Bull Terrier Facts
It's Not Just Bull!
Why Bullies are not Suitable
for House holds with Young
Children!
Bullies and young children...sound like a good
combination? After all, Bullies are often referred to
as three year olds in clown suits. Why wouldn't
they be suitable for young children? In article one
of Bull Terrier Facts, I talked about Bullie strength,
the hucklebuck, their coming up on their back legs
and knocking your block off, but none of these are
the reason I feel Bullies are not suitable for homes
with young children.  The real reason is McDonald
Happy Meals!  How so?  Bull Terriers will eat
anything.  Unfortunately, not much except for food
will move through their digestive systems.  It is
unbelievable what a bull terrier will ingest,
anything and everything goes into their guts.  Once
in, it is unlikely to come out, leading to emergency
surgery or worse, DEATH!
It is not that Bullies are the only breed which eats
stuff.  Rottweilers will also eat anything.  My first
American Champion Sanron’s Josie V.D. Hart had
very colorful poop and she adored brown paper
bags.  But Rotties never seem to have any problem
with what they eat.  On the other hand Bull
Terriers are known for their “zipper surgeries.”  I
have had one Mini and one Standard which had to
be opened up to remove part of rubber ball and a
whole stuffed toy. I am very careful to never allow
my Bullies to play unsupervised; however, accidents
happen.  The whole stuffed toy was swallowed right
in front of my eyes.  Neither I nor the vet could
believe he had gotten it down without choking to
death which was why I didn’t wrestle him for it,
because I feared if I did wrestle him he would have
choked.  The same male became ill recently.  X-rays
showed nothing unusual.  Several days after having
barium run through his system, he passed a length
of rope coated in feces.  It hadn’t shown up on the x-
ray because it looked like stool.  Where he found
the rope is anyone’s guess.  Another mini ate a
wash rag, or so I thought.  I tried to get him to
vomit without success, even tried driving him
around late at night on a winding country road to
make him car sick.  No go.  Finally I decided I was
mistaken.  Two days later he vomited it up.
How could a busy mother keep up with all those
plastic toys and stuffed animals and everything else
a small child needs to make his world complete?  
Surely many would find their way down a Bullie’s
neck.  And since Bullies are so stoic in the face of
discomfort, they can be very ill before an owner
even realizes something is wrong.  No, bullies, and
small children just don’t go together.  Zipper
surgery is not cheap, not to mention the agony of
not knowing if a beloved pet is going to live or die.  
Think twice before bringing a Bull Terrier into
your home if you have small children.
Is a Bullie Right for You?









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