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~Shaka~

The countdown begins, though reunion with my parents still months away.

About Me

Shaka- I was born on May 27th, 2001 in the US. My first parents got me at Puppy Palace in Florida when they lived there. But we didn't stay there, we sailed to the Caribbean. Yes I was a yachty for several years! I even fell down a companionway & broke my tail! Ugh! My dad then (Rob) got a job offer in the States, so he left me with his friends (my present parents) for those months. They all new each other, being in the yachting industry & they were all very fond of bullies. My dad now, Stephen, knew about bullies having showed staffies, and having heard stories of a bullie in the family named Bella by his father. Anyway, so my new parents watched me for months, and Rob took a while to get back to me. When he finally did, I had changed, and so had my new parents. Rob took me back for about 5 days, but then returned to my new parents, stating, 'Shaka has a better life with you'. I still love Rob. He really did a good job in rearing me, & teaching me not to fight. I sit on command because of him. My new parents taught me all the extra things, like walking on the side of the road/sidewalk away from traffic, staying put, walking gently on a lead, running off lead without getting in trouble, laying down on command, giving paw (working on it), leaving things, moving out of the way, moving to the side, & leaving other dogs alone if asked to. I am a great dog & I know it. I am my mum's first dog! She loves me so much, I can see it in her eyes. I follow her from room to room. She trained me in between studying in Sint Maarten. After her schooling finished there, we moved to Colorado, where I was left with my grandmother & her Alsatian Kira, whilst my parents waited for the 6 month Rabies clearance, & get the necessary paperwork in order to relocate to the UK. In August, I was ready to move across the pond! And this is where we met Harvey!!! Harvey had to be rehomed due to my parents having to relocate to South Africa, where my father is sorting his US visa papers. We are sad, but he is in a good home. I am staying with friends in the UK until the papers are sorted, then reunion time!!! I will like my temporary home, there are lovely people who live there, & a fun bullie who looks just like me, his name is Jarvis!!! See photos.
My parents AKC names are Stonehedge Snowball & Buster Brewster Barley Special. I don't think I have an AKC name!

My Interests

Spinning, licking, eating, playing, snuggling, spinning, running, wading in water, playing, tearing up coconuts, destroying anything round, spinning, eating, bananas...

I'd like to meet:

Do you speak dog? Mum would like to know, as she can't understand me and Harvey when we moan and sneeze at her...
Do you speak Bullie?

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After a two-week visit abroad, a warm welcome home. Mom gets warm welcome!

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Music:

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Movies:

Movies with Bull Terriers in them of course!
In the Incredible Journey, instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish Bull Terrier and the indomitable Siamese Cat set out through the Canadian wilderness. Separately, they would soon have died. But, together, the three house pets faced starvation, exposure, and wild forest animals to make their way home to the family they love. The Incredible Journey is one of the great children''s stories of all time--and has been popular ever since its debut in 1961.
Oliver! (1968) with star Bullseye. My mum's first canine love. Bullseye is in a lot of scenes!
"Babe - Pig in the City" P.B. (pit bull) This 1996 Disney movie had a White Bull Terrier with a dark eye patch as the "Bad Dog gone Good". They gave him the name P.B. which stood for Pit Bull and he was referred to and listed as a Pit Bull in the movie and credits. Several Bull Terrier Clubs and Members were upset with Disney for this mislabeling of the breed
Baxter (1989). Her daughter Florence gives Mrs. Deville bull-terrier Baxter as a surprise present. Although she's afraid of him, she doesn't want to give him away because she feels lonely. But Baxter has his own ideas - he longs to be dominated, to be challenged - and so he isn't content with his boring life with the old lady. To get rid of her, he causes an accident. It works, and he's given to the neighbors, a young couple. He's happy... for a while. When they get a baby, he again takes action.
"It's A Dog's Life" Starring Jeff Richards, Jarma Lewis, Edmund Gwenn, Dean Jagger and Wildfire the Bull Terrier dog. Great lobby cards from MGM pictures 1955. Scud is Sid's bull terrier and "toy-chewer machine". He has white body with brown spots, and a red spiked collar. He has a patch around his left eye.
For a very brief moment, you see someone walking a white bull terrier in Vanilla Sky (2001), when Tom Cruise's character is for the second time, driving to work (when there are people around).
Trainspotting (1996). The BB gun park scene, where Renton & Sick Boy shoot a bullie & the bullie in suprise attacks his owner.
Derailed (2005). The main characters family pet. The brindle & white bullie appears in two scenes.
Next Friday (2000) has a white bull terrier in it.
Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006) stars a bull terrier named Onion. Onion is a miniature bull terrier with a taste for stardom. At only two years old, she’s already been in a movie ('Scenes of a Sexual Nature'), a pop promo (A-ha's 'Cosy Prisons'), and earned a Gold Good Citizen Award. The first photo is behind the scenes of the A-ha video, and the second one from 'Scenes of a Sexual Nature'.
Frankenweenie (1984) stars a bull terrier. When young Victor's pet dog Sparky (who stars in Victor's home-made monster movies) is hit by a car, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them (and his parents) that despite his appearance, Sparky's still the good loyal friend he's always been.

