Basics of American Bully Breeding

How to Become a Successful American Bully Breeder

Pictured above is an American Bully (ABKC GR CH GOTTYLINE'S DAX) with correct structure. Not too over-done, but you can immediately tell that it’s a Bully and not your standard pit bull.

American Pit Bull Terriers have been around for hundreds of years. However, there is a new breed that spawned off of the original APBT known as the American Bully. With a new breed, come new breeders. If you are looking to become a breeder, then you are off to a good start by reaching it first.

The majority of people get into the dog breeding business for a one or two reasons, either to money or because they love the breed. Some are successful and better the breed, while others do damage to it.

Choosing a bloodline to breed

When it comes to finding the foundation dogs for your kennel, you want to find a bloodline of dogs that suits your style. If you are looking for a clean American Bully, you want to look at the more traditional Razor's Edge dogs. If you want more of an extreme looking line of dogs, you will want to look at Gottiline dogs.

Foundation dogs for your yard

Once you find the style of bully that you want to breed, you will need to find a kennel that is willing to let go of some foundation stock. You want to get your foundation females from a kennel that has been around for a while.

Be sure to get detailed pedigree information on the dogs to ensure you are getting a quality line bred dog (meaning that the same ancestors appear more than once in the 4 generation pedigree). Line bred dogs usually produce the most consistent litters. Any kennel that has been around and knows what they are doing will only line breed and sometimes inbreed their dogs.

Avoid buying male dogs at first, this is due to the fact that they don’t always turn out the way you expect. Housing them is also expensive. The solution is to take your female back to the kennel you got it from and line breed back to one of their stud dogs. Eventually you will be able to keep a male that you produced when the time is right.

Shown above is an popular American Bully Stud known as Remy (LOWJACK REMY-MARTIN) that made the Remyline dogs.

Finding a stud dog

The majority of American Bully breeder offer stud service. If you are new to breeding dogs, you should take advantage of this.

Many people that get started in the dog breeding business usually purchase a stud dog or two along with some female dogs. Housing, feeding, and taking care of stud dogs can be very expensive and you’re not always guaranteed to have a great stud dog once they mature. The better way of going about this is to only purchase female dogs. When they are ready to breed; you can contact kennels that offer stud service, or contact the kennel you purchased the female from.

You have a few benefits using a American Bully stud from another breeder instead of purchasing one yourself:

1.  You can use a well-known stud that will help puppy sales

2.  You can line breed your dog using the kennel that you purchased your female from. (Line breeding will guarantee more consistent litters.)

3.  You may wait two years only to find out the dog you purchased didn’t turn out to be a worthy stud dog. (Avoid this all together by using studs from other breeders)

Breeding American Bullies

When starting your program, it’s important to only purchase female puppies for your breeding program. Many breeders try to take shortcuts and purchase adult females to start their breeding program which is not advisable. It would be a rare occasion for a dog breeder to sell a quality adult female that is able to produce puppies. It’s unfortunate, but this happens all of the time. A kennel offers an adult female dog for sale knowing the dog is unable to produce litters. You invest time and money into the dog, only to find out that the dog is unable to breed. Your safest bet is to purchase a few female pups from a reputable breeder and wait until they mature.

ABKC GR CH Beastro (MSB BEASTRO OF THE BULLY MARKET) has become one of the most popular ABKC Bully Studs. If you want to become an American Bully breeder, this is the level of dog that you should strive to produce.

Becoming part of the American Bully community

If you are breeding American Bullies, it would be a good idea to make contacts in the American Bully Community. One of the best ways to learn more about the breed and advertise your kennel is by participating American Bully dog shows.

Producing consistent litters that sell using Line Breeding

When it comes to breeding American Bullies, the more extreme style dogs tend to sell the best. People want a dog that stands out from the crowd. The best way to reproduce consistent litters that will ensure your dog’s look like their ancestors is by line breeding.

Line breeding is very important to reproduce puppies that have the same structure, movement, temperament and genetic inheritance such as bites and hearing, hips, as well as soundness, style, drive and showmanship

One of the most common and best ways to line breed a dog is by taking a female back to the brother of its father (Uncle bred to Niece). Your goal in every breeding should be to produce the best possible dogs. When you produce consistent litters and amazing bullies, the puppies will sell themselves.

To keep your dogs healthy, a quality dog food and supplement is highly recommended. Not only will good diet benefit your dog’s health, it will benefit you financially since you will have less visits to the vet. Some breeders choose raw diets, other prefer a holistic dog food. Whatever the case, a good diet isn’t cheap. A quality supplement is also recommended to keep your dog healthy.