Southwest Bulldogs review: Stay away from this fraud! 129

PLEASE people... DO YOUR HOMEWORK before you bring home that new baby Bulldog... Try not to purchase the first Bully you come to cause as we all know any Bully baby is a sweet heart. Go to www.thebca.org to learn the standard as well as some of defects our bulldog can suffer from. Visit the AKC www.akc.org/breeds/index.cfm. Find a Bulldog Club close to you (hint: they are on the BCA site) I can't stress this enough... Then visit several reputable Bulldog breeders in you State before making any decision. Even an untrained eye can pick a healthy baby if they have enough to look at.

Thank you for your time... GOOD LUCK!
Terri

Ok Tommy! WHATEVER! HMMM... Very strange!

Excuse me but I believe I'm a woman or perhaps you don't know how to read. Tommy wrote his complaint and is capable of responding as himself, he doesn't need any help from me. MOVE ON OFF THE TOMMY POSTING AS OTHER PEOPLE CRAP (if you were really intelligent and clever you'd click on the email buttons for posters and see that the emails are different than his -- oh wait its much easier to make stupid comments like yours).

I'm complaining because I've had several people who've purchased from SW complain to me and I've seen photos of their bulldogs produced by SW. Tommy has a legitimate complaint and I've seen pictures of that pup and his complaint all TRUE and he has a right to file a complaint, here, with the Better Business Bureau of that State - HELL, IF I WAS HIM, I'D BE SUING AND TEAMING UP WITH ALL THE OTHERS WHO WERE RIPPED OFF AND FILING A CLASS ACTION SUIT. I think I'm perfectly capable of speaking for myself and I'm sick and tired of people getting hurt to make these breeders' rich and I have the god given right to complain and warn people.

If you have a problem comprehending that I'm not Tommy, then it would be best if you not speak at all unless its something intelligent and correct.

Then again well said "TOMMY".

Well said Annise!

SW, GBBA and Members of GBBA are glorified puppymillers looking for BIG BUCKS from buyers who believe the BS and slander posted on their sites about American Breeders. Every affiliate of SW and GBBA has the same wording on all their websites and are CONTROLLED by Rick and the free bulldogs to celebrities is nothing more than an advertising hype to build his reputation (all companies do it or doesn't anybody pay attention to commercials with celebrities, see a celebrity using and selling the product, you run to buy it because if they have one, it must be okay). Believe what you will, but anyone charging $5000 and over for puppies and/or adult do - better be selling you a puppy and/or adult dog that will beat every bulldog in the AKC show rings, and produce a slew of champion get. You better be getting a complete puppy and/or dog care kit with all the supplies you'd need for that dog for that price. You should also be getting a written guarantee, money back if what he sells you does not pan out to be what HE PROMISED it would be.

As for genetics -- he better be producing bulldogs whose life spans surpass those being produced by knowledgeable breeders, and they better live to over 15 years of age or longer and have absolutely no health problems. He best have the documentation to prove it too. Also, IS HE A GENETICIST because I always thought you needed a degree to make that proclamation. Well does he have one?

His site states in big bold letters "Breeders of Champions" to make this statement one would have to picture those champions for all to see (or produced written proof of same), I see none on his site or those of his affiliate members of the GBBA. None of the bulldogs pictured on any of those sites have their pedigrees posted and quite a few have small heads and fly away ears. Also if the BCA and AKC illustrated standards are so bad, then why is he using them, if he's the genetics expert as he claims to be, shouldn't he have illustrations drawn up of his genetically engineered bulldogs? Come on - if someone states this crap wouldn't you want to see their degree of expertise and training, where's the picture of his degrees? Rick is not who he makes himself out to be, a puppymiller is a puppymiller and its a business no matter how fancy the wording is or the so called facts HE states are and in great length (he provides nothing written, no scientific evidence from scientists or well known experts, no pedigrees, NOTHING). EXACTLY what Rick has established for himself and his followers, is a profitable business and many are buying his sales pitches and BS he feeds to them - he's the cult leader of puppymillers. Everything is written to convince people he's the man to see to get a PERFECT bulldog. First off, there is NO PERFECT BULLDOG, never will be, however, there are bulldogs who are very close. Anybody pitching they have the perfect bulldog to you is full of it.

