1998 National Specialty Champion

Joshua's Sand Valley Sam A.K.A. "Cowboy" UCD 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 American Bulldog. Contemporary meaning, strains of Bulldogs made popular in the past 50 years by breeders such as Alan Scott, John D. Johnson, Williamson, Painter, Tate, etc.

"Cowboy" winner at the 1998 National Specialty Show (Casey Couturier, Judge)

  
I've watched this Bulldog knock a wild boar off his feet and drag him 20 feet before I could stop him. Cowboy, a real Ol' Time Bulldog, literally caught many 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 every trunk and if there was a squirrel around he'd find him. 

Cowboy in Action
"Cowboy" & "Caleb" catching Monster Wild Boar
Joshua Bulldogs not only together but nose to nose.

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 structurally sound bulldogs, but more importantly, generations of ol' fashioned Bulldogs that are willing to work, such as show conformation, home protection, Shutzhund, Ring sport, weight pulling, etc.. 

Cowboy & daughter Rachel 1994
Lem Miller's favorite picture

National Champion 
Joshua's Sand Valley Sam aka "Cowboy"

Cowboy is featured in the book
"American Bulldogs Stories, Facts and Legends"
Purchase the book at "The Bulldog Store"
 
The Legendary "Cowboy"

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 then blessed us with an outstanding son of Cowboy, "Nat'l CH. Joshua's Ol' Southern White" aka Josh and "The "Legend Continues."            

National Champion - Joshua's Ol' Southern White
aka "Josh"OFA Excellent, SchH BH, UCDIII

Josh gave us many years of love and loyalty and became the best all-around bulldog I've ever had or seen. He, like his sire, loved to work and was an outstanding catch dog. Josh weighed 93 lbs but was much larger on the inside than he was on the out. He was a true producer of the Ol' Southern White  "type" having been sired by "Cowboy" and the best producing Ol' Southern White ever, Joshua's Shunammite aka "Baby." Josh's legacy is worldwide having sired pups, grand pups, great grands, you get the picture, in countries such as Russia, New Zealand, Australia, England, France, Germany, Sweden, etc..

National  Champion
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 30:11-12Thou hast tued for me my mouing 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.

National Champion Joshua's Isaac
 
Isaac is an outstanding son of Champion Joshua's White Bandits Love and Joshua's Bailey, who both are line bred from the lines of Josh and Cowboy with Baily being a direct son of Josh and Baby Love, a grand daughter. 
At the 2013 NKC National Speacialty Championship, Isaac won everything there was to win and became National Champion. Isaac has beautiful conformation, structure, temperament and the stuff that made the bulldog breed famous. One of the most important traits about Isaac is, he is a true producing sire. Meaning he constantly reproduces himself which indeed is rare with bulldog sires. The broods are normally dominant in the traits of the pups, as she is normally 70-80% of the breeding process. So, when you find a true producing male like Isaac, you have been truly blessed by God Himself. As you can see, "The Legend Continues!"

At the National Championship, Isaac received 2 Best in Show Wins plus winning the Nationals against the Top 10 American Bulldogs and all the Best in Class Winners. 

"The Champion of Champions"
The Ol' Southern White "type"
American Bulldog.