Examples of Bulldogs from the 1800s. Please note the tails and the longer legs.
These dogs very much resemble the Olde English Bulldogge of today and appear to have been not as exaggerated in the physical features as the modern English Bulldog.
The IOEBA is the most recognized and widely used association by breeders and owners of Olde English Bulldogges worldwide. The
IOEBA's
detailed breed standard is the best guide as to what the perfect Olde English Bulldogge should look like according to the International Olde English Bulldogge Association.
It is recommended that the Olde English Bulldogge breed standard be used by today's Olde breeders in an effort to maintain the high standards that the breeders of the past and the IOEBA have set fourth.
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of the Bull breeds that
exist today including the English Bulldog and the American
Bulldog. The early bulldogs were bred to participate in blood sports
like bull baiting. This so called sport, became quite
popular in England through out the middle of the 18th Century.
Bull baiting primarily consisted of staking out a bull and
allowing several Bulldogges to attack it. A dog of great
courage and agility was needed for bull baiting. This dog was of
medium size; larger dogs were considered to be the result of
mastiff crosses.
bull baiting and the Olde English Bulldogges main
purpose of existence vanished. Within a decade the numbers
of bulldogs declined drastically almost to extinction. 
The modern Olde English Bulldogge is a reconstruction of
the original Olde Bulldogge of the 17th and 18th century.
Various genetic crosses have been used in carefully and
thoughtfully planned breeding programs to obtain this goal.
The foundation of most of today's Olde English Bulldogges can be
traced to English Bulldog, American Bulldog and Mastiff.
