About Us
About Our Business
| Bill |
| Velma |
| We are a married couple that love our animals. We are the owners of Four Mile Road Ranch and Kennels which is located on 34 acres near Mart, Texas. A few years ago Velma got a little puppy from a friend of hers because her friend's husband said that he didn't want another dog and she wanted Velma to find it a good home. Bill had the same thoughts as Velma's friend's husband had and told her we don't need another dog also. That night Velma went to work leaving the puppy in Bill's care, by the time she got home Bill told her that she wasn't getting rid of this pup. It was his! As the pup grew we fell in love more and more with him and discovered that he was from the Henley line of Olde Boston Bulldogge so we went looking for a girlfriend for him. We located a female that was also from the Henley line that we named Dixie and the rest, as they say, is history. We now have several dogs we use for breeding but they are still our pets as well. We strive to be a responsible breeder and we are members of the International Olde English Bulldogge Association and the United Canine Association. To learn more about the Olde Boston Bulldogge or Old English Bulldogge you can click on the links below. As you may note above I mentioned that our place is called Four Mile Road Ranch and Kennel, that's because we live on Four Mile Road near Mart, Texas and we also raise, breed, and sell Paint Horses as well as having a few of Lama, rabbits, and a Donkey. Velma handles the actual sells of our animals, she can be contacted at (254) 876-2600 which is our home phone number or at (254) 716-6992 which is her cell phone. The best time to call her is on the weekends but she will try to answer all calls. You may also use our contact page. |
| We use the term "Olde Boston Bulldog" but the IOEBA calls them "Olde Boston Bulldogge", we use it as a matter of preference but it must be noted that the Registered Breed is the Olde Boston Bulldogge which is spoken as Old Boston Bulldog. HISTORY OF THE OLDE BOSTON BULLDOGGE Most of the information we have today on the Olde Boston Bulldogge is from "The Dog Book" written by James Watson which was published in New York by the Doubleday, Page & Company dated 1909. The book is a popular history of the dog, with practical information as to the care and management of house, kennel, and exhibition of dogs and descriptions of all the important breeds of the day. The book is illustrated from photographs, paintings, and rare engravings. It may be hard to get a copy today although there is a website located at "http://chla.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=chla;cc=chla;sid=60f7b26da7453b49a554ab5d568ce74b;rgn=main;view=text;idno= 2910790" which you can read the book for your self online, that is, if you can copy and paste all of the website down correctly. For much easier reading you may also go to www.moloss.com or www.bulldoginformation.com/Old-boston-bulldog.html which gives much the same information as well as some very good old photographs of the breed. For those of us that want the history in a nutshell, it is simply that the breed was created in the 1800's by breeding a bulldog and a terrier which was then lumped in with all the other bull terrier breeds. The breed later became well established on their own and are today know as the Olde Boston Bulldogge. The Boston Terrier is a breed that came from the Olde Boston Bulldogge but was breed and inbreed so often that many of the traits of the original Olde Boston Bulldogge are gone forever from the Boston Terrier. Todays Olde Boston Bulldogge are a very hardy, mild tempered, and a free whelper. They are also known as a "people" dog because they get along with all ages and can live almost anywhere, except for extreme temperatures, inside or out. The breed isn't known for barking without good reason and is known to stand their ground well when threatened by other dogs or threats to their owners. Very easily trained, they are very obedient and can do tricks for many hours of play and enjoyment. |
If you don't find what you want on our website you may find what you
want at one of these fine breeders that we have worked with in the past:
want at one of these fine breeders that we have worked with in the past:
| OUR VETERINARIAN IS JAGER VETERINARY CLINIC MICHEL JAGER DVM 2009 CIRCLE ROAD WACO, TX 76706 (254) 752-9565 FOR A VETERINARIAN NEAR YOU CLICK HERE |
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| "Ozzie", our Olde English Bulldogge puppy, giving "Spanky", an Olde Boston Bulldog, some leach training. Ozzie says "Who says you can't teach an older dog new tricks!" |
