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1998 National Specialty Champion Joshua's Sand Valley Sam A.K.A. "Cowboy" CD III, the first OFA "Excellent" (AMB28E39M-T) male Bulldog in the world. The "Cowboy strain" of American bulldog is a complete outcross to the contemporary modern American Bulldog. Contemporary meaning, strains of Bulldogs made popular in the past 30 years by breeders such as Alan Scott, John D. Johnson, Williamson, Painter, Tate, etc. The "Cowboy strain" is the popular choice of many breeders in America and abroad to widen the American Bulldog gene pool. "Cowboy" winner at the 1998 National Specialty Show as well as an CD III  Titled Bulldog was truly a remarkable animal. I've watched this Bulldog knock a 200lb. wild boar off his feet and drag him 20 yards before I could stop him. Cowboy, a real Ol' Time Bulldog, literally caught over 100 wild hogs and never considered giving up on any bad boar. I could then take Cowboy squirrel hunting, tell him to look for'em and he'd look up every tree sniff evrytrunk and if there was a squirrel around he'd find him. Then if you needed a trail dog for a wounded deer come get Cowboy. Not only would he trail but if the deer tried to jump and run Ol' Cowboy would catch him. Another aspect that we are extremely proud of, Cowboy has produced many generations of certified hips and for many years was the only OFA Excellent bulldog to produce an Excellent. Now at Joshua Kennels...because of Cowboy we have generations of OFA Excellent bulldogs but, more importantly, generations of ol' fashioned Bulldogs that are willing to do modern day work, such as, show conformation, home protection, Shutzhund, Ring sport, weight pulling etc.  December 24, 1999, while I and my family were out for dinner, someone came on our property and poisoned Cowboy with anti-freeze. I buried Cowboy Christmas morning. I don't understand things like this however, God has blessed us with an outstanding son of Cowboy, "Nat'l CH. Joshua's Ol' Southern White" aka Josh. The "Legend" continues!!!!!!!                Nat'l CH. Joshua's Ol' Southern White aka "Josh" OFA Excellent, SchH BH, CDIII                                                                                             Nat'l CH. Joshua's Sand Valley Sam aka "Cowboy"

See Cowboy in Action Also, Cowboy is featured in the book  "American Bulldogs Stories, Facts and Legends"  Buy the book at: The Bulldog Store "Cowboy" & "Caleb" catching Monster Wild Boar,  Joshua Bulldogs working together, not only together but nose to nose. Cowboy & daughter Rachel 1994 Lem Miller's favorite picture The Legendary "Cowboy" Even hog dogs will protect!

good bye ol' friend

Nat'l CH. JOSHUA'S OL' SOUTHERN WHITE 
AKA "JOSH"

SchH BH, OFA Excellent, UCDIII

JOSH PASSED TUESDAY FEBRUARY 5TH, 2008
11 GREAT YEARS!!!

HE HAD NEVER BEEN SICK A DAY IN HIS LIFE...
HE WAS INDEED THE GREATEST BULLDOG I'VE EVER HAD.

3 DIFFERENT VETS COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG...
JOSH, SIMPLY DECIDED HE WAS READY TO GO HUNT
GOLDEN "WILD BOAR" WITH SAPPHIRE EYES
IN THE HEAVENLY SWAMPS OF THE HEREAFTER.

HE ALLOWED ME TO BE THERE TO SAY GOODBYE!!!
I LOOKED HIM IN THE EYES AND TOLD'IM;

I LOVE YA, OL' BUDDY, HE LOOKED DEEP INTO MY EYES...
THEN HE WAS GONE!!!

THANKS JOSH, YOU'VE GIVEN US A LOT TO LIVE UP TO...

