Toy Bulldog

The Toy Bulldog, also known as the Miniature Bulldog and the English Toy Bulldog is a dog breed that first existed in England during the 18th and early 19th centuries. Breeders were working in two different directions to create this breed. One was to downsize the Bulldog. This was not very successful, due to complications with breeding subregular-sized dogs of this breed together. The dwarf-sized Bulldog puppies were (and still are) occasionally born out of regular-sized parents, but they were neither the healthiest, nor the most fertile dogs. They often produced regular-sized puppies. Thus, this version of the breed had never been established.

Another attempt at creating the Toy Bulldog was via crossbreeding French Bulldogs with Bulldogs and/or their offspring to decrease the weight to a desirable 20 pounds or so. There were several dogs, and the breed was presented by "The French Toy Bulldog Club of England" to the Kennel Club. However, this version of the breed had also not been developed to the point of recognition as well. English breeders and Kennel Club representatives refused to call a mixed-breed dog a Bulldog until in 1903. Today, toy bulldogs, which are descended from the second attempt toy bulldog experiments, are now a common small dog breed kept as household pets.