nothing better than a english bull.. i had two growing up also.. my father had a obcession with them..lol we had bulldog statues, cards, pictures, paintings ect all over the house.. the two my father had were named chink and clink.. they were from the same litter.. my dad paid 1500.00 a piece for them from a champion line in chicago.. and that was 15 years ago.. they were the coolest dogs.. but, they could not swim.. they sunk like rocks.. i swear my dad would rather loose a kid than those dogs.. they actually lived long for a bull... 10 years old when they both passed away... he nver got another one.. so when i was on my honeymoon, i saw a bulldog breeder advertising in a newspaper.. my wife and i went there with the idea of buying my father one..but, at that time, my dad was slowly dying of cancer and i finally realized that my mother would not want to take of it when he passed away.. so, i talked my wife into getting a bull for us and that way my dad could have him when he wanted and not be responsible for him later.. well, my wife was not exactly thrilled by this.. especially since we had to cut our honeymoon short to get the dog home..lol and from the day we got eddie, he was a pain in the ass lol... loved him to death but, he was a little shit from day 1.. my wife loved that dog but, he was high maintence.. thank god we got a deal in him.. the owner knew it was our honeymoon and gave us a break.. 600.00 dollars.. his father was a awesome animal.. extremely muscular and very pronounced lower jaw.. eddie was very well built and we had a couple of vets that said he had the prettiest head they had seen.. ill show ya when i get the pics scanned.. he was a good lucking bastard.. brindle and white.. all white head and brindle body.. he was a champion.. he won the "ugliest dog" contest in my hometown two years in a row held by the local dog shelter... not only that but, while the judging was going on, he sparked serious wood and started humping the terrier next to us.. lol horney bastard.. still can not believe that little shit of yours is swimming.. they are noted for drowning.. the only breed that can not swim.. lol talk about a genetic oddity..lol