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The Modern English Bulldog Handbook

Behaviour, training and everyday life, from choosing a puppy to the senior years

Most breed books tell you an English Bulldog is a lazy, easy-going couch potato. Then you bring one home and meet the real thing.

A gentle soul in a heavyweight body. This book is about that dog, and what to do about it today.

I've been training dogs for over 30 years, and I wrote this the way I'd talk to you if we were stood in a field together.

Inside the book: 111 pages, 18 chapters, 2 formats (PDF and EPUB). Try this today: small things to do with your dog at the end of almost every chapter.

What's inside

  • Where the Bulldog came from, and how a bull-baiting dog became a gentle companion

  • Is a Bulldog right for you? Breathing, heat, vet bills and daily walks

  • BOAS, skin folds, spines, hips and choosing a healthier puppy

  • Exercise, home life and your puppy's first week

  • Socialisation, adolescence and training foundations

  • Planting their feet on walks, guarding and the heat: Bulldog training challenges

  • Steady, determined and sensitive, enrichment, family life and other animals

  • Common behaviour problems, and how to stop small ones growing

  • English Bulldog myths, and living well with your dog into the senior years

What's inside The Modern English Bulldog Handbook: three real pages from the book, fanned out

There's an English Bulldog checklist at the back to keep coming back to.

Who it's for

Anyone thinking about an English Bulldog, bringing a puppy home, living with a teenager who's forgotten their own name, or sharing life with an older dog.

About the author: Renee Patience with her boxer Kookie. Qualified behaviourist and founder of Paws Academy Dog Training & Behaviour, Mayo. Over 30 years training dogs, Dog Trainer of the Year 2025 at the National Ireland Pet Awards, competed at Crufts and Olympia.

What you get

A PDF and an EPUB in one ZIP file, emailed to you straight after checkout. Read it on your phone, tablet, e-reader or computer.

The Modern English Bulldog Handbook

€9.99Price
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