We are you typical middle class family, Thomas and I have been married since Jan 1997 and we have 2 wonderful children Wiley Kade (born 08/1998) and McKayla Renee' (born 03/2000) along with our three BULLDOGS, a Royal Python named "Jake", 4 horses and aprox. 70 head of cattle.
I (Melanie) am a Paramedic for St. Johns Mercy Health Systems, I work out of Lebanon, MO in Laclede county where we service the city of Lebanon (population of around 18,000) as well as the county. I have been a Paramedic for almost 4 years and worked as a nurse for 6 years prior becoming a Paramedic. I am currently finishing up my Bachelors degree in Medical Science and plan to apply for PA (Physician's Assistant) School in the near future.
Our hard work over the years have paid off, as we are fortunate to have a relatively large home in which to raise our family and our bullies (6 bedrooms/3 full baths) that sits on 35 acres, and our neighboring 200 acres that we call our hobby farm that we raise our Black Angus cattle on. Needless to say our dogs have plenty of room to run and play when weather and time allows.
WE ARE NOT A KENNEL,
Just A Family Dedicated to the Breed
Thomas, Melanie, Wiley & Mckayla Miller
Thomas, works for Airgas Inc. where he is works in sales & delivery of Industerial and Medical Gases and Saftey Supplies. He has been with the company since 2000. Prior to that, we owned a demolition business that took us cross country for the 4 years of our marriage. We lived in Las Vegas, NV for almost 3 years and Loveland CO for a little over a year before settling down back here in our home state of Missouri to raise our family.
Wiley is becoming quite the young man and is very athletic. He has been playing Baseball for the past couple years. In 2009 he played on a traveling team "The Silver Sluggers" . The traveling kept us busy being out of state almost every weekend, but it paid off. Their team swept the State Championship Tourn with a 8-0 record and went on to play in the World Series Games brining home 5th Place. We look forward to the 2010 season (March-Oct) He also enjoys the outdoors and loves to hunt and fish alongside his dad...your typical boy!
McKayla is growing into quite the young lady. She to loves sports as well, her favorites are Basketball and Softball. She loves riding horses, Four-wheelers and being her Great Grandpa's little side kick around the farm!
Needless to say, between the two of them they keep us busy---But it's well worth it!
We all count down the days between litters and can't wait to have puppies nipping at our heels again. As of now our females are on opposite whelping schedules so we don't have more than one litter at a time on the ground and as much as we love our babies we don't have the facilities to accommodate more than one litter at a time. As of now we have a spare bedroom which is the dog's room (each has their own crate and usually the crate door is always open), our utility room is rather large and serves as our nursery and puppy quarters. We set up an X-large wire crate and wire the door open so that momma can tend to her puppies as needed and be able to be with the family between feedings and naps. As the puppies get mobile they are litter box trained (usually by 4 weeks are completely litter box trained) and we place a child's gate at the doorway and that becomes the puppy room (the floor and walls are tile so they can't do much damage). When we are home you can usually find at least one puppy in each of the kids arms or room or just hanging out with Thomas or I around the house. We do get very attached to our babies so if you are considering purchasing one please know that we will consider you as extended family from the point of purchase and beyond.
In 2001 we purchased our first English Bulldog "Roxie" at the age of 2 weeks old from a friend of Thomas's who has admired the breed and enjoyed the company of English bulldogs for over 20 years! He swore that there wasn't a more loyal and loving breed than an English Bulldog and the time he had spent without one was spent looking for another. In the short time we have had the pleasure of having an English Bulldog in our lives we have come to the same conclusion...... they should hold the title for "A MANS BEST FRIEND".
We still talk about how our first English Bulldog came into our lives. We looked elsewhere, but kept coming back to our friends whom did not run a kennel or a puppy mill, just two honest and ordinary people in their late 50's both having 
full time jobs (Larry a factory supervisor & wife in Home Health) looking at retirement and a way to substitute their income. Their love and loyalty to the breed over the years thru the life cycle of their previous 2 English Bull now the third had led them thru extensive research of the breed and put them on a mission to improve the health and preserve the muscular structure an the loving temperament of the English Bulldog.
We placed our deposit on a female at birth and 2 weeks later we got first pick of a litter of 10 puppies (5 male/5 female) and chose our white beauty, "Roxie". We visited her almost weekly until the age of 8 weeks when we finally could take her home. We were told of the Champion bloodlines, however at that time we didn't really care so much about that as we did about this dog that was thought so highly of by so many people world wide.
