User:MIKE HODGENS

MY NAME IS MIKE HODGENS AND I AM THE ORIGINAL CREATER OF THE BULL ARAB BREED IN 1970. I HAVE JUST READ THE ARTICLE HERE AND TAKE ISSUE WITH THE CLAIM ABOUT THIS BREED ATTACKING PEOPLE. THERE WAS 2 REFERENCES GIVEN AND THE CLAIM WAS ABOUT BULL ARAB CROSSES. NO PROOF OF THE BREEDING IS GIVEN AT ALL AND NO PHOTOS. WHAT IS CLEAR IS THEY WERE SOME SORT OF CROSSES AND THATS ALL. IF YOU READ THE 3RD REFERENCE YOU WILL FIND THE ACCOUNT UNBELIEVABLE WHERE A FEMALE POSTAL WORKER CLAIMS TO PROTECT HERSELF WITH A ROCK AND BIKE. HERE THERE IS A PHOTO AND THIS CLEARLY PROVES THEY ARE NOT BULL ARABS. THERE WERE NO SELF COLOURED TAN BULL ARABS AT THAT TIME. THE COLOUR NEAREST TO THESE DOGS IS LIVER BUT IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GENE AND THE NOSE IS CHOCOLATE, NOT BLACK AND THE EYES ARE YELLOW. THE SHAPE OF THE DOGS ALSO TELLS ME THEY WERE NOT BULL ARABS. IT UPSETS ME TO SEE SUCH STUPID DAMAGING STORIES TOLD BY IGNORANT PEOPLE. WHEN I BRED THIS BREED ONE OF THE THINGS I DID MAKE SURE OF WAS THAT THEY WERE SAFE WITH PEOPLE ESPECIALLY CHILDREN. THERE ARE NO CASES OF GENUINE BULL ARABS ATTACKING CHILDREN. ONE DISHONEST BREEDER BRED A LINE OF DOG HE CALLED BULL ARABS IN WHICH HE PUT CATTLE DOG AND BLOODHOUND. A DOG FROM THIS LINE ATTACKED A YOUNG BOY WHO NEEDED MICROSURGERY TO HIS FACE. THIS BREED IS NOT A BULL ARAB AND THIS BREEDER RECENTLY ADMITTED THIS IN A PUBLISHED ARTICLE IN A HUNTING MAGAZINE. HE CALLS THEM PAULSEN BULLARABS SO BE AWARE THAT THESE ARE NOT BULL ARABS AND CAN BE DANGEROUS WITH CHILDREN. CATTLE DOGS AND BLOODHOUNDS HAVE BITTEN MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING ME SO I KNOW THESE BREEDS VERY WELL AND MADE SURE THEY DID NOT GET INTO THE TRUE BULL ARAB BREED. MIKE HODGENS 9 DEC 2010 PS I AM IN THE PROCESS OF GIVING THE BREED A SUBSTANTIAL MAKE-OVER TO RECTIFY DAMAGE DONE TO THE BREED IN RECENT TIMES.