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Aylestone Bulldog Breed Standard

It is the strict desire of the breed’s originator that the same misrecognition of breeding standards that have produced the ill fated Kennel Club bulldog does not befall his creation. This guideline should be used by all wishing to contribute to the breed’s consistency.

General Description
The Aylestone bulldog is recognised through two lines: the Royal and the Standard. They are two branches of the same family. While the size difference of these two strains separates them in height and weight, general appearance should demonstrate continuity. The ideal Aylestone bulldog is a loyal, courageous, tenacious and stubborn dog with a large powerful head and athletic muscular body. The Aylestone bulldog should be capable of feats of agility while remaining sturdy and powerful in appearance. The Aylestone Bulldog exudes vitality and health. He should be capable of exercise with none of the breathing issues that afflict his Kennel Club relative. Male Aylestone bulldogs should be able to breed unassisted while all females should self-whelp. Bitches requiring caesarian deliveries should not be bred from; nor should any Aylestone manifesting any inherited mental or physical problems.

Their lifespan is between 10 and 14 years.

Temperament
The Aylestone bulldog is above all else a family pet; his temperament should reflect this requirement. The Aylestone\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s disposition should be outgoing, bold and confident. While a watchful nature may be expected at home, physical aggression towards humans without provocation is not tolerated and has not been bred for. He is intelligent but stubborn. He can be trained to a high standard of agility and obedience by an owner displaying stronger willpower. The Aylestone should reflect the best of what has come to be known as the bulldog spirit; stubborn, courageous; trustworthy and stable. He is a family man. Not the Rambo of the dog world.

Head
The head should be large, wide and wrinkled. Ears are favoured rose but natural and button are accepted. The snout must be broad with open nostrils with no sign of air restriction. The nose should not be pushed up between the eyes. From the stop to the end of the nose must be at least one and one half inches. The bottom jaw should be undershot in the manner of the traditional bulldog. Narrowness of head and overshot mouthed dogs should be considered at fault and not bred from.

Neck
Short to medium in length and very muscular flowing into the shoulders and should not be set on the dog so it appears to stop at the shoulders.

Chest and Forequarters
Should be well sprung (rounded) and the chest wide and deep.
Depth of chest should be at least to the elbows. Narrow chested dogs should be considered at serious fault. The forelegs must be strong and well boned, and will appear straight from all angles.

Body
Should be square and balanced. Shoulders are well muscled and allow for even movement. Back is broad and should taper in the appearance of a body builder, being a little higher at the back than the front.

Hindquarters
The rear of the dog must be well muscled and powerful. Hocks must be slightly bent and allow for good movement. Muscle should be clearly defined.

Tail
In keeping with the bulldog of the 18th century, tails are preferred straight. Screw tails in the Standard are accepted and not considered faults. Under UK law, no Aylestone bulldog should have a cropped tail.

Coat
Short and soft.

Colour
Any colour is acceptable.

Weight and height.
Royals at withers: Males 18\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" – 21\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
Females 17\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" – 20\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
Weight 80 – 100 plus pounds.
The general impression of the Royal should indicate good natured, agile muscular power.
Faults to be avoided:-
Light bones.
Too long a muzzle.
Cow hocked or Chippendaled legs.
Nervous or aggressive temperament.
Unable to birth or mate naturally.
Too tall.

Purpose of the standard. To create a large, healthy bulldog in the likeness of the traditional bulldog of old England. The Royal bitch\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s extra ranginess and agility enables her to demonstrate superior mothering performance.

Standards at withers: Male 17\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" – 19\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
Females 16\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" – 18\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
Weight: should not exceed 80 pounds.
The general impression of the Standard should indicate healthy, bold determined power.
Faults to be avoided.
Too short or long a muzzle.
Cow hocked or chippendaled legs.
Light bones.
Narrow chest.
Nervous or aggressive temperament.
Unable to birth or mate naturally.

Purpose of the standard. To create a conveniently sized, healthy bulldog in the likeness of the traditional bulldog of old England, that can take his place amidst the physical hurly burly of family life.

Overall balance which allows for agility, strength and movement are paramount, both in Royals and Standards.

Unlike the Kennel Club, in our breed standards, the dog\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s health, mentality, personality and breeding ability take precedence over mere physical appearance. The Aylestone, despite being an impressive bulldog, is designed not for showing, but rather to be an active and loving member of the family.

Two Royals are illustrated, one red and one fawn (the previous Royal example, Jagga Gumdrop, is now on Aylestone Bulldog\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Facebook page, by the way, another magnificent Royal (on the stud list) and previous example Rainbow Jubilee is the Featured Dog, lives in Runcorn and a is proven stud!). The current examples are Aylestone\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Royal Lord Azrael and Spring Song of Aylestone (brother of Biggles and Arrow of the South). We have only recently received photos of Lord Azrael and are pleased to see that he still flourishes.
Standards are represented by Aylestone\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Jolly Fleur (aka Xpat the Pirate\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Moll!).

Colours

Aylestones are permitted to be any colour. Common colours are red and white, brindle and white, red brindle and white, fawn brindle and white. A fifty fifty colour mix is either pied or skewbald depending on the base colour. Tiger brindles may have red or fawn as the underlying colour. Red, brindle or white as a self colour also appear.

Less common colours are fawn with white.

Rare colours are blue with white, black with white, fawn smut.


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