This week’s Frenchie Friday is the French Bulldog Village’s Boomer. Boomer is a 3 year old rescued French bulldog living in a Foster home here in Southern California. He is one of the French Bulldog Village K-kids currently staying in a foster home until he finally finds his forever pet home. Boomer’s life wasn’t always tough, at one point Boomer was in the same position Tink is in now. He lived with a happy couple that spoiled him for 2 years, until that couple had a baby. Having a new baby was something new to Boomer and he wasn’t very fond of someone new taking up all his attention.

Perfectly understandable Boomer…

He later found a second home. But in this home, he wasn’t the only dog/pet. Who knows how the originally coupled spoiled Boomer, because he made it clear that he wanted to be the only pet. After 18 months of unhappiness Boomer was forced out of his new home.

Poor Boomer has had a rough life; he is now living in a foster home and being evaluated to see if he could ever be safely put into another family again. He is settling in fine to his foster home however after being evaluated by Luciano Aguilar “Sit Means Sit” it has been determined that Boomer should go through a thirty day boot camp to increase his chances of being placed in a permanent home in the future.

This story is extremely aspiring to us. It has opened our eyes to the adjustments we will have to make in raising Tink to prevent her from becoming too spoiled that she is unable to welcome any other dog or our future baby into our home. Tink is our little angel. But one day our family will grow and we need to be prepared.

If we were experienced dog/frenchie owners, we would get Boomer in a heart beat. Look at his face. He’s a just a spoiled brat that wants some personal (all of your) attention. What better Frenchie to have…

It is through the help of French Bulldog Village and the K-Fund (Karen Krings Memorial fund) that Boomer is given the hope for a second chance. Without these amazing people dedicating their lives to the well being of rescued Frenchies, who knows what Boomer’s fate would have been?

We thrive on learning new things to help us give our French bulldog the best life possible. Tink is a very active puppy that likes to jump off things (beds, couches, etc.). The problem is, most of her body weight is in her head, so when she jumps she comes close to landing on her face. For that reason, we try our hardest to put her on the ground every time we feel she’s ready to jump off. We don’t want our puppy to hurt herself. It has been suggested that we never let her on the couch or bed in the first place. But, she’s our princess and loves to be by our side at all times.

Back to the head taking up a good proportion of the puppy’s total body weight, a fellow frenchie owner told us about a horrible experience she had with her frenchie. A friend of hers tried to pick up her frenchie like he would any other dog, however he didn’t know that Frenchies tilt forward because of the size of their heads. So the puppy fell on his face and ended up in the hospital. Imagine how the owner felt. Imagine how her friend felt. He felt horrible. But, he didn’t have no idea he could cause such damage. Just the other day, my 10 year old brother almost dropped her.

We must educate others before handing our dogs to them.

When we think about how much these dogs cost and hear stories like this, we sometimes get paranoid when people ask if they can hold our puppy. I personally don’t mind being mean and saying “No“. But for people like my girlfriend, there are ways to say No in a nice way. Say something like “I would, but the last time someone held her, she got too excited for the person to handle and fell” or “I would, but he’ll be mad at me”. You can think up a lie or just say ” I don’t trust a crazy $2,000 puppy in your arms, she’s not trained enough for that”.

But let’s face it. It never goes like that; somehow your puppy still ends up in your friend or stranger’s hands.

I suggest you educate them first. Let them know how (un)proportioned they are due to their heads and how excited they get in other people’s arms. Warn them to hold the dog the appropriate way, to pick them up closer to their heads. It’s hard to tell others no, or how to hold your dog. But just remember, frenchies do tilt forward and fall on their faces and you are the owner responsible for the dog’s safety regardless of how cute people think he or she is.

Oh, and don’t get me started on kids… (Just remember to always keep a close eye on your Frenchie)

This past weekend we decided to take a trip to Pomona LA fairplex to witness first hand the San Fernando kennel club dog show. We have seen many dog shows on TV but have never actually been to one. We were especially excited to visit the Frenchie ring and see a bunch of full grown Tinks posing and strutting their stuff around the ring. We awoke early Saturday morning to begin our long day, we had a two hour drive ahead of us and most of our friends thought we were crazy for leaving San Diego on memorial Day weekend but we were as excited as could be. We decided to make a weekend out of it and stay in LA and visit my family so not only was this Tink’s first dog show this was also Tink’s first vacation. We packed up all her food, treats, and her favorite toys and proceeded to Pomona.

We arrived at the dog show at 8:30 so we had time to get all our belongings together and figure out where we were going. We were told that we were not allowed to bring puppies but that it was ok as long as Tink stayed in our arms the whole time, considering we always keep her in our arms in public places anyway this was not a problem for us. We put her in a little bag with her cute head popping up and hopped on the first available tram to transport us to the show. On the tram ride there we saw one of the competing show dogs. She was a cute brindle with a poka dot coat on, she was extremely well behaved and you could tell she had her “A game” face on. When we arrived to the show building we quickly rushed to ring 18, the French Bulldog competition ring. I sat in the back with Tink while James got up close to watch the show and take pictures. We met a couple nice people that were willing to talk to us and answer all our questions regarding the show but overall most of the people were very serious and focused on the upcoming show.

We loved seeing all the French Bulldogs up close and admiring all the different types and colors of this precious breed. We hope one day Tink could become a show dog however it is way too soon to tell and she definitely needs a lot of training before she will be as obedient as the dogs we saw in the show. After the French Bulldog competition was over we walked outside and visited all the shops and exhibits. We bought Tink a collar, a frog/tennis ball toy, and some jerky. All the store owners were so excited to see a little French Bulldog puppy and they all wanted to kiss her and smell her wonderful puppy breath. At Lola’s collar stand we ran into a really nice lady with two brindled frenchie that had competed in the shows. She was very informative and we talked to her for about 30 minutes about Tink and her dogs and she gave us all kind of tips. I got down on my knees and played with her frenchie Charlotte and she was absolutely adorable, she was licking me and jumping all over me, it was great.

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‘Tiffany’s Chick’ is probably the cutest french bulldog puppy we’ve seen since Tink. She is 1 week younger than Tink (10/11 weeks old) and is as of now FrenchieTink.com’s youngest Frenchie Fridays feature.

Here’s a very small portion of what Tiffany had to say about her beloved frenchie.

“Chick is as sweet as can be. She is super loving and cuddly, but can also independently play on her own with no problem. She is a beautiful fawn girl and she is the joy of my life.“

Tiffany is an awesome lady who we’ve learned a lot from. She has provided us with very useful information on obtaining the right frenchie professionals and how to get involved in frenchie shows, games, clubs and meetups. She is an active member of the San Fernando French Bulldog Meetup Group and can be spotted at your next local frenchie conformation show. We are happy to feature Chick as this week’s Frenchie Friday featurette, not only because she is so adorable, but also because her mama (Tiffany) is one of the nicest ladies we’ve met since obtaining our frenchie and starting this blog.

Thanks Tiffany for all your great advice!