[yorkietalkjilly]

The bulldog was bred for aggression and utter fearlessness sufficient enough to bring down a full-grown, frightened or very determined 2,000 lb. bull on the run originally but more than that - they were bred to have a stubborn determination not to let go of their prey, no matter the pain or strain holding onto their prey involved, until it was down and on its knees. The dogs quickly found that the bull could be more easily accessed and controlled when attacking and holding onto his nose or area of the face, just about the only part of him the much smaller dog could access on the run and maintain a hold on, no matter what. Even after the handler moved in, the bully dogs would often require prying their mouths from the bull's flesh.

Once professional dogfighters learned of the bulldog's many traits that would make them excellent pit fighters for money/drugs, they began to breed them for their vicious traits as well - and the more vicious, the better. As ghastly as that sounds, it gets worse once one of these fighters is bred and not all of his puppies used for fighting but some given/sold as pets or breeders for people who want the breed.

For the public who like to have a powerful, even vicious dog that scares other people and dogs - and there are many of them - they further exacerbate the problem by breeding that vicious fighting dog or one of his pups back to a female who is especially aggressive, very tenacious and perhaps trending toward viciousness herself. The puppies, when born, are further dispersed to the public.

And before you know it, a man with children has bought one of those precious bully babies without knowing there is a likely a highly aggressive, tenacious, vicious genetic trait in his dog and he brings it home, where it can either become a wonderful pet if intelligently nurtured by a strong leader or, if the owner is just a regular pet owner who doesn't train his dog to obey him and who sets few boundaries, he could become a dog that one day might look at him or his children as prey. A dog from a line of fighting bullies can go either way, largely depending on how he was raised and treated.

Other bullies, who have by happenstance or on purpose been bred for their gentle, genial, less aggressive natures and to be human-and-animal friendly, tend to produce puppies that become lovely, mostly mellow, submissive pets who never cause any more problems than any other dog even with owners weak on leadership skills.