The name "Renascence" (not to be confused with the word "Renaissance") means "rebirth". This name is fitting I believe because my Renascence Bulldogges are supposed to be a recreation or "rebirth" of the larger more physically functional athletic Bulldogge that existed from about 1820-1900
Chadde JoliCoeur and Jody Willingham started the
Renascence Bulldogge Kennel Club (RBKC) when both had became frustrated at the
total lack of uniformity and consistency between the modern alternative
bulldogge recreations currently being produced and labeled with various
registries under the "catch all" name of Olde English Bulldogge. Dogs being
labeled under this catch all term can range from the "original" Leavitt OEB's to
that of a large longer muzzled mastiff type dog to that of a bigger version of
the modern English Bulldog to combinations of every thing in between.
Because of the vast physical and health differences
between the dogs being labeled under this catch all term and the confusion it
creates, Chadde and Jody assembled a dedicated group of breeders with
established bloodlines who's breeding program's were all aimed at producing the
same style of high drive athletic working Bulldogge to be the core breeding
foundation of the RB breed. This group devised a breed standard and a registry
to help promote, maintain and improve the athletic functional bulldogges they
were creating between them.
The name Renascence Bulldogge was picked out and
Trademarked to represent the style of alternative bulldog the RBKC is seeking to
promote and reproduce to protect the interests of those involved with it. This
was done to prevent other people and other registries from attaching and
wrongfully applying the RB name to their bulldogges and bullbreed crosses to
help the RBKC to maintain future integrity in the RB breed.
I've been developing my Gargoyle line of Renascence
Bulldogges for the last 14yrs (I started in 1990).
Atone time I was a American Bulldog breeder. I took the best American bulldogs I
had at the time. I had dogs down out of Sure-Grip's Freddy Krueger, Kennedy's
Epitome, JDJ's Rebel Rouser III & a few others & crossed in 4 other bullbreeds
to create the foundation of my Gargoyle bloodline.
After my 1st few generations of mixed breed crosses I took the dogs from these
breedings that exibited the physical, temperament, health traits I desired in my
Gargoyle line & developed a linebreeding program off of them to seed these
traits into my bloodline.
14 years later dogs like Omen & others on my web site show the fruits of my
labor (a labor of love....lol).
The 5 foundation breeds used to create my Gargoyle line of Renascence Bulldogges
are...
1) American Bulldog
2) Hermes Bulldogge
3) English Bulldog
4) Bullmastiff
5) Bandogge (Old Family Red Nosed Pitbull/English Mastiff cross)
Chadde JoliCoeur, Gargoyle's Kennels