Garden City Bulldogges
The Olde English Bulldogge Kennel Club (O.E.B.K.C.) is the National
Breed Club for the Olde English Bulldogge. The mission of the
O.E.B.K.C. is first and foremost to assist its breeder organization in
continually improving the breed through disciplined breeding programs
that emphasize health, temperament, athleticism, and consistent
conformation within the breed standard.

The Olde English Bulldogge was developed by David Leavitt, of
Coatesville, PA. back in 1971. Mr. Leavitt used a line breeding scheme
that was designed and developed by Ohio State University for breeding
cattle. The goal was to recreate a specific breed of Bulldogge with the
look, health and athleticism of the original bull baiting dogs, but without
the extreme tenacity. The foundation crosses consisted of ½ English
Bulldog, 1/6 Bullmastiff, 1/6 Pit-bull, and 1/6 American Bulldog. After
many carefully planned crosses, the Olde English Bulldogge emerged
and began to breed true.

In the early 1980's Ben and Karen Campetti from Sandisfield
Massachusetts became deeply involved with Mr. Leavitt in breeding
Olde English Bulldogges. By 1985 Mr. Leavitt had developed two true
lines and was satisfied that the breed was sound, stable, and well suited
for modern life. At this time, the Campetti's began showing the breed in
Mollosser shows. Through the Campetti's efforts, the Olde English
Bulldogge achieved much success in the Conformation ring, and a lot of
recognition by rare breed fanciers. Due to this success, many breeders
became interested in producing this dog. It was at this point that the
Olde English Bulldogge Association (O.E.B.A.) was formed to maintain
proper records and implement a breeder code of ethics and standards.
Mr. Leavitt was diligent in maintaining detailed records of the foundation
stock, and this information was converted into the OEBA registry.

One unwelcome by-product of the Olde English Bulldogges success in
the Conformation ring, obedience trials, and in therapy work, was a rise
in the use of the dog in Personal Protection training. Most of this training
was being conducted by people that were unqualified to do so. The
popularity of this breed in PP work can only be attributed to the breed's
excellent health, agility, temperament, and it's classification as a Working
Breed. Thus, creating much controversy over the breeds intended
function. This controversy regarding the breeds intended function
overwhelmed Mr. Leavitt and in 1995 he chose to discontinue his work
with the breed and pursue other interests. At this point, Mr. Leavitt turned
the OEBA registry and his personal breeding stock over to Michael Walz
of Working Dog Inc. Over time, this decision turned out to be a bad one.
Due to the inefficiency of the Registrar and the organization, Olde
English Bulldogge owners and breeders could not get necessary
information and registration papers.

In 2001, recognizing that the needs of the breed, the owners, and the
breeders were not being met by the OEBA, The Olde English Bulldogge
Kennel Club was formed by Tim Kelly, Karen Campetti, Louis Colon,
Ray Schneider and several others. The American Rare Breed
Association quickly adopted the OEBKC as the National Breed Club of
the Olde English Bulldogge and continues to recognize it as such today.
With the continued support of ARBA, the Campetti's and several of the
breed's original breeders, the OEBKC maintains a registry database of
over 375 dogs that are traceable to the original foundation stock. The
enthusiasm and interest that the breed and club are attracting is exciting.
The Club is attracting more and more Olde English Bulldogge fanciers
that are interested in not only showing the breed in the Conformation
ring but getting the breed involved in Obedience trials, Tracking and
Agility trials.