This annual event takes place at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. (Home of the Bulldogs!) "Contestants" walk the pageant runway, show off their costumes, and perform tricks for the judges.
Jiggs, a bulldog, enlisted to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps
The American Kennel Club officially recognized bulldogs as a breed.
Based in the UK, this is the oldest breed club in the world. Founders established the club to "promote the breeding of pure bulldogs of the true type."
The first bulldogs sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to arrive in America.
