Frenchie Tink

Hey owners of frenchies and people that know then in person. Of course frenchies are some of the cutest dogs in the world. But do you ever just look at them and realize that they are little bulldogs? I mean.. When  I look at Tink and Chubs I think to myself, you guys are little versions of the toughest dogs in the world. They’re mini boss dogs. Little mobsters, junkyard gangsters. Just look at their faces. From the wide jaws to their facial wrinkles. Their build, the stockiness, and like it or not they look like little gremlins or monsters.

BUT, they’re little and soo cute.

They’re like mini pinchers are to the dobermans; but to the Bullies (English Bulldogs, Pit Bulls and Mastiffs). Just look at the previous post of Chubs. Even though he is cute as heck, doesn’t he look like a little bully?

I know, not really, cuz he’s so little..

Gotta love the Frenchie.

Just wanted to say “HI”

Does anyone else have a dog that spends 10 or more minutes searching for a place to hide a bone you just gave them?

Every time we give Tink a rawhide bone that she knows is going to take a while for her to eat, she looks all over the house for places to hide the bone. She sometimes spends hours finding the perfect hiding place and after she has found her place she keeps watch of the bone and if anyone goes near her hiding place she quickly follows them. She was even doing this before we got Chubs as if she thought we were going to steal her bone.

I remember when Tink was about 4 or 5 months old, Lisa and I came back from PetSmart with the biggest bone Tink had ever seen (at that time). Her eyes lit up and she immediately took the bone gratefully. But then her eyes changed, all of a sudden she was focused on something, something very important, an emergency. With the bone in her mouth, Tink walked with a determined pace to find somewhere to stash her bone.  She was serious about finding the perfect place and no place was good enough. Not the nooks in the couches, under the bed or behind the pillow. She had to find that perfect spot to place her bone.

Long story short, she does this all the time and even more now that Chubs is around. Luckily Chubs can care less about those kinds of things. We’ve found bones hidden under blankets, in closets, inside our shoes, under rugs, you name it. Most of the time, she forgets where she hides them. But when she does find it, she’s happy as can be and will only bring it out once we are all asleep. I think it’s quite funny.

We want to hear more places your little buddies has stashed their goodies.

Today is officially Tinkerbelle’s 1^st birthday, tonight we will be having a small party with the family and we are going to make Tink a cake. As we look back at all the precious memories we have from picking Tink out from a laundry basket full of 6 adorable frenchies to driving to Riverside to visit her for the first time, to the special loveable cuddly dog she is today we are so grateful she has been brought into our lives. I knew from the moment I saw her that she was the one for us, the way she clung onto me when I first held her i could tell that she was going to be so loveable. Tink is such a big part of our lives and she brightens our life everyday with her kisses and her love. Happy Birthday Tink!

Sometimes, I wonder just how big Tinkerbelle thinks she is. As we mentioned before she can sometimes be aggressive. Just the other day a golden retriever was getting a nice back rub from me when Tink suddenly appeared out of nowhere, the golden retriever growled at Tink as if to say “back off, I’m getting rubbed”. Well, that dog doesn’t know Tink. Immediately Tink jumped up at him like “I’m not scared of you”,  2 seconds later we had to grabbed Tink to prevent her provoking a butt-kickin’. Although the golden retriever was  much bigger than Tink for some reason I don’t think she knew that.

We thought we did everything right when it came to socialization but boy were we wrong. Ever since Tink was old enough we have been taking her to dog parks and encouraging her to play with other dogs every chance we get. She wrestles, nuzzles up and even plays the classic game of chase and fetch with all the other dogs at the park. However when we are home in our condo complex Tink is very territorial. Any dog we encounter on our way to or from our front door Tink makes sure they know she is the boss. The intensity and aggression coming from this otherwise extremely sweet puppy is very scary and confusing. It is often embarrassing when we have guests bring their dogs over to our house to play because Tink will not stop attacking them. Although she has never hurt another dog we are worried what she must be going through internally when she encounters another dog in her space, her facial expressions and the hair on her back show us she is very uncomfortable and not at ease.

