It was with great sadness that we were notified of Floyd’ s death in the early hours of December 4th. Floyd was 91 years young.
Floyd was beloved by his family and was the family’ s undisputed patriarch. He leaves behind his wife Norma, son, Guy, and his beloved grandchildren.
Floyd’ s influence in the world of the APBT can not be overstated and he will be sorely missed by all who knew him and his dogs.
Floyd was inducted into ADBA’ s‘ Dog Man Hall of Fame’ in 1988. In February 2024, Floyd received the ADBA’ s Lifetime Achievement award at the ADBA’ s Convention of Club Officers and fanciers.
The Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest award that the ADBA can bestow, and Floyd was very deserving due to his lifelong dedication to the breed and to the fanciers of the breed. I wish to quote a few paragraphs of the presentation that was published in the May 2024 issue of the APBT Gazette.
“ You can say that Bulldogs are in Floyd’ s bloodline itself as Floyd’ s father, Clayton Boudreaux, owned and bred the American Pit Bull Terrier for 40 years. Clayton’ s APBT bloodline was known for the gameness that his dogs possessed.
Floyd remembered that his first dog that he owned was in 1945 when he traveled from Louisiana to be a part of Maurice Carver’ s show in Texas.
Floyd acquired the famous dog, Blind Billy, in 1953, when the family traded some game cocks that his uncle had to Earl Tudor for the dog. Billy was a year old pup at the time and a direct son of Tudor’ s Dibo out of Dibo’ s halfsister and niece, Tudor’ s Minnie. Blind Billy would prove to be the foundation stud dog of Floyd’ s breeding program.
When asked about some of his mentors within the fancy, Floyd spoke of Leo Kinard, George Saddler, Curly Hayes, Joe Corvino, Bob Hemphill and Earl Tudor, all of whom are historical people of great significance within our breed.
Floyd has been asked many times about his favorite dog. After careful consideration, his reply was,“ It has to be Boudreaux’ Boze out of Scrub and Kandee because of his personality and the personal connection I had with the dog. He was also a great producer.”
Boudreaux’ Eli was the dog that the Boudreaux line was famous for. Eli was the result of a half-brother to halfsister mating, both of their parents sired by Blind Billy. Eli’ s paternal grand-dam, Boudreaux’ Lena, was the result of a double father to daughter mating of Blind Billy bred to two of his daughters. The total genetic influence of Blind Billy in Eli’ s four generation pedigree is 72 %. Eli’ s most famous litter was when he was bred to the young female Boudreaux’ Spook.
From that first litter, Spook had four pups for Jerry Clemmons, a good friend of Floyd; two males and two females. The two males were Walling’ s
Floyd and Blind Billy by Amy Greenwood-Dudar
Bullyson and Clayton’ s Eli Jr. The females were Clemmons’ Brendy and Clemmons’ Lady.
Floyd was a great friend to Jean Carpenter, president of the Cajun Country K-9 Club and Endangered Breeds Association. Floyd and his family were always there on show weekends to support Miss Jean and the club in hosing ADBA sanctioned events.
Floyd Boudreaux has been a mentor to many young dog men who have gone on to produce outstanding dogs themselves. His words to novice fanciers,“ Be honest in all you do. Making money cannot be the goal. Give your pups a chance; they are only flesh and bone. Develop patience. Be selective in what you breed. Have a commitment to quality and learn what a good dog looks like. Start with good stock from a good family.”
Many fanciers claim that the Boudreaux family of dogs is one of the best in history. Many top breeders have used this line of dogs to improve the athleticism and drive of their own line of outstanding dogs. Dog men everywhere owe Floyd a great debt for his dedication to the breed and his family of bulldogs.
Our sympathies go out to the Boudreaux family. God Bless!
The ADBA Board of Directors
Gary Hammonds writes;“ Floyd was a friend of mine and many others as well. He represented a life well lived. His family’ s name is well recognized to about everyone associated with the breed. He was a much respected man and was a pleasure to just be around. We had many conversations over the years and I found his spin on about everything to be‘ ON THE MONEY’. I can never remember him saying
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