Once you have found your working Bulldog you must take advantage of his willingness and energy by channeling them in the right direction without discouraging him with negative responses. You cannot make a great performance dog out of a poor prospect but you can very easily ruin a potentially great dog by improper training methods. Bulldogs, even very willing ones, do not have an intense need to please. This type of a dog does not find repetition exciting nor is it productive. Repeating a portion of training 2-3 times then moving on usually is better than drilling over and over.
Bulldogs are intelligent.
Our job is to convince them they want to perform the activities we want and that they are fun. Only then will our Bulldogs buy into our program and earn those performance titles. Rewards are the most important part of training a Bulldog. Petting, praise, food and fun are the type of rewards that appeal to most Bulldogs with food probably leading the list. Even when using food as a motivator, most Bulldogs will not readily respond to mundane rewards such as dog biscuits.