Advertise Bulldog puppies for sale
Have a Bulldog litter due or ready? Advertise it here with the mother's details, health test results and your licence number, and link it to your free breeder profile.
No breeders are listed here yet, so the first profiles get the page to themselves.
- Free basic profile: your breeder or company name, website, social media, location, breeds and industries.
- Litters and stud dogs advertised in their own sections, never mixed with puppies for sale.
- Premium showcase for your services and prices, previous customers, awards, video, gallery and health certificates, with your phone and email shown to buyers.
- Sponsored articles about your breed or industry, written and published by our team.
- Featured placement at the top of this page, labelled as sponsored.
Is it free to advertise here?
Yes. A breeder profile and your litter and stud dog adverts are free. Premium profiles, featured placement and sponsored articles are optional paid extras; see pricing.
Do I need a licence to advertise puppies?
In England you need a dog breeding licence from your council if you breed three or more litters in 12 months or breed and sell dogs as a business, and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own schemes. Licensed breeders show their licence number and issuing council on every advert. Puppies must be at least eight weeks old before they go to new homes.
Is my listing already here?
We add licensed breeders from councils' public registers. Search for your kennel name; if it is listed you can claim it and edit everything.
Buying a Bulldog puppy
Here you will find UK breeders on caninebreeder.co.uk with Bulldog puppies for sale or litters on the way. Each listing reflects what the breeder has told us, so use it as a starting point and check the details yourself. In a flat-faced breed that sits in Breed Watch Category 3, breathing comes first: ask for both parents' Respiratory Function Grading results and eye certificates, then look them up on the RKC Health Test Results Finder. Be wary of adverts promoting "rare" blue, black, chocolate or merle puppies; the Bulldog Breed Council notes that none of these is a breed standard colour, and the RKC will not register merles. Expect a dog that needs only gentle exercise and struggles in the heat, and for which the RKC gives a lifespan of under ten years. Visit the litter, meet the mother and read our buyer safety guide before paying a deposit, or browse Bulldog breeders and Bulldog stud dogs.
Health tests to ask about
The Bulldog is in Breed Watch Category 3, the top tier of the RKC's system, for breeds whose exaggerated build causes visible health problems. The Bulldog points of concern that show judges look out for include laboured or noisy breathing, eyelids turned inwards or outwards, sore or scarred skin folds, a heavy roll over the nose, pinched nostrils, a missing, screw, inverted or tight tail, excess weight, eye irritation and unsound movement. Under Breed Watch rules, a Category 3 Best of Breed winner at a general or group championship show has to pass a check by the show vet before it can compete in the group, and every Category 3 dog needs a vet check before a Champion title is confirmed.
Like other flat-faced breeds, the Bulldog is at greater risk of brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS), which the University of Cambridge BOAS pages explain in detail. The RKC also highlights skin fold infections, crowded teeth and eye problems. The Bulldog Breed Council's own scheme issues bronze, silver and gold certificates based on vet examinations, including heart checks, plus respiratory grading, eye results and the HUU DNA test. Results from the RKC schemes can be checked on the Health Test Results Finder, and our guide to health-tested breeding stock explains how they work.
- Respiratory Function Grading scheme for BOAS (RKC good practice)
- BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme (RKC good practice)
- DNA test for hyperuricosuria (HUU) (RKC best practice)
- BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme (RKC best practice)
- BVA/KC Elbow Dysplasia Scheme (RKC best practice)
- Bulldog Breed Council Health and Conformation Scheme (breed council scheme)
- Breed Watch: Category 3
More for Bulldog owners and breeders
Official sources
- Bulldog breed information u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- Bulldog breed standard u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- Bulldog Breed Watch Category 3 points of concern u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- Breed Watch: health and welfare of show dogs u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- Respiratory Function Grading scheme u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- DNA test for hyperuricosuria (HUU) u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- Bulldog Breed Council
- Bulldog Breed Council u2013 Health scheme
- Bulldog Breed Council u2013 Health
- About BOAS u2013 University of Cambridge Department of Veterinary Medicine
- BVA/KC/ISDS Eye Scheme
- BVA/KC Hip Dysplasia Scheme
- BVA/KC Elbow Dysplasia Scheme
- Health Test Results Finder u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- Inbreeding coefficient calculator u2013 The Royal Kennel Club
- Dog breeding licence (England) u2013 GOV.UK
