About
Greg Harpson and Majestic American Bully
One kennel in Sedona, Arizona, breeding American Bullies since 2015. Here’s who raises the puppies, how, and what I’ll and won’t claim.
Majestic American Bully is me, working on my own in Sedona, Arizona, since 2015. There’s no facility, no staff and no kennel block. Puppies are born and raised in the house, and the person who answers your message is me.
How it started
I started in 2015. My dam was crossed with a structurally excellent, well tempered sire, and the first litter went quickly because the puppies were good.
I select for temperament and health rather than for the most litters. The aim has always been the healthiest, best tempered litter I can produce, not the largest number of them.
That’s a deliberately unglamorous description and it’s the accurate one. There’s no foundation kennel story here and no imported bloodline to name. What there’s: ten years of producing occasional litters, keeping the ones that turned out well, and selling the rest to people who were told the truth about them.
How the puppies are raised
Puppies are handled from birth and raised in the house with the family, so they grow up used to people around them and, in particular, used to children. That’s the single biggest reason these dogs are steady in a household, and it isn’t something that can be added afterwards. A puppy that spent its first nine weeks in a run has missed a socialization window that doesn’t reopen, and no amount of training at six months fully replaces it.
In practice it means the litter grows up with a television on, a door bell going, people walking past them, food being cooked and children moving unpredictably. By the time a puppy leaves at nine to twelve weeks, none of that’s novel to it.
I’ll take back any dog I’ve bred, at any point in its life, with no time limit and no questions asked. No time limit, no conditions and no questions asked. If your circumstances change in year seven, the dog comes back here rather than to a shelter or to a stranger on a listings site. That commitment is the most expensive thing on this website and nobody charges for it.
What I claim, and what I don’t
Most kennel about-pages are a list of assurances. This one is a list of two things I do and one thing I don’t, because that’s more useful.
I do: have every puppy examined by Bell Rock Veterinary Clinic before it goes home. The clinic is at 45 Bell Rock Plaza, Sedona, AZ 86351 and the number is (928) 284-2840. It’s published so you can call it without asking my permission, and you should. A breeder who won’t name a veterinarian is telling you something.
I do: send a written health record with every puppy, with the vaccination and worming dates on it. The full protocol.
I don’t screen or certify the parents, and this site will never say I do. There’s no hip scoring, no formal genetic panel and no certification here. What there’s, is a general veterinary examination and daily observation from birth by the person who raised the litter. If a certified program is what you want, buy from one.
Why the price is $700
One person, one house, no premises to rent, no staff, no advertising budget and no broker taking a margin. Those are the costs sitting underneath a three thousand dollar puppy elsewhere, and they’re genuine costs for those kennels. They’re simply not costs here, so they come off the price rather than into a margin.
Every puppy is $700. XL and pocket, blue and brindle, male and female. No premium for size, no premium for color, and no fee added at the end. The longer version of this answer.
Where I’m
Sedona, Arizona 86336. I drive up to two hours out of Sedona to meet buyers at no charge, which covers Flagstaff, Prescott and most of the Phoenix metro. Summer collections are arranged for early morning, because a heavy short-muzzled puppy and an Arizona afternoon are a poor combination.
Further out, a puppy travels by ground transport driven the whole way or with a flight nanny who carries it in the cabin. I deliver to all fifty states and never use a cargo hold. How delivery works.
Phone (742) 306-3184, or majesticamericanbullies@gmail.com. I answer these myself.
Ask me anything you like
Including the awkward questions. How many litters a year, what happened to the last one that came back, why there’s no certification. You’ll get answers.