Using photographs that are copyrighted is a crime - there are COPYRIGHT LAWS which makes him using a photograph taken by a professional photographer NOT employed by him to take the picture for HIS PERSONAL USE illegal. He is using it for the purposes of selling HIS puppies by advertising pups that were NOT produced by him as his pups from his breeding program is ILLEGAL, ITS FALSE ADVERTISING AND AN ACT OF FRAUD. It doesn't take much to right click on a photo and copy it if its posted by the owner of the photograph on a discussion forum which is where I'm sure he got it or an affiliate member of his.

As for giving to St. Jude's, that's a charitable contribution made by a LLC and filed on their tax returns, so he got that back. Again, all corporate entities do this, its a tax write off as well as the free bulldogs he gives to celebrities. In essence he gets it back - he's a business. NO AMERICAN BREEDER OPERATES AS AN INC., LLC, L.P., OR ANY OTHER CORPORATE ENTITY. My free bulldogs go to children with disabilities, two are with children who have autism (I've gotten nothing back and cannot claim them as a write off because I'm not a business and not in it to make the money Rick and his affiliates make). If Rick is so wonderful, then why not help kids who want a dog why does he have to give to celebrities. BECAUSE ITS FREE ADVERTISING AND BRAGGING FOR HIM, how commendable is that.

Just beware, be careful, and always read between the lines. The world is full of people who can sell ice cubes to Eskimos. Sign nothing and never give someone all your money without first getting the paperwork necessary for that puppy and/or dog, never buy without seeing what you are getting, AND NEVER LET SOMEONE TELL YOU ANY DIFFERENT. Any respectable breeder has no problem providing you everything you need to know what you're buying and has no problems showing the parents and they have no problems replacing and/or reimbursing you for health problems. Any respectable breeder would make time for you, as new owners you are important to our dog's lives.

What's wrong with American Breeders? That is way to funny.

He (rick ) ans his GBBA all live in America don't they? They breed don't they?

So I guess he just grouped him self in with that whole BS story he runs on people lol

Matt or Rick

I dont think so rick, or matt because I believe this is either you matt or your fraud dad. You are the ones making the fake people because every fake here to claim they have a dog from you has yet to produce any proof of healthy bulldogs with papers. HMMM now thats a little funny take the time to defend the frauds but not take the time to show actual proof. I guess im all these other people here calling out the fraud rick. I have my proof, i have my contract, my vet bills, my pictures to show his so called A+ quality and oh I dont have no papers because THAT FRAUD NEVER GAVE THEM TO ME! What business do you have here? Your matt or rick trying to do damage control because the word is getting out and getting out fast. AND IM NOT THE LIAR RICK JOHNSTON IS THE LIAR AND THE FRAUD AND A FAKE AND A JOKE IN THE BULLDOG WORLD! And I dont know who nancy is but apparently she got robbed by that fraud rick just like otilia did oh what I guess im otilia also and I guess im brady. Oh i guess im shelly also claiming that those are my pics rick and his gbba stole to advertise with. I mean what a joke and if thats not proof his gbba is a joke after all that he talks about american breeders and their line breed dogs he has to go out and advertise these same line breed bulldogs so people will buy his dogs. Look here that FRAUD RICK IS GETTING EXPOSED DAY BY DAY AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLES STORIES ARE COMING OUT. ITS SUCH A GREAT THING THAT WHEN SOMEONE TYPES IN SOUTHWEST BULLDOGS UP COMES THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE FRAUD TO WARN INNOCENT PEOPLE OF THIS SCAMMER!

FACTS ABOUT THE FRAUD RICK JOHNSTON:

Never has shown a champion dog
Never produced a champion dog
Bought fred(limited edition)from another breeder
Sells unhealthy dogs
Sells dogs with no registration papers
Does almost everything he warns people on his site about when ripping off people
Has not been breeding for 20 years as he claims
Is a complete joke in the bulldog world!

SouthWest and his spinoff Generic Breeder, California Coast Bulldogs has a pic at the top of their page of five pups on the Beach. The pups in the pics ARE NOT SW or CCB puppies, they are MINE! For someone that preaches American bred Bulldogs are crap why do they use Buldog puppies pics from American Breeders?
SW bashes the AKC Bulldog Standard yet uses its Illustrated pics on his site? If their generic bulldog is so damn good why not use their own pics on their websites?

TOMMY,

It's so funny how YOU posted a complaint first on that website, and then "NANCY FROM LONG BEACH, CA" posts a complaint 3 hrs. later? HMMM... Very weird? I think you are saying you are a lot of people with complaints? You are probably giving all these fake name and complaints, and it's ALL YOU! VERY STRANGE? Who's the Liar now?!