PAPA LEM

thanks to everyone for your kindness, calls and emails...
it means a bunch!!!
psalm 30:11-12

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

 

Nat'l CH. Joshua's Ol' Southern White,  OFA Excellent,  UCD III, SchH BH                          PICTURED IS JOSHUA MILLER WITH JOSHUA'S OL' SOUTHERN WHITE OFA EXCELLENT, UCDIII, SCH H BH                                                                                                                                              "Josh" pictured during Sch H BH with Kathy Jo Magan...Winning the National's with Pastor Lem Miller  "Josh" Best in Show" in the only 3 specialty shows he's been in;                                                                         Best in Show 2003 NKC National Championships                                                                         Best in Show

Josh is an outstanding son of Joshua's Sand Valley Sam aka Cowboy, OFA Excellent, and Joshua's Shunammite,  OFA Good, giving him a heritage of over 80 years of nothing but "Ol' Southern White" bulldogs in his pedigree.   When it comes to confirmation, it's as if Josh read the standard and requested his picture as the example. He is as  correct front and back as you'll ever see. You should compare Josh's picture to John D. Johnson's foundation sire  (in the section on this site "The Original Bulldog") Sand Man the Great, as you will see, Josh looks exactly like  "Sandy". Perfect structure, ideal head of the ol' time bulldogs, true "Southern American Bulldog" temperament.  In addition, he was protection trained by French ring trainer Bill Woody, making him one of the most complete  American bulldogs in the World. At age 7 he won the NKC Nationals Best in Show and started his training in Schutzhund. Shortly he had his SchH BH title. To top things off, he like his sire, Josh is OFA Excellent. Lem Miller author of  "American Bulldogs Stories, Facts and Legends" said; "Josh is the most complete bulldog  I've ever seen, and the best bulldog I've ever had. On February 4th Josh left our porch where he spent most of the time guarding the house and my family. Figuring he went to the woods (we live in the country...why Josh ran loose) we searched for Josh that Monday night till our batteries in our flash lights burned out. Tuesday morning I got up early to continue the search knowing he went to the woods to die. Josh had never been sick a day in his life but in the last couple weeks at age 11 years, he stopped eating. Three different Vets could find nothing wrong...x-rays, blood work, ultra sound etc. But that Tuesday morning I found him in a beautiful ravine barely alive. I rushed him to Macon Georgia to a recommended Veterinarian specialist who after much testing, could not help Josh, as he had decided his time was up. I gave him a big hug looked him in the eyes and told him I loved him and said Thank you. Looking deep into my eyes he was then gone.      Josh "alert"           Protection work in the demanding sport of French Ring Josh scaling a 6 foot wall Josh taking a bite in Schutzhund training pictured at 8 years old Josh with "Legendary"  Schutzhund trainer Gottfried Dildei

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Joshua's Shunammite...Josh's momma
AKA "Baby" OFA Good, AMB-84G24F-T(Hips and Elbows). Baby is from Uncle Ralph's Ol' family strain of "White English"  aka Ol' Southern White Bulldogs. Uncle Ralph, 80 years young, has raised these Ol' Southern Bulldogs all his life and his father before him. With absolutely no contemporary strains, (contemporary being strains developed in the past 30 years) such as Johnson, Scott, Williamson, Painter, Tate, Etc. Baby is one of the hottest producers of hard driving, intelligent Bulldogs in the country. Baby 85 lean pounds, is a big boned heavily muscled bitch, that throws these characteristics  in her offspring. Early in March 97 Al Banuelos and Tom Riche famous Bulldog Schutzhund trainers from California came to Joshua Kennels in Florida and evaluated our Bulldogs. When they began to agitate Baby she slipped her collar and went for Al, not the sleeve, but his face. This was the first time she had been worked in protection. Needless to say, Al made the adjustment and fed her the sleeve. Both Al and Tom were very impressed with her natural protection instincts and hard bite. Much training later, Baby worked as a full-time security Bulldog on patrol with American K-9 Guardian Security service.Folks if your looking for the bulldog that Alan Scott & John D. Johnson started with, Baby is it. We know for a fact there have been no outcrosses of any kind for at least 80 years. In this strain there is nothing but "Ol' Southern Bulldogs."    (now retired)
"Joshua's Shunammite"
                                                       
             She's all bulldog!!!!!!                   Lem Miller and his beloved "Baby" pictured at 9 years old  ...Baby now deceased!!!!   




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Riley is a son of Nat'l Champion Joshua's Ol' Southern White
and Imperial Sheba Girl of Joshua. Riley, is also a belly brother to Grand Champion Knowles' Ragin Rosco.
He is a true farm style bulldog that will work with pleasure. Riley doesn't know how big his heart is
but I can tell you...extremely large!

