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Pedigrees. WOW,  can you get some conversation on this subject. Everyone thinks his pedigree is best and everyone else has crap. A sorry dog is a sorry dog no matter what the pedigree and a good dog is a good dog no matter what the pedigree. I guess i must practice what i preach because we have selected the traits i wanted in my american bulldogs from any line of dogs that could be found. I now select the looks i like with the traits i like from the actual dogs regardless of the pedigree. Generally or offspring run from 5/8 Scott or standard to 5/8 Johnson. Maybe you say doesnt that give you too wide of types of puppies? No it doesnt because we are selecting from the looks and fixing those aspects by the animals we select.
Selective breeding! It breeds consistency. consistency means that you are producing very similar pups in each litter. MANY SORRY ANIMALS HAVE BEEN PROPPED UP WITH A GOOD PEDIGREE. what we are saying is that all dogs are not created equal. A good pedigree doesnt mean that all pups in the litter are equal. They are not.
I guess all of the above is intended for the new breeder or first time buyer. I remember when I first started that it was hard to get some breeders to really talk to you to share information with you.

Here are some excerpts from the article by Vito Alu, that I have referred to throughout the site.

The A, B, C, & D's of Sound Structure

A. American Bulldog Fronts:  Figure1: Straight Front, with legs parallel and under chest, correct width of chest, heavy muscled, feet pointing straight ahead.  Figure 2: Unsound, bowed front legs, lacking muscle, weak pasterns, out-turned feet, narrow chest.  Figure 3:  Unsound thrown out shoulders, legs not under dog, shallow chest, high likelihood for elbow dysplasia.

B. American Bulldog Hindquarters: Figure 1:  Well-muscled hindquarters which should be the aim of every breeder, straight hocks, feet pointing straight ahead.  Figure 2:  Severe cow hock, feet pointing east and west, weak hindquarters (this dog should never be bred).  Figure 3 :  Cow hock, hocks turned out northeast and northwest, narrow hindquarters, lack of muscle.

C. American Bulldog Hind Angulation: Figure 1: Sickle-hock, too much angulation, poor tail (resembled pit bull tail).  Figure 2:  Correct angulation, with ideal stifle and hock, correct American Bulldog tail (thick at root, heavy tapered to the tip). Figure 3: Straight or stilted stifle, incorrect tail (thick hair, like Labrador tail.)

D. American Bulldog Front Pasterns:  Figure 1:Straight, firm, strong pastern. 
Figure 2:  Let down, weak, broke-down pasterns.