You didn't find her complaint on that website! You wrote yours, and the wrote "NANCY FROM LONG BEACH!"

Hers is another satisfied client of that fraud rick johnston:

Rick Johnson at Southwest Bulldogs made up this whole scam about "genetic breeders" I paid $25,000 for my three dogs! They are UGLY! They do not even fit the Bulldog standard! People ask me where I got them and absolutely can't believe what I paid for them! I meet people at the park that paid $1800.00 for their puppy and they are twice as good looking as mine! Even the dog on Rob and Big has a REALLY SMALL HEAD just like all of his ugly dogs! He does NOT breed champions but claims on his site that he's a champion breeder!

I called the AKC. He has never, ever bred a champion or showed a dog! He's a complete liar! Look at his "facility" Look at the dog pool and grass! Now that I have Bulldogs, I realize that there's NO WAY that could be real! They would destroy a small area like that in five minutes flat! You don't know what it's like to be made a fool of for this type of money!

It would be fine if he sold his dogs (which are sub standard) for a backyard breeder price of $1500.00 to $1800.00 but for what he charges. how can he sleep at night? He's a liar and completely took advantage of me, knowing that I wanted to breed healthy, quality dogs. These are puppy mill dogs! All three have gotten cherry eye! ALL THREE! I don't think cherry eye is that big of a deal but when I signed up for this, I was ASSURED that these would be PERFECT!

All three of my dogs have pin heads! They don't even look like Bulldogs! So what makes his dogs worth THIS KIND OF MONEY NOTHING! Ive written the IRS with my receipts of what I've paid. My guess is that anyone this dishonest with buyers is just as dishonest with their taxes!

This guy's stud fee is INCREDIBLE! Who on earth does he think he is? Don't GET FOOLED BY THIS CROOK! His whole family is in on this scam! They are money hungry, greedy thieves that are living the high life on their dogs and yet can't even be bothered to invest in good quality dogs or show them to prove they are at least UP TO STANDARD!

Hey, Rick before you continue making your living by slamming ALL OF THE OTHER BREEDERS In AMERICA. why don't you take a good look in the mirror and START WITH YOURSELF! Look at what you are teaching your children! You teach them to lie and downright steal from hard working people! YOU NEED TO GET OUT OF BULLDOGS! You're nothing but a VERY, VERY, VERY expensive PUPPYMILL! I've talked to sooo many LEGITIMATE breeders (you know, the ones that you slam) and you are the JOKE of the Bulldog community! Specifically, you are the JOKE of the BULLDOGWORLD! OH! The things that I wish I had known before wasting my money on you and trusting you!

BEWARE TO OTHERS! RUN FROM THIS CROOK!

Nancy
Long Beach, California
U.S.A.

Look here mike fillmore or matt johnston or which ever fraud you are just like I've told the other fakes that have came on here and tried to lie for that fraud rick and his whole BS gbba WHERES YOUR PROOF? I really wish all these fake comments would stop showing up because we have yet to see 1 person show some PROOF. If what rick has done is so great wheres the PROOF except for some free bulldogs he has given to celebrities that he probably bought from someone else and said that he breed. Every one that I have heard of has gotten sick and crazy looking bulldogs from the fraud rick. So what shows have you taken first place in mike post up your PROOF or go away because just like dan, cindy and now you there has been yet one of you fakes to provide proof. You have no credibility here and you are a LIAR that does not even know who I am. I am nobody in the bulldog world and I do not know any breeders here in the us much less am I best friends with any breeders here. As of matter of fact once that fraud rick ripped me off with my poor quality, unhealthy bulldog, WITH NO PAPERS that I could not even possibly think of showing or wouldn't dare breed to my female due to poor quality and no papers I searched and searched and finally found an honest breeder out of the us that had a true champion sire and a true show potential puppy that I got for way less than half of ricks outrageous over priced dogs. So if I was best friends with a breeder here I dont think I would of had to go outside the us to do this. So quit your lying matt I mean mike or who ever you are. And just like sandra stated if his dogs are so great why in the hell are they stealing pictures of other breeders to use for advertisement. You want to know why because he is a FRAUD and these poor people following him are not smart enough to figure out he is scamming them too.

