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jesus_soto — 2014-03-03 22:23:00 UTC

In London in 1985 a breeding program began, led by Mr. Ken Mollett. Mr. Mollett was saddened to see so many unhealthy bulldogs and wanted to bring back the original, taller, healthier bulldog of the 1800s. With the passing of the years, Graham Woods and Ken Mollett's brother Derek, both early partners in the program, gave up or sought other goals, but Ken persisted. Using only bull-breeds registered with the Kennel Club of Great Britain and anchoring his program firmly on the modern bulldog, he set about crossing Staffords, Bullmastiffs, Dogue de Bordeaux and the healthiest Bulldogs he could find. Mollett selected carefully and every animal used was the best available. In the late 1980s the dogs being produced and bred by Derreck Mollett and Steve Barnett were utilized and used by Ken Mollett as the direct foundation dogs for his Mollett Victorian Bulldogs. Working from old photographs, statues, written descriptions and engravings, he set out to remake the dog pictured in Victorian times. He called this dog the Victorian Bulldog. Today the type is fixed and the dogs are breeding regularly to that type. Ken Mollett insists, however, that since the health of his dogs is more important than their looks, the standard should not be viewed as a straightjacket. Similar to what happened in the USA to the Olde English Bulldogge of Mr. David Leavitt, where breeders of alternative strains bred Bulldog types together and wrongly used the name Olde English Bulldogge for its popularity, so can be seen with Mollett’s Victorian Bulldog. Mr. Mollett named his strains Victorian Bulldogs. As the Victorian Bulldog became popular, other breeders started to create their own strain of Bulldogs and called their dogs Victorian Bulldogs when the dogs were not related to Mollett’s strains at all. Some Bulldogs using the name Victorian Bulldogs are just first- or second-generation crosses.

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jesus_soto — 2014-03-03 22:24:39 UTC

Ken Mollett, desarrollador de la raza junto con un "Boatswain" cachorro.

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jesus_soto — 2014-03-03 22:33:46 UTC

Aquí les comparto un enlace para la página de los familiares de Ken Mollett. Hay todo tipo de información disponible, hasta como adquirir un cachorro de la línea original de Ken Mollett.

Victorian Bulldog y su proceso de cria para revivir un perro extinto. by Jesús A. Soto Andújar

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