Heroes:

Famous Bullies of course!
Patsy Ann, a Bull Terrier, was born in Portland, Oregon on October 12, 1929 and came to Juneau as a pup. She died in Juneau on March 30, 1942. On the following day, a small crowd watched as her coffin was lowered into Gastineau Channel just a short distance from where her sculpture now sits, watching and waiting with eternal patience, whether shrouded in fog, bathed in sunshine or covered with snow.
General Patton was an avid animal lover. The most famous Bull Terrier owned by General Patton was purchased on 4 March, 1944. He was named Willie, short for "William the Conqueror." Willie was devoted to General Patton and followed him everywhere. When General Patton bought Willie, he wrote in his diary, "My bull pup . . . took to me like a duck to water. He is 15 months old, pure white except for a little lemin [sic] on his tail which to a cursory glance would seem to indicate that he had not used toilet paper. . ." Willie wore jingle bells on his collar so everyone would know when he was around and he was rumored to be a prodigious "lover." He supposedly had his own set of "dog tags," too.
During the late 1980s, Bud Light spokes dog, Spuds McKenzie, helped popularize his breed, the Bull Terrier. Spuds made his debut in a Bud Light beer commercial during the Super Bowl in 1987. Spuds, who also functioned as senior party consultant for the Anheuser-Busch Company, purveyors of Bud Light beer, was an affable rake with an egg-shaped face and a black circle around one eye. He became a marketing sensation almost faster than you can say, "This Spuds' for you." Nearly every time you turned on a sporting event on the tube, there was Spuds--water skiing, skateboarding, lounging by a pool with a bevy of beautiful women or doing something else that was more glamorous than what you were doing. Spuds MacKenzie's popularity wasn't diminished a drop when some enterprising reporter discovered that the dog who played Spuds in commercials was really a she, a female bull terrier named Honey Tree Evil Eye. Budweiser officials were at great pains to conceal that information from the public, even using their coats to shield Spuds from cameras when she answered a call of nature, but eventually word leaked out.
President Woodrow Wilson owned a Bull Terrier who brought some blue ribbons home to the Whitehouse.
President Theodore Roosevelt had a Bullie named "Pete" who reportedly took a healthy nip out of the seat of a French Ambassador who was visiting.
Maxine first made her appearance on a greeting card in 1986 with Floyd, her Bull Terrier. Her bold personality and ability to "tell it like it is" makes her enormously popular with people who enjoy the rebel in Maxine.
Mother Goose and Grimm is the story of a streetwise yet endearing yellow Bull Terrier, his slightly senile caretaker, Mother Goose, and their storybook friends. Mother Goose deserves the Congressional Medal of Honor for putting up with her pooch’s outrageous exploits. Grimmy, who thinks his meal ticket is certifiable, hangs on to get his three squares a day plus garbage can privileges. Through it all, the signature, in-your-face brand of humor gets big belly laughs from fans.
The Target Bull Terrier. Gift certificates and commercials featuring a White Bull Terrier with a Red Bullseye.
Blue & Coach Don Cherry In 1955, Don Cherry played one playoff game with the Boston Bruins. He spent the next 16 years in the minors. In 1974, he was hired as head coach of the Boston Bruins. Cherry's Bruins finished first in their division four seasons in a row and he was the NHL Coach of the Year in the 1975/76 season. Blue, a female, white Bull Terrier, was his loving side kick for many of his coaching years.
Ty Company "Bruno" was the 1st Bullie available on December 31, 1997. He was retired on September 18, 1998.
"Butch" was the 2nd Bullie available on January 1, 1999. He is still available in stores.
The 2006 Best In Show Trophy was awarded to "Ch Rocky Top's Sundance Kid," a.k.a. "Rufus," a Bull Terrier (Colored).
Marc Jacobs has two Bull Terriers; Daisy and Alfred.
Rick Springfield's Bullie was on the cover of one of his albums.
Walter Van Beirendonck's bull terrier Sado was the inspiration behind his first line of shirts, and sweaters. He was born: 04.02.57, Brecht, Belgium Studies: Fashion at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp First breakthrough: British Designer Show / London in 1987 as part of ‘The Antwerp Six’ (with Dirk Van Saene, Dries Van Noten, Dirk Bikkembergs, Ann Demeulemeester and Marina Yee). Since 1983 collections under the label Walter Van Beirendonck.
In 2002, the Princess Royal was convicted of a second criminal offence under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991. She pleaded guilty to the charge that her dog, Dotty, attacked two boys while she and her husband were taking her for a walk in Windsor Great Park. The Princess Royal was fined £500 by Berkshire Magistrates' Court and ordered to give more training for Dotty. In December 2003, one of the Queen's Corgis had to be put down, after being savaged by another of the Princess Royal's dogs, Florence.
The artist Ray Richardson paints beautiful bull terriers, showcased in London. Here are a few examples.
A light modelled on Onion’s curves and a cute stuffed animal also modelled on Onion are now available from the Onion Shop, and a range of stylish Onion items is in production. Onion is one of my friends on myspace!!!
Last but not least, me!!! I am on a t-shirt worn by people in Canada, Australia, Belgium, the UK, and the States! My friend Cliff designed the cartoon. Have a look, and if you're interested, we have stock left!
Here are a few pictures of my friends in Shaka Zulu shirts!