Some of you people really need a reality check. Hi-jacking copyrighted photos is illegal. To use them on your website to further your lies, is morally wrong, not to mention the illegal aspect. If Southwest Bulldogs is breeding and raising such wonderful bulldogs, why don't they use their own photos of their own dogs?

Just more lies and falsehoods perpetrated by Southwest bulldogs.

Pat

Hypocrites!

Taken from the SW web site

I have spent far more on developing my dogs than you will ever comprehend. You can look all you want and my dogs are the best you will see on the Internet. My dogs are not boring and they have features that took years to breed into them. This is why YOU will not find dogs that come close to mine in physical appearance. When you finally decide to spend your hard earned money for a Bulldog I think you should get more than some genetic leftover CULL. I DO NOT SELL CULLS. You can actually get pick of the litter. I hate breeding but in order to really test genetically I must breed and there is always fruit from the breedings.

So now I ask you again if their dogs are so great WHY use pictures of the BCA members, the line bred dogs he spews his BS about? Hmm

Where's all these fine looking heinz 57 dogs he brags about?

Besides all that the photo is copy written !

Sorry John,

But the very AKC/BCA Pups you guys are/have been putting down with your lies and innuendos, along with your newly formed "Breed Anything Until You Drop Genetic and Call It A Bulldog Club", are all in the very same... line bred Bulldogs that you guys are using to promote your sites with now... STRANGE HUH? So you see that Your Breeding Practices and statements have a lot to do with that stolen bully babies picture...

Terri

What does putting pics on a website have to do with line breeding? Just because a photo is put up doesn't mean they line breed? It's just pics of bulldogs, for crying out loud!

You are putting too much thought into this! All of you have nothing better to do than stay in these chats all day... VERY SAD! Go for a walk or something, would ya?!

"Birds of a feather stick together"... I have always been told, ... also ..."once a thief always a thief" (not original but fitting)...be it a stolen picture taken from a professional photographer's site to use for ill gotten gains... to using pedigreed puppies of the Top winning AKC/BCA Bulldogs that these same sites spew such blatant contempt for... talk about speaking with a forked tongue... now back to the pictures of those wonderful Bulldog pups running on the beach, they are not of their breedings nor did they take the picture, sooo what is this theft for ? Humm... if not to exploit more unsuspecting souls with someone else's (who are BCA members by the way) line bred bulldog puppies which these very people profess to be so unhealthy, so they can sell their sickly pups? Makes you wonder doesn't it?

To tell you the truth all I see is the dollar signs running a muck... as well as the BCA Bulldog rescues having their hands full soon...

They, IMO, really have some nerve charging 3 times the price for those sick and deformed Bulldog puppies they get from some of those other "hungry" third world countries that they pick up for bulk prices, maybe 300 to 400 a pup... after shipping a impregnated ### to the States for whelping. One big old pyramid scheme if you ask me... boy I could go on and on but for now sign me... A BCA member in good standing...

Terri

What does having an illegal pic on a bulldog site have to do with any of this?! I don't get it?!

I have been informed that a photo of mine is being illegally displayed on www.californiacoastbulldogs.com. I called and talked with the owner last night May 16. She claims she didn't know the photo was obtained illegally. Said she would talk with the webmaster to have it taken off. Action has not been taken as of May 17, 2007 1:30pst. I will pursue all action to have my photo removed from this site. And any other photo I have taken that I find is being used illegally.

Sandra Martinez
Gait Away Bulldography

Hey Mike Fillmore from Jacksonville, Florida

Can you tell me what shows your bulldog won first place in and how many points does he have? I can research your dog and if he is registered to you so, please give us your dog's registered name and the show's he has won in.

As for Rick, he is a total fraud. He is nothing more than an importer and a con-artist. What he is doing is bringing in bulldogs from Hungary, Denmark or whatever other country and selling them off at what looks to me at 500- 600% profit. That is why those puppies are such poor quality and yes, there might be one out of many that by luck of the draw came out looking OK but, that is just luck not quality breeding.

Mike and any other GBBA

If all that you say is true then why do they need to steal photo's of puppies running on the beach that were bred by BCA members ?

If you all produced such beautiful puppies why not use your own photo's ? Bash the BCA/ Show breeders , Bash line breeding but use pictures of puppies that are a product of just that.

Your GBBA is nothing more the BS... in fact the dogs and ### SW started with are line bred. If you knew anything about Bulldogs and could research pedigrees you would know that!