We were thinking it may have something to do with our newest addition Chubs. Ever since we got Chubs Tink has been very jealous she always makes sure that all the attention is given to her and as soon as we show Chubs the slightest bit of attention (even saying hi) she races over to get in our face and give us a million kisses. Perhaps she feels that any dog in her territory is going to come between us and her and might be staying for good.  Our 2 french bulldogs play very nicely and we can tell she loves him but as soon as our attention is distracted from her she is extremely jealous and it almost seems as if she doesn’t like him.

Tink is by far the sweetest Frenchie in the world and she is extremely friendly to any stranger we meet or any of her friends that come over, everybody loves her and thinks she is the sweetest dog in the world. So why is she so aggressive to other dogs in her territory??? Please help we are so lost!

Here’s Tink exploring her new hotel room at the Hyatt Regency in Century City. We were upgraded to a view room on the penthouse floor because we had a dog (not so bad). They also provided Tink with a bed, and a water and food bowl. She is wearing a tank top we bought her from this boutique in Burbank it says “Yes I do bite”. This was Memorial day weekend sorry we are a little behind on the posts and Tink has grown much since then but this picture and experience was too great to miss.

Look at that side profile have you ever seen a cuter face? Tink is lounging on the couch watching TV, one of her favorite things to do. We have seen videos of French Bulldogs watching TV before and it is one of the coolest things to watch its amazing how curious these little creatures are.

“OOOh daddy, who’s that!? He’s so cute. He looks like me, well except for the color. And I’m a little bigger than him. Let me down, let me play with him. He’s jumping around like a little bunny. Let me go dad. I want to chase him around and play with him.”

“Wow, this guy is fun. I can paw his face and tackle him with no effort. Ouch, you bit my face. So, I’m going to bite yours. You like that!? Oh, you want to bite back. Ok let’s roll around and wrestle. This is great, I really like this. I’m so excited. Now he’s making a weird noise. Why are mom and dad yelling at me? Whatever, I’m playing.” He makes that crazy sound again. “Why are mom picking him up and telling me no? What’s going on? Is playing wrong all of a sudden? Why is mom walking away kissing and hugging that guy like she loves him? Oh my goodness, they do love him. They like him more than me. Ever since that guy got here, all I been hearing is “No Tink”, “Stop Tinkerbelle”, “leave him alone”. What, do they think that he’s too good for me? I know he’s cute and all, but oh my gosh what’s up with this change in roles and attention. Why all of a sudden am I the bad guy?! Ok this is gone too far. Mom and Dad, this guy has got to go. He took my spot in bed, he’s using MY potty, drinking MY water, playing with MY toys, chewing on MY bones. He’s been here too long and I’ve had it.”

Next Morning:

What!? he’s still here!?! Stop following me Chubs, I don’t like you. This is my bone. Stop bothering me. Oh, you want to play. OK! Yay, this isn’t half bad rolling around with him. But, now you had to make that weird sound again. Now dad is picking him up and treating him like he’s something special. Ok, I guess, I’ll just have to play with him when you guys aren’t looking. For now, I’ll just give him dirty looks and reminisce on the times when it was just us three.

Here are 3 videos of Tink’s 1st 3 days adapting to a new French bulldog in HER house.

Video 1: Supervised Playing and Wrestling

Video 2: Tink is Mad we are Showing Chubs Attention

Video 3: Tink Doesn’t Want Chubs to Come with Us.

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I’m sitting on the couch watching a movie and all I want is for my french bulldog to cuddle up next to me. And as she looks at me with that adorable face from the floor I can’t help but to pick her up and bring her on the couch. The problem is as soon as I pick her up and bring her up onto the couch she goes to the exact opposite side of the couch and lays down. It’s as if she just wants to be next to me all the time but never cuddled up to me or touching me. It’s the same at night when she sleeps with us, she needs to be on the bed or wherever we are but once she is by us, she reverts to her own little corner as far away from us as possible. I wonder where my little cuddle bug has gone, when we first got Tink all she wanted to do was cuddle, she was so cuddly James was worried we weren’t going to have an active frenchie, boy was he wrong!

In my opinion, Tink is too spoiled and she has begun to think we are her servants and we are living in her house and sleeping in her bed. She is so cute it’s hard not to wanna just pick her up and squeeze her and give her a million kisses and tons of attention. But, I believe this attention has started to get to her head.

James has been reading an article referring to the Alpha dog and Tink definitely has a lot of traits that this article talks about. James said ‘French bulldog puppy boot camp starts today‘…..