Riley is 100 lbs. of conformation plus, the tightest feet (cat feet) of any male we've ever had.
His temperament is the most solid of all our bulldogs, taking after his sire and is as loving as they come.
Whether it's laying around the house, playing with my granddaughter or catching a bad boar...Riley loves it all!!!

Joshua's Bailey, OFA, 110 lbs
 

aka Bailey is an awesome son of Nat'l CH. Joshua's Ol' Southern White,
OFA, SchH BH, UCDIII and Joshua's Oz, OFAp, CDIII.
Bailey is, 100 lbs. of bulldog that is athletic, a true alpha male with
comformation plus. Solid white, with eye pigment around
both eyes he can win any specialty show.
Bailey was formerly trained by
Canine Behaviorist Richard Heinz who says;
"Bailey is a beast, a great dog that is so quick and
powerful... it's scary. His bite work is awesome!"
 
 Joshua Kennels originally sold Bailey (as a pup) to Bill Sawyer who, due to
personal health reasons has allowed Joshua Kennels to purchase Bailey...
Bill thank you for the opportunity of placing this fine Joshua Bulldog
in the Joshua Kennels breeding program!
Bill,we are praying for your quick recovery!!!

Bailey is available at stud to select bitches...

pictured with Joshua Miller

Joshua's Benjamite aka "Ben" is a working son of Nat'l CH. Joshua's Ol' Southern White, 
aka "Josh", OFA Excellent, SchH BH, CDIII and White Bandit's Cora Berith of Joshua, CDIII OFAp.

Of course Josh is the best all-around bulldog we've ever had and Cora was probably as tuff a bulldog as we've ever seen. So you see... Ben has intelligence, conformation, size, agility, power, etc. This 110 lbs of bulldog has it all...plus the temperament that made Joshua Bulldogs famous.

Ben pictured with my son...Joshua Miller

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Joshua's Shunammite II OFA Excellent, 90 lbs.	Joshua's Shunammite II aka "Sugar" is a granddaughter of Nat'l CH. Joshua's Ol' Southern White and the original Joshua's Shunammite aka "Baby". Named after the Shunammite woman of the Bible that was said to be a great woman. Evidently we think a lot of Sugar or we would never have named her after our beloved "Baby" who has gained legendary status as one of the best bulldogs of all times.    Sugar, is extremely athletic and a conformation show winner. Old bulldog qualities have made her a great producer of the Ol' Southern White "type" here at Joshua Kennels.    In addition, Sugar like her belly brother "Atze"  her dam, grand-sire and grand-dam has perfect hips proven by her OFA Excellent certification, establishing her as the 5th OFA Excellent bulldog in her pedigree.
	Sugar giving Lem some sugar!!!!

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aka "Baby" SchH BH, GT1

Baby, won "Best in Show"  January 1, 2006 in Ocala, Florida 
and was also awarded the Degree of NKC GOOD TEMPERAMENT TEST LEVEL 1

Pictured is Baby during Schutzhund training

   Baby pictured with Greg Naranjo

Baby is out of Gr.CH. Ostergaard's Diablo, HD/A, Sch 1, BH, AD, ZTP and
Joshua's Sheba, HD/A, ZTP who is out of Nat'l CH. Joshua's Ol' Southern White, OFA Excellent, CDIII, SchH BH
and Imperial Sheba Girl of Joshua, OFA Excellent, CDIII

 

Congratulations to our New Champion Joshua's White Bandits Love aka "Baby"
Baby received her Championship April 13th at the Heart of Dixie Show traditionally the largest
American Bulldog Show in the USA. Baby, excels in everything she does! Due to Schutzhund training she had not been shown in over 2 years ... what a come back!!!

we're proud of "Baby"

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Joshua's Zamar' aka Lolli is a line bred Joshua Bulldog that is 2nd to none!!!

Zamar' is a Foundational Hebrew word for Praise found in the Bible meaning
"the touching of the strings in instrumental worship".

100 lbs. of Ol' Southern White ... this "Gyp" is the real deal and absolutely,
 unequivocally Praises the breeding program of Joshua Kennels. Conformation extraordinaire,
big, strong, fast, massive bone and built better than most males this female is in a world all by herself.

8 OFA Excellent bulldogs in her pedigree
 
A daughter of Atze and Dusty making her line-bred from
the "Josh, Cowboy/Shunammite" lines...