We were anxious to find out what made every bulldog owner "Bulldog
Crazy", how could they be so in love with a breed that was as cute as a button as a puppy but came with a reputation of growing into a snorting, snoring, farting, drooling, wrinkled up and lay at your feet family pet? As you can imagine, it didn't take us long to find out and within weeks yes you guessed it, we to were bulldog crazy!
Now having more knowledge of the breed and being breeders ourselves we are proud of the bloodlines we purchased and the absolutely perfect health Roxie has had. Looking back it's nice to know that we didn't buy a cull from a puppy mill with a life long history of illness as some people have had the misfortune of buying. At the age of 2 we decided to breed Roxie, and by that time our friend had purchased a beautiful male with multiple Champions in his pedigree purchased from Texas that was show quality and just coming of age. Her first breeding, she had a litter of 5 and all survived. All placed in loving handpicked homes where they would get lots of love and we would get lots of pictures and updates as they grew. We have continued to interview our potential buyers and help them find or pick the perfect bully for their family.
With Roxie's second litter I fell in love with a beautiful red and white brindle female
that looked just like her daddy, I called her "Paris" from day one, because there was
just something adventurous and classy about her. After some begging and pleading
with my husband.....she was mine! We are now offering puppies from her one litter
ayear as well as her mother's one litter a year (we have tried to avoid having them
both have puppies at the same time since our home is not quite equipped for that
many puppies). As I said we are NOT a puppy mill or a kennel, just a family whom
loves the breed.
This page was last updated: January 19, 2010
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and have found it helpful in you search for an English bulldog, rather it be for stud services or a bully puppy from our bloodlines or elsewhere. We do like to let all of our potential buyers know that once you have purchased one of our English bulldogs that you have become an extended part of our family, as we get very attached to our puppies. They are raised in our home just as their mother was, and become very socialized before ever leaving our home with the help of our 2 children and many family members and friends who LOVE OUR BULLY PUPPIES! We request that all buyers send pictures as often as possible at least during the first year as they are growing and changing so much, and whenever possible after that along with a brief card or email to let us know how our babies are doing. We do this not only to see our babies mature into beautiful adults, but to also stay in touch with our buyers if they were to have any questions our concerns in regards to their bully along the way.
If we don't have what you are looking for we wish you the best of luck in your search and if we can be of any help please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely, Melanie Miller & FamilyOur Heart's Emerald Beauty aka "Emma" was born in March of 2008 to the proud parents Roxie and Bentley. She is a beautiful fawn and white female. She is the perfect combination of both her parents, she has the funny and loving side of her father and the dominate charteristics of her mother Roxie. We are happy to have her as another member of our bulldog family.
Emma whelped her first litte of puppies in 2009. A beautiful litter of 4. Of this litter there was one special litter girl whom caught my eye. She was the runt of the litter but had such spunk. She was a beautiful gray-fawn color (which has never changed) after much delima and refusing multiple offers to purchase her, we decided to keep her. She is the newest member of our Bulldog family "Our Heart's Summer Lily". If Emma continues to throw puppies like Lily and her littermates we will definately be seeing one of her puppies in the showing scene soon!
"OUR HEART's SUMMER LILY"
(daughter of Emma)
we hope to offer Puppies from Lily in late fall 2010
The latest addition to our family is "Sir Bentley" whom we purchased Dec 31, 2006 at the age of 12 weeks and is Double Registered AKC and FCI imported at 8 weeks from Europe from a reputable breeder whom has many champions under her belt so all of her puppies come with multiple line Champion Pedigrees. We intend to Show him and to use him for breeding services. We feel having both male and female and knowing their backgrounds & being in our day to day activities, we can better answer questions our potential buyers might have about our puppies.
Bentley has proved the stories that I have heard about a female being more affectionate and loving than a male in most breeds FALSE!! He stole a spot in out heart the moment he came into our lives. He is the sweeter than a honey pot, he is loving, polite & smart--never jealous or aggressive. He loves everyone & everything reguardless what species, (He even tries to kiss/lick and play with "Jake" our Python) and has been such a wounderful father and stepfather to mulitple Litter of puppies.
We have to scold him frequently when we have a new litter of puppies in the house because we find sneaking in with them and cleaning them (which leaves them a wet slobbery mess) or playing with them every chance he gets as they get older.
We are so proud of his disposition that in 2008 we kept a daugher out of he and Roxie. Her name is Our Heart's Emerald Beauty but we call her "Emma".
