ABOUT US

Hello!  Thanks for visiting our site.  We live in northeast Alabama, near Rome, GA.  Our journey with AKC registered Kuvaszok and Bulldogs began in the 1990’s.  Our first Bulldog (1996) and our first Kuvasz (1998) instilled in us deep love, respect and commitment to these very different, but equally wondrous breeds.  We started as pet owners, then began showing in Performance and Conformation.  Eventually, we bred several ltters.  As Preservation breeders, our endeavors have been aimed at maintenance/improvement in quality & health, and the overall betterment of these purebreds in soundness of body & mind, appropriate temperament, correct conformation, and demonstration of performance abilities.  We have also owned other dog breeds & mixes, cats & horses over the years.  They are shown on the page Other Pets Past or Present.  The passing of our last Kuvasz in 2017 brought our years in that breed to an end as part of our desire to downsize heading into retirement.  Bulldogs remain our primary breed, but in 2020, we added a Papillon and a French Bulldog.

Clay enjoys all the dogs on a companionship level, and the dogs relish being in his company.  He has a big hand in helping to exercise, train & care for them, but mainly prefers to just spoil them!   Bea also adores the constant company of their dogs and expanded that love into a passion for training & showing them in a variety of events.  Wildwood dogs have earned titles in the Sports of Conformation, Obedience, Agility, Rally, Coursing, Parkour & Barn Hunt.  They have also titled in the Civic/Other Activities of Canine Good Citizen, Farm Dog Certification, Temperament Testing, Trick Dog, Stunt Dog and have been certified for Therapy Dog visits. 

We are so proud of and grateful to our dogs for giving so much of themselves and contributing to outstanding Kuvasz and Bulldog achievements, particularly in the sports & venues where these breeds are seldom seen.  To have multiple Bulldogs & Kuvasz inducted into their AKC parent breed clubs’ Halls of Fame for their excellence in multiple categories is a gift from our dogs that we shall always cherish.  We are also extremely thankful for all that our fellow Kuvasz & Bulldog lovers do as breeders, owners, trainers & exhibitors to preserve & enhance the image & status of our beloved breeds.  We would be remiss if we did not pay special homage to our dear friends & mentors, Connie Townsend & Lynn Brady of Szumeria Kuvasz, who welcomed us as breeding partners and put us on the path to success in the show & breeding world.  Bea’s fervor for Performance and appreciation & respect for accomplishments by all Bulldogs & Kuvaszok (not just Wildwood’s) compelled her to start gathering data on both breeds.  She created breed-wide Bulldog & Kuvasz databases for titles & other notable achievements in companion/performance events & civic/other activities (incorporating Ed Scully’s Bulldog records thru 2013).  Bea continues to stay current with & maintain those databases for Bulldogs and they are posted on this website.

Background:  Clay graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor’s degree in business & major in marketing.  Upon graduation, he entered the United States Marine Corps and proudly served our great nation for three years on active duty, followed by a stint in the Reserves.  He attained the rank of Captain and was a highly decorated Viet Nam war platoon leader and logistics officer.  In civilian life, he became a businessman who built a solid foundation in sales rep work, then went on to own multiple companies.  Initially, he was involved in medical products.  Most recently, he owned & ran an aluminum fabricating business that specialized in ornamental fencing, railing & estate gates, but he is now happily retired.  Bea holds a Bachelor’s degree in communicative disorders from the University of Central Florida, and a Master’s degree in business administration from FTU.  Bea is also retired, so now devotes her time to family, home and the dogs (care, training & exhibiting) and volunteer work for the Bulldog Club of America and the breed in general.  Her employment history includes the fields of education, disability claims adjudication, and business management. 

Dog Club involvement: Bea & Clay are current members of the Bulldog Club of America: Bea serves on the Performance Committee and the Hall of Fame Committee and is on the staff of The Bulldogger (BCA’s official publication).  In 2008, she initiated getting Agility added to the Performance HOF program (that previously only included obedience & tracking) and in more recent years, facilitated the addition of Rally & Scent Work to the HOF sports.  She spearheaded the effort to have a Performance Committee added to BCA (drew up a mission statement & secured others to serve with her) and the committee was approved and went into action in 2018.  As a member of the Performance Committee, she created a Versatility Awards program that launched in 2019.  She has administered AKC Canine Good Citizen evaluations & Trick Dog testing at multiple BCA National Specialties.  BCA honored Bea in 2021 with its AKC Outstanding Sportsmanship Award.  Kuvasz Club of America: Bea & Clay were members in good standing for the 20 years that they were involved in the breed.  Bea served as: Executive Board Member, AKC Gazette Breed Columnist, Performance Columnist for the Kuvasz Quarterly, AKC Canine Good Citizen Evaluator at multiple KCA Specialties, KCA Titles Reporter, Chair/member of the Awards Committee, member of the Performance Committee & chair/member of multiple Nominating Committees for Board Elections.  The KCA honored Bea with its Service Award in 2005 and its AKC Outstanding Sportsmanship Award in 2009.  During their years as active breeders, both parent breed clubs listed Wildwood in their Breeder Referral Directories.  American Kennel Club: Bea & Clay have been recognized by the AKC as Breeders of Merit for meeting & abiding by the specified criteria for Kuvaszok & Bulldogs.  Bea is an AKC approved evaluator for Canine Good Citizen, Trick Dog and Temperament Testing and AKC approved judge for Fetch & Farm Dog Certification. 

We hope you enjoy the photos & biographies of our dogs, as well as the breed-wide Bulldog databases, that we share here on our website.

AKC Breeders of Merit for Kuvaszok & Bulldogs