My name is Mike, I live in Jacksonville, Florida. And I purchased a bulldog from Rick Johnston, about two years ago. This dog is so fantastic. Words cannot even describe it. He has taken first place in four shows already. It's funny, Tommy Miller has posted a complaint about Rick Johnston on here. Yet, Tommy Miller is best friends with one of the largest line breeders in America. I can understand how he would be so confused as to what her real bulldog actually looked like. The genetic bulldog breeders Association is a fantastic association. It's ignorant people like yourselves, that don't realize what good it's doing. If it's such a bad thing, and Rick is such a bad man. Why did they donate so much money to St. Jude's children Hospital. I believe that all of you have been misled by your own emotions instead of acting on reality. Surely a money grubbing man such as Rick Johnston would not be interested in separating from his money. You're all fools with nothing better to do than to sit on the Internet and talk trash about something good. Shame on all of you for what you've done and what you're trying to do.

Sincerely, Mike Fillmore, Jacksonville, Florida

Cindy,

How could you possibly say that it is more Tommy's fault than Rick's? Clearly you have an agenda hear and you're not being honest about your involvement with Rick. Did you not read Tommy's initial posting? Rick told him he was getting a show quality dog and he sold him a lie. I'm with Tommy, provide proof to back up what you are saying. Perhaps the AKC number of your dogs that are registered to you. It's easy enough for Tommy to pull the pedigree on line.

Jocasta, please feel free to call MTV and share the information on this board.

Good evening. Just joined this board, just saw this discussion. Um, I culled this from the GBBA website itself.

The GBBA will hold their own shows and at the shows you will have your own booth. There is a soon coming Celebrity Website where you may post your pups for sale as well. Check out the celebrities on my site now and wait until you see who else will be appearing in the future. Many of our pups have gone to people in Hollywood and I have given away over 100K in bulldogs last year to promote the GBBA. In fact, a reality show will air on MTV this summer where a certain celebrity picked up his pup and they filmed for eight hours at our facility. Rob and Big is now on the air.

Anyone care to contact MTV and tell them the truth? If not, *I* will.

Just happy to help.

Jocasta

Like I said cindy wheres your proof?And how ridiculous are you? CAN YOU READ? The complaints here have all stated HEALTH PROBLEMS!And that fraud rick uses the champion statement. I have not heard of one dog he has produced that has been shown and placed in any points much less be a champion. And for your just flat out ridiculous statement that its more my fault than ricks how could you possibly think that. Rick is a fraud who rips honest people off. I have not heard of one person who has received papers from this fraud. Read all posts(if you can read) dan has 5 bulldogs from rick all with no papers so I highly doubt you have papers. This is to say this is some cindy and not rick, or matt or even some other fraud in with rick. BUT LIKE I SAID WHERES THE PROOF! IF YOU CANT PRODUCE ANY PROOF QUIT POSTING YOUR RIDICULOUS COMMENTS!

What is this all about "champion" dogs? It's about health, not about "champion". You have to take your dogs to shows to be a "champion"! Not everyone shows their dogs. TO Tommy, I received my papers... Maybe you should have not paid for your bulldogs before you received the papers. I think it's more your faults than Rick's.

The GBBA is an LLC that Rick started. So yes it exists, but Rick owns and runs it. By the way, what champions has the GBBA produced? Please name one if you can.

Ok cindy or rick who ever you are forget all about the poor quality and the health issues what about selling $6,000 bulldogs with no papers. Rick sells POOR quality, UNHEALTHY bulldogs with no REGISTRATION PAPERS! If you got two bulldogs from him and they are healthy with papers I would love to see the proof because just like I wrote about dan wheres the proof and just like I thought he has not wrote back providing any proof.RICK JOHNSTON IS A FRAUD WHO HAS NEVER BREED NOT 1 CHAMPION AND DOES NOT HAVE ONE BIT OF CREDENTIALS IN THE BULLDOG WORLD!

Yes, The GBBA does exist, but it was created by Rick and is controlled by Rick. It is nothing more than a money maker for him. As far as your statement about genetics, it simply not true. When two different vets say that dogs should NEVER be bred because of health issues I tend to believe them. However, if you believe this type of female could produce a champion. Please show me the proof. What champions have Rick's dog's produced?

