10/13/2024
This darling beauty is an Alapaha Blue Blood bulldog. She is an incredible breed which originated from Alapaha, Georgia! Yes, right up the road, literally!
This breed’s ancestors include the English Bulldog and the bull-and-terrier breeds, the Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog’s ancestors are believed to have originally come from the old types of bulldogs that were bred for bull baiting. But that’s not the case at all. Many were kept as farm dogs and used to move cattle, hunt large game such as boars, and protect the property. English settlers, fleeing the rising conflict of the English Civil War, fled to the United States and brought with them their hardest working dogs. Once in the United States, the settlers made their way to the American Southeast, where they set up farms for crops and livestock. Their dogs were employed to work homesteads, farmlands, and plantations, just as they had guarded homes and properties for centuries in Europe. There, the dogs were most likely mixed with local dogs and those imported by other settlers from the area.
A gentleman named “Papa” Buck Lane of Rebecca, Georgia is credited with the breed's development. His bulldog “Otto,” was used as a cornerstone of the breed. He used dogs that were descendants of the native southern bulldogs, considered a staple in his part of Georgia.
These hardy-working bulldogs existed in the American Southeast for centuries. They were known as Old English Whites, White English Bulldogs, Old Southern Whites, Country White Bulldogs, and Hill Bulldogs. Because none of these dogs were considered a distinct “breed” for centuries, a great deal of variety was found in the dogs.
Then came along Buck Lane, a South Georgia farmer.
These old bulldogs remained a popular staple of farms and plantations throughout the American South for decades. During the 1800s, in the Alapaha River region of southern Georgia, PaPa Buck Lane began to develop the breed into the Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog that we have today. It’s speculated that some of the local bulldogs, hog dogs, and herding dogs, such as the Old Time Southern Whites, the predecessors of the modern American Bulldog, as well as the ancestors of the Catahoula Leopard Dogs, were used in the development of the breed. The result was a powerful yet agile bulldog fit to serve as a loyal companion and fierce protector of life and property.
Like the American Bulldog, the Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldogs come in various types ranging from the more bulldog-esque bully type to the less extreme standard type.
Most of this has been copied from the CKC website.