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Tony and Barbara.in Oz jpg.jpg (26037 bytes)HOUSE FRONT AND GARAGE 14 5-5-01 14_43.jpg (24692 bytes)We are Tony and Barbara Darmanin and  live with our Bulldogs in the beautiful, rolling countryside of rural Shropshire England...our three daughters and son live in their own respective homes not too far away.

 

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 Leslie and Mary Lewis , Barbara's parents owned Bulldogs before she was born, in fact, her dad owned his first bulldog in 1925 when he was thirteen years old. Upon his retirement in 1977 he decided to breed again and produced a litter which contained our first Bulldog Earl Benjamin .

 

 

Phil.Jane and Nelson jpg.jpg (19143 bytes)  We had owned and bred Staffordshire Bull Terriers but had just had a bad experience with a C section necessitating a hysterectomy on a loved young Staffie Bitch (Jane) , who had just carried her first litter (she subsequently  mothered many Bulldog puppies until she died aged thirteen) .This experience exposed us to C sections and it became evident that all breeds from time to time needed this surgery to overcome birth problems and was not as we had thought a unique risk when breeding Bulldogs.

 

Earl Benjamin proved a great show dog winning many trophies and prizes at Open and Championship Tony and Earl Benjamin 1979 jpg.jpg (51286 bytes) Show level and we were overjoyed when he obtained his stud book entry. Of course we were now well and truly hooked. We bought a young  brindle bitch Leebarton Isis and under the tutelage of Ellen and Les Cotton (Aldridge Bulldogs) we bred our first litter, joined several Bulldog Clubs and became Committee members of The Birmingham and Midland Counties Bulldog Club , later Tony was invited onto the committee of The Bulldog Club Incorporated, enjoyed stewarding and also started his Judging career in the U.K..

house in Ottsville jpg.jpg (39807 bytes)In the mid eighties an opportunity arose for us to go and live in the USA and together with ten Bulldogs a Peke and a Lhasa Apso we settled in Ottsville  Pennsylvania .We joined local Bulldog Clubs and attended as many shows as Tony's busy schedule allowed .He was Manager of International for a New Jersey based Multi National and was globe trotting for most of his working life.                                                                                                                 

 In 1992 due to company acquisitions we elected to move back to England and did so with ten Barbara Les Ellen Tony 1994 BMBC DINNER_WEB.jpg (47453 bytes)Bulldogs (some different to the ones with which we had arrived in the USA) a cat and a Lhasa Apso. We rejoined the UK  Bulldog Clubs and were voted onto the Committee of the 'Birmingham' where Tony later became the club's secretary in 1998 and a year after that accepted early retirement which enabled him to Judge the Breed at CC level not only in the UK but so far , also in Australia. The Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Denmark. France,  Holland, Hungary, Spain , Switzerland and the USA.. Our hobby has made us many friends worldwide who share our love for this breed and we invite you to view the following pages on this site for pictures of the dogs we have living with us and those who have done so over the years but are sadly no longer here. 

 

 

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