knowledge and are very judge mental. Maybe I should dress my dog up in a cute little costume and parade him around like a puppet or some cuddly disney character, and the fact is a dog should be able to serve a purpose or function in a home. People don't buy car insurance because they know they'll get into a car accident even if you're the best driver in the world theres always a .001% chance. I love my dog and I know he loves me and he also enjoys the training and excels at it. I want my dog to protect my family if he ever needed to and it has nothing to do with ego or having a bad *** dog because if that was the case I wouldn't of bought a bulldog to begin with there are a TON of ego stroking dogs out there pit bull, rottweiler, doberman. My dog wasn't on a chain he was on a leash attached to a padded nylon collar.