I have bought 2 bulldogs in the last 5 yrs, and I have had no problems with Rick. I know a lot about bulldogs, and these are high quality bulldogs. FYI... for the lady that said there is no such thing as the GBBA... there is! Do your research... The GBBA's is to stop all the inbreeding that American Bulldog breeders do. You won't find a better breeder than Rick! I'm sorry you feel that way. I think you took it out of hand. Just because your bulldogs don't look like champions doesn't mean they can't produce champions! IT'S ALL ABOUT GENETICS !

As a Bulldog Club Of America (BCA) member in good standing I can safely say just about everything you see/read on SW Bulldogs is total nonsense. There is no such thing as a Genetic Breeders Association especially not for Bulldogs ! He bashes BCA and many of it's long time respected breeders simply because he was denied membership and or the breeders he mentions refused to sell him dogs or stud to him.

He does not produce show dogs in fact I have yet to see or hear of any dogs he's personally bred /produce becoming an American champion or he would proudly be displaying them as such on his web site. The dogs you see such as Meaty owned by celebrities were given to them as an advertisement gimmick. Sorry to disappoint everyone but Meaty is NOT a quality bulldog and doesn't come close to what a standard Bulldog should look like. Go check out the breed standard depicted on both the AKC and BCA web sites.

Please I am urging you to do your home work, research the breed, read the standard , attend a few shows in your area then seek out a reputable breeder before purchasing ! BCA also has a breeder referral service and Bulldogs World has a breeder referral on their site as well. There are many Yahoo Bulldog groups available and several Bulldog forums on forum 54 as well. Tons and tons of resources !

To Ron up above:

If you need assistance please feel free to contact me and I will be more then happy to refer you to reputable breeders in your area.

I was about to Call SW "BULL" for more information, thinking of buying my first bully. I decided to do some more research first, and I found this compelling argument... I am extremely hesitant to even look at this guys web site again.. your complaints ARE working!

AND, I agree.. someone, RICK , should be supporting HIMSELF, there is no doubt that he MUST know about these complaints, and has made no effort to contest them.

The next very important concern is WHERE DO I BUY MY BULLY? Not only was Rick @ SW completely turned down, but so was a list of other Mills, and Breeders he is apparently connected with..

The Pup will be a College Grad gift... MAY 20th

PLEASE HELP!

P.S. If you suggest a Breeder to me, please prove that you are not a part of there organization.. this is all too scary!

Well like I said Otilia if he wants to be ricks defender then where is the proof. I did go and check his site but like I said pictures and pedigrees. I did not believe he would have both.If he has no pedigrees on the dogs he got from rick that he shows on his site that is bad because they all look grown and he should of had them a long time ago. So apparently he too is a victim of rick and he just hasn't figured it out yet. And if he thinks he doesnt have a problem with rick I would say hes very mistaken because to have 5 english bulldogs with no papers from the breeder I would consider a major problem. Anyways RICK JOHNSTON IS A FRAUD WHO IS GETTING EXPOSED

Tommy,

I know who Dan is and he is a very nice and trusting guy. He does trust Rick and is one of Rick's GBBA breeders. The problem is that he really does trust Rick and Rick is a great con. I truly believe that Dan is trying to do the right thing. However, what Dan is not seeing is that Rick continues to pull the wool over his eye. Dan has 5 females from Rick at route66bulldogs.com and he has yet to see one pedigree on them. When I asked Dan about this he said "I trust Rick, I'm not worried about it". He was also under the impression that Rick was the breeder of his stud Champion Limited Edition. It's easy to verify that this is not true by looking up Bomberland Bulldogs online. I really feel bad for Dan because once he figures out what is happening here it will be to late.

This is to Dan. If you say rick has always done what he said he would do and you have several of his dogs you would be the first person I have found to say that.And I would love to see some pictures of the dogs you have got from him and there pedigrees. Because actually I dont believe you and I would like for you to prove me wrong. And what two sides of the story is there. He ripped me off $6,000 for a non show quality bulldog with a genetic defect and no papers and did the same to me as he did to Otilia and made my emails spammed out also. Did you not read Otilia's story what other side is there I mean he ripped them off $25,000. And now wont return there messages. Since you want to come here and be his defender and you say you have never had a problem with him then where is your proof?

Dan, what did Rick say happened? We have attempted to call him, mail him and email him. He will not return calls or letters. This morning he spammed out my email so I can't email him. Please post what he said happened. I'd love to hear his side of the story. I have found at least 14 other complaints about Rick. It's sad.

