Absolut Bullmarket

French Bulldogs & a few very confused English Toy Spaniels.

Rebel's Info:

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VersaceBIS JP/AM Ch Bullmarket Versace - Rebel

Birth:   1995-09-29 to 2006-07-13
Sire:   CH Bandog's One In A Million    
Dam:   Le Bull's Achey Breaky Heart   
Breeder:   C Gravestock-Taylor & A Toye

 

One of a litter of three boys, BIS JP/AM Ch Bullmarket's Versace was quite simply the most adorable puppy we had ever seen. We had very high hopes that Rebel would develop into a decent looking adult, but he went on to become even better than we'd hoped.

Sired by the beautiful cream BIS BISS Ch Bandog's One In A Million, out of Le Bull's Achey Breaky Heart, Rebel had his father's cobby body and gorgeous head piece, with his mother's amazing gait, perfect breathing, and fearless personality. This was truly one of those once in a life time 'nicks' - an outcross that for some reason just clicks perfectly.

After finishing up his American championship in just under four weekends of showing, Rebel topped off his show career by winning Best of breed at the Westminster Kennel Club show at Madison Sqaure Gardens (a fact which I've recently had to spend three days verifying, due to claims by annoyingly persistent rumor spreaders that his win was 'invalid'). He did this at just over one year of age, making history as only the second pied in the history of the breed to do so (and so far as we know the first ever OFA good Frenchie to win there). Reb was handled by Norma Gibson, of Amron French Bulldogs.

Rebel has been used at stud only five times, once producing Ch Bullmarket's Nasdaq, CD. Interestingly, Rebel has now sired at least ONE of every AKC color -- brindle (in various degrees from dark to tiger), cream (in shades from almost white to apricot), snow white, black masked fawns from deep red to silver, red fawn pieds and brindle pieds.

Rebel passed away on July 13, 2006. He is deeply mourned by Carol and Barb, and by his owners, the Kurata family of Japan. We are thankful to them for their loving care of Rebbie. We have frozen semen on Rebel, and look forward to seeing some of his puppies in the future. If they have 1/10 of his loving nature, we'll be lucky indeed.