Ole Plantation Bulldogs - ARF registered Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldogs

At Ole Plantation Bulldogs we breed by the ARF standard for quality, not quantity.

Over the years we travelled across the country from Maine to Georgia, Texas, California
and Oregon selecting the best stock available. We then narrowed those selections
even further to arrive at the final selection of dogs that would comprise our breeding program.

We believe that by breeding for conformation, temperament and the working drive that makes
the Alapaha both a true working bulldog and a loving family companion and protector,
we offer some of the finest Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldogs available.

From the ARF regarding the Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog
In November of 1986, Ms. Lana Lou Lane of Rebecca, Georgia, the originator of the "Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldog" name, contacted the founder of the Animal Research Foundation (ARF), Mr. Tom D. Stodghill (1903-1989) in regards to preserving a rare breed of working bulldogs that her family kept on the farm as did other farmers, ranchers and stockmen living near the Alapaha River Region of South Georgia and other parts of the southeastern United States. As a result of Ms. Lane's passion to preserve this rare breed, Mr. Stodghill, ARF's genealogist, accepted her plan to preserve this "old timey plantation bulldog of the Alapaha River region", or "Otto dog", as Ms. Lane's granddaddy, Papa Buck Lane, had previously called them. However, regardless of the other names they were called, this working bulldog found its way to America from England, as many were brought to America by the early English colonists.		However, today this 200-year-old-plus {Alapaha} bulldog import is still the same dog, with two exceptions; the "Alapaha" name (which has only been used for the past 20-plus years) and the number of dogs that currently exist (this is why they are considered a rare breed). With a knowledge of these facts, having been originally supplied to the public by the ARF from 1986 to 2008, there are now in our midst unscrupulous breeders who have created their own privately held "Alapaha Registries" and/or websites, to create an "Alapaha" breed fiction for the sake of seducing an uneducated public into purchasing a "bulldog" from their kennel. And, they have gotten away with their nefarious scheme, as Ms. Lana Lou Lane failed to trademark the "Alapaha" name. Therefore, anyone can produce a "bulldog" and call it an "Alapaha". However, it is left up to you, the dog purchaser, to decide if you want a true "Alapaha", or a bastardized breed that is being called an "Alapaha". Therefore, the more rhetoric one reads or hears, one can conclude that it is to remove suspicion from their unorthodox breeding practice.		The ARF has been in existence for more than 60 years (Est. 1947) and we have had a close association with Ms. Lana Lou Lane up until her untimely passing in 2001. However, part of ARF's and Ms. Lane's original agreement, as an ARF Certified Breeder of "Alapaha Blue Blood Bulldogs" was that the ARF would continue on her work in perpetuity. Today, her legacy is being carried forth by the Foundation and its ARF Certified Breeders. Therefore, if anyone has an "Alapaha" for sale, just ask if the dog/pup is ARF-registered, and/or if they are an ARF Certified Breeder. If not, BUYER BEWARE!