I have known Rick for a few years, I have several of his dogs and I have never had a problem! Rick has always done what he says he'll do when he says he'll do it. He has been honest to a fault and very supportive when I have any questions or need information about bulldogs. I dont know what happened with with these people who say they have a problem with Rick, but like most things there are TWO sides to every story.

Rick Johnston of South West Bulldogs, Hollywood Bulldogs and The Genetic Bulldog Breeders Association is a liar, a crock and a fraud. My husband and I signed up with Rick to be part of his Genetic Bulldog Breeders Association. For that privilege Rick would charge us $25,000.00 for three females and training on breeding (which included videos made by him). Another $25,000.00 was due from the first litters born by the females. The females were to be held in co-ownership unit Rick received the full $50,000.00. After which the females ownership would be transferred to us. I had asked Rick on a number of occasions for photos and pedigrees of the girls that he was sending but Rick never seemed to have the time and assured me that we would love the girls that we were getting. We asked that only two be delivered at first and the third in a few months. When the dogs arrived we were really concerned because one had a cherry eye, one had mange and both were a horrible depictions of the breed. They also arrived with no pedigrees or paperwork. I contacted Rick and said I was concerned about how these girls looked as well as potential health issues. Remember Rick claims to only breed healthy top quality dogs. He assured me that the dogs were “A+ in standard” and that they were great breeding females. My husband and I took the females to our local vet who is very well versed in Bulldog conformation. Our vet said “I’d be embarrassed to sell these dogs for $100.00 each, they should NEVER be bred because of health concerns and conformation issues”. My husband then contacted Rick and asked him to take back the dogs. Our contract states that if we decide not to move forward for any reason we need to return the dogs to Rick immediately. Rick refused to take the dogs back. Even when we told him that we would be giving the dogs up for adoption at our local pound he still refused. You can’t tell me he thinks these dogs are worth anything if he refused to take them back. I then decided to do a little research on Rick and found the following. He does not have any of his dogs licensed in Arizona as of 5/2/07. I could not find proof that he holds a kennel license. He has pictures of impressive bulldogs on his website but he did not breed ANY of the champions. Limited Edition was bred and shown by Bomberland Bulldogs in Hungry. I spoke to the owner and he said that Limited Edition was sold to Rick in late 2005 or early 2006. The link to verify this is www.bulldogs.bomberland.hu/ click on males and then Fred and you’ll see him. Funny that Limited Edition’s pedigree is not posted on Rick’s website. I think he does not show it because the breeders name is on it. Rick also claims that he ownes a kennel in Hungry. I’ve found no proof of this. I also looked up one of Ricks females and found that she was bred by a kennel in the Netherlands her name is Sweet Pea (her sister is Sodona) and the kennel link is www.kasanbulls.nl . I also found NO proof that Rick has been breeding bulldogs for over 20 years as he claims. Type in the words Rick Johnston and bulldogs and you’ll find his website and consumer complaints nothing more. I spoke to three different breeders in the USA and none of them knew who Rick Johnston was. As far as Rick’s connection with celebrities, he gives the dogs to them for free. He told me this himself. It’s sad to say but Rick & Mathew Johnston are nothing more than a scam and a puppy mill. If you are considering buying from them please do the research first. This guy is out to make a quick buck and does not care who he steps on.

Tommy,

You are 100% correct about Rick. Rick is a fraud. I have a lot of information on him which I will post shortly. Derrick is probably a friend of Rick's and I suspect that the Mathew on this page that disagrees with you is Rick son, but I don't know that for sure. I'll get back to you with more information.

I am the one who originally stated this complaint and to add to it is has been over 3 months since I wrote this complaint and I still have not received registration papers on the dog I bought from the fraud rick johnston. I'm updating this to let people know and because of this ridiculous message from this derrick person.When I bought my bulldog from rick I was inexperienced about show quality bulldogs apparently like this derrick person. Rick johnston has no show dogs and has not put out of any of his litters a show dog to this day. And you are very wrong when saying a show dog costs more than $6,000. Check around with the top show dog breeders and you will find out. Once again I paid $6,000 dollars for a 40lb. bulldog with no registration papers,a small head, tulip ears, cherry eye, and very bad attitude with other dogs. There has been numerous times he has attacked my female for no reason. Now if this is what someone wants to get for $6,000 then rick johnston is your guy. And by the way rick gives the celebrities the bulldogs they dont pay and this is what he told me