My Blog

Sorry we've been a bit out of touch...situation update...01/16/07

Hey all!Sorry we have been out of touch, as we've been working on paperwork lately. We have been denied Stephen's visitors visa for the UK, & we finally got his passport back (with an apology stating ...
Posted by ~Shaka~ on Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:57:00 PST

10 Commandments for dog owners.

1. My life is likely to last 10 to 15 years. Any separation from you will be painful for me. Remember that before you get me.2. Give me time to understand what you want from me.3. Place your trust in ...
Posted by ~Shaka~ on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:03:00 PST

AKC Canine Good Citizen Award. Shaka earned Bronze so far!

Greetings friends,Several months ago, Shaka earned the AKC CGC bronze award. It was her first try, and we were really proud. It is important for bullies to attempt the training involved in getting thi...
Posted by ~Shaka~ on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:03:00 PST

So you want a Bull Terrier? Animal Planet's guide to the breed.

Bull Terrier AKC Ranking: 72Family: terrier, mastiff (bull)Area of Origin: EnglandDate of Origin: 1800sOriginal Function: dog fightingToday's Function: companionAvg Size of male: Height: 21-22 Weight:...
Posted by ~Shaka~ on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 06:24:00 PST

A note to Pet Lovers, bulletin by Guinness Puppy

Pet LoversTo be posted VERY LOW on the refrigerator door - nose height:Dear Dogs and Cats,The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. Theother dishes are mine and contain my food. ...
Posted by ~Shaka~ on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:48:00 PST

SIX

1. When I was a puppy I broke my tail, falling down a companionway in the boat of my previous dad. I cannot enter into shows because of it (lucky me lucky me, no taking orders in front of judges, but ...
Posted by ~Shaka~ on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 03:04:00 PST