Read this before you buy one
Micro American Bully
Around 2,400 people a month search for this. I breed this breed, and my honest advice is to be careful.
"Micro" is neither a recognized class nor a breed. It is a dog bred smaller than the pocket standard, and as the dog gets shorter the health bill tends to climb. I do not breed them. This page exists because nearly everything else written about micros was written by somebody trying to sell you one.
Read all of the above and still set on one? The micro puppies I currently have are listed here, with the full detail on each.
What the word micro is hiding
A dog bred below the pocket standard, usually a long way below. The look comes from selecting for ever shorter legs and heavier bone, generation on generation, and sometimes from crossing in other short-legged breeds. It photographs beautifully. That is most of the appeal.
Why you will not get one from me
It comes down to structure. Load a heavy, broad-chested body onto short legs and you put strain on joints that were never built for it, and the muzzle tends to shorten along the way. What follows is not bad luck, it is predictable: hips and elbows that give trouble, laboured breathing in the heat, spinal problems and infections in the skin folds.
The dog still deserves a loving home. But anyone paying a premium for a micro ought to know a larger vet bill may come with it, and the listing selling the puppy rarely mentions that part.
About the micro American Bully price
Micros usually sit at the top of the whole breed for price, often several thousand dollars, purely because they are difficult to produce. That is scarcity doing the talking, not quality. The puppies I raise are built to the standard instead.
If it is a small bully you want
Pocket is the small class the breed actually recognizes: a male under 17 inches, correctly proportioned, and a dog that holds up. It is what most people typing "micro bully" into a search bar are really after, and it is where I would steer you.
Still weighing up which class fits your home? Every puppy I have for sale sits on one page here, and the figures for each age are laid out on the puppy price page.
The health side, and a vet you can call yourself
Before any puppy leaves me it is seen by Bell Rock Veterinary Clinic here in Sedona. That visit is dated on the written record you carry home, and the clinic’s number is on the page so you can ring and confirm it.
The shots start with DHPP, then a booster and canine influenza at ten weeks. Worming runs every two weeks from two weeks of age. All of it is written down and travels with the dog. The protocol, step by step.
I do not screen the parents and I will not pretend I do. What happens is a general veterinary check plus my own eyes on the litter every day from birth. No breeder can honestly promise a dog free of every inherited condition, so I don’t.
Talk to me about the right dog for you
Write and tell me who is at home and which puppy you have your eye on. I will give you an honest read on whether this is the dog for you, and I will say so if it isn’t.