You may already be aware of the fact that the Animal Health Trust is currently calling for Bull Terrier owners to submit Cheek Swab DNA Samples of their dogs, in order to try and identify the gene that causes kidney disease in the breed. Unfortunately the AHT hasn’t received enough samples to work with for … Read more
I received a letter from Terry Heath recently and she asked me if I could post it on this site. Given the nature of it I was all too happy to do so and it appears in full below. Just to add to what Terry states, in fact more just to back it up really … Read more
As someone who has put together a breed magazine for ten years previously, you might have the idea that I’ll have seen my fair share of Bull Terrier merchandise – books, figures, prints, paintings, statues and anything else you care to mention? You’d be right, and what’s more with the Internet now in full swing … Read more
I know I’m a few days late but I’d like to wish everyone in the breed the very best of wishes for 2014, good health and happiness to all. I’ll get back into my normal routine of posting various Bull Terrier related goodies in due course, but I thought I’d start the year off with … Read more
I read something quite interesting a while back relating to the rock band Radiohead. Apparently they came up with a very novel way of launching one of their recent albums, instead of setting a fixed price for fans to buy the album they instead just let them download the album and allowed them to pay … Read more
This is an update – or addition if you like – to the recent post about the Bull Terrier Clinical Studies Fund. Terry Heath has notified me that there is some confusion regarding the form that comes with the Animal Health Trust Swab Kits, with many people thinking that they need to consult their vets … Read more
There are many documents to download from this site, but if you were only to download one more then I’d urge it to be this latest one. Show reports and critiques and so on might be quite useful at times, but this one is actually important – it will explain how you could help improve … Read more
I’m in need of help… Anyone who used to subscribe to the Bull Terrier Monthly magazine in the later years will hopefully recall a big feature I included once a year called the ‘Bull Terrier Of The Year’. This was a table I used to compile and it consisted of every dog that had been … Read more
With us coming up to the Christmas period fairly soon, I thought I’d better clarify a situation relating to the ‘BTM Complete History’ product that I have available. I don’t know if anyone is planning on purchasing a copy to use as a Christmas present, but if you are/were this is particularly for you… The … Read more
For those of you who hate leaving things to the last minute at Christmas time, this might appeal to you. In fact if you’re into Bull Terriers – which I assume you are otherwise you wouldn’t be here – then it could also be of interest at some point in the near future. What on … Read more