How teens as young as 14 are crossbreeding dangerous XL Bullys with terrifying Gator Mouths to creat

CHILDREN as young as 14 are breeding Britain’s dangerous XL Bullys – as thugs create terrifying new “Frankendogs”.

Teenagers are cashing in on the devil dogs which could soon be banned in Britain.

The Sun found XLs are being mixed with banned pitbulls, including one called a Gator Mouth that has a broader jaw and razor-sharp teeth that can tear apart flesh.

Our probe also reveals that breeders are offering cut-price, buy-now-pay-later deals on Bullys — which one expert claims are 270 TIMES more dangerous than other dogs.

Gail Jones, whose 83-year-old mum Shirley Patrick died after being mauled by an XL in December last year, said: “These animals are vicious and need to be banned now.

“It’s like walking down the street with a bear or a tiger.”

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Home Secretary Suella Braverman may ban the breed after a horrifying attack on 11-year-old schoolgirl Ana Paun in Birmingham last weekend.

Terrifying footage shows the XL Bully-Staffordshire bull terrier crossbreed puppy ambushing Ana before attacking two men — despite being hit with a spade.

‘Bites went down to bone’

Petrified Ana later told The Sun: “I thought I was going to die.”

Yet selling XLs has become so lucrative, with dogs going for up to £7,000, that even teenagers have got in on the act — despite the law stating that breeders must be licenced.

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We discovered a 15-year-old London breeder taking his XL to stud — before showing off wads of cash on TikTok from flogging the pups.

Another teen, now aged 18, claims he was 14 when he started breeding the dogs and posted snaps of himself spending his profits in Harvey Nichols in upmarket Kensington.

He told our reporter: “I was in Year 10 when I started.

“I bought one dog and realised I could breed.”

Experts say XL Bullys are now being crossed with pitbulls — including American Gator Mouth dogs bred to kill.

Pitbulls were banned in the UK when the 1991 Dangerous Dogs Act was introduced following attacks.

But critics of the law say identifying pitbulls has proved difficult and led to hundreds of owners having their dogs wrongly impounded.

Dog trainer Stan Rawlinson, an expert witness when the act was brought in, said: “Pitbulls are still coming into Britain.

“It’s easy to get a dog into the country simply by naming it a different breed on the paperwork.

“Owners in southern Ireland have to keep pitbulls on a lead and muzzled but they could still bring them into the UK.

“Illegal breeders will mix these XLs with anything to make them more powerful, more lethal. They want the hardest-looking dog possible.

“The Gator Mouth pitbull is a particular worry because they come from a bloodline of fighting dogs, designed to fight to the death.

“They have a peculiar quirk — when they bite down they spin like an alligator and rip into the flesh.”

Gail Jones says the news of Frankendogs is horrifying — and she fears more people could die like her mum.

She said: “The idea of people breeding more deadly versions of these animals is disgusting.

“The dog that attacked my mother ran up to her and attacked her face. He took off her nose, part of her right cheek and lips.

“He bit her neck and the top part of her head. Some of the bites were so deep that they went down to the bone. They are big vicious animals and once they lock their jaws you can’t open them.

“The idea of an XL crossed with a Gator Mouth is terrible. XLs don’t just bite a person, they bite and tear chunks off them like a crocodile or lion and are extremely dangerous.”

Alex Nichol, whose five-year-old daughter needed skin graft surgery on her cheek after being bitten by a Bully last month, said: “I’m totally against dog fighting which is what a Bully crossed with a Gator Mouth pitbull would be bred for.

“People who don’t know what they’re doing are muddling up bloodlines by mixing different breeds. This cross could be a recipe for disaster.”

Alex was with daughter Farrah-Leigh when she was attacked outside a Nisa Store in Stockton, Teesside. She had asked permission from the owner to stroke the pocket Bully before it pounced.

Alex, 30, who owns two bully dogs himself, said: “It was in control of its owner when it should have been the other way around.

“I believe there should be a law where all dogs should wear a muzzle and be kept on a lead when outside their own home.”

Dr Lawrence Newport, a law and criminology lecturer at Royal Holloway University who has studied American Bully attacks, explained he was “not surprised” to see the rise of the frankenstein breeds.

He said: “The entire American Bully breed has been inbred repeatedly for exotic and varying size, shape, strength and colour.

“Research has found that there are extensive levels of inbreeding — just one of these dogs has the same great-grandfather four times over.

“This type of dog is not bred for temperament. They were created by inbreeding fighting stock.”

He claimed statistics show XL Bullys are 270 times more deadly than the rest of the dog population and brands them “uniquely dangerous”. Dr Newport said the breed has been responsible for 70 percent of dog deaths since 2021 and called for the Government to bring in a ban now.

He said: “Every single day that goes by there is greater likelihood of more attacks on pets and risk to people.”

Thousands of bully-type dogs are advertised online in Britain, allowing anyone to buy them without checks.

‘Failing approach’

They are freely available on sites such as Gumtree, Pets4Homes and Freeads — and many are now being sold on buy-now pay-later deals.

One TikTok account shows five dogs in the back of a car and begs: “Come on Tictok (sic) let’s find these boys homes...reduce price and payment plans to the right people.”

Social media sites also feature many tough-looking owners showing off dogs with studded collars.

In one TikTok video, an out-of- control dog attacks a man’s friend as he struggles to keep hold of its lead. Owners on Instagram post terrifying footage of their dogs biting the legs and arms of “trainers” in padded suits.

But one anonymous XL Bully owner claims the sessions allow the dogs to indulge their “natural prey drive — just like chasing tennis balls or ropes.”

Insisting the animals are not dangerous, he added: “When I heard about the attacks in Birmingham I asked how could this have happened? It’s down to negligence from owners.”

He claims that well-socialised and stimulated XLs make good pets and called on the Government to regulate who is allowed to keep a Bully.

The RSPCA has called for an end to the Dangerous Dogs Act — saying thousands of innocent dogs have been put down because of their looks.

They said: “We believe focusing on the type of dog, rather than their individual actions, is a flawed and failing approach.

“We’re very concerned to see more discussions around adding another type of dog to the banned list. Dog aggression is highly complex, and taking a breed-focused approach is fundamentally flawed.”

Dog rescue centres say they are being swamped with unwanted XL Bullys amid fears of a ban.

Vanessa Waddon, from Hope Rescue in Llanharan, South Wales, said: “People are deliberately abandoning their dogs, pretending they are strays.

“A lot of the Bully types we have seized are from low-welfare breeders.”

Salt’s Helping Hounds Rescue Centre, which works with police to rehome Bullys who have bitten, claims banning XLs could lead to breeders trying to engineer even bigger animals.

The national charity also works with Save Our Seized Dogs helping owners whose dogs have been pounded by police.

It says any breed can be dangerous with the wrong owner.

A spokesperson said: “We have successfully re-homed these animals who have gone on to be part of a loving family.

“Suella Braverman needs to understand that breed bans have not and do not work. Seizing a perfectly well-behaved dog in a loving family and condemning it to death on the basis of measurements is madness.

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“If the dogs are added to the list we believe the irresponsible, status dog owners will just up their game.

“They will breed something bigger, more intimidating, or introduce another large breed not on the banned list.”

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