He was imported as a puppy from Hungary, where ear cropping, illegal in the UK, still happens, and was bought by a young couple for £4,000 (prices rocketed during the pandemic). When he gets nervous, he wees, and Spike gets nervous a lot.
And they are braced for Christmas to be even busier.īut back to Spike. Animal charities and vets have reported everything from cats to cockerels being left. And they are being abandoned like never before. XL bullies – along with cuter, “more designery”, says Moss, French bulldogs, dachshunds, cockapoos and cavapoos – “were the top five lockdown dogs”. We’re at its kennels near Waltham Abbey in Essex. They are fashionable among a certain type of dog owner, says Ira Moss, founder of the rehoming charity All Dogs Matter. Spike is an XL bully bully stands for American bulldog, XL means bred to be bigger. Thick-set, broad-chested, narrow-eyed, he has a look that says “don’t mess with me”, and he has tiny, pointed ears that have been cut to make him look more intimidating. O n a cold, steely grey day in a farmyard in Essex I meet Spike.
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