Thank you every one that has submitted pictures of their frenchies with comments about how you feel about them to us. We now have enough loved frenchies to post one every Friday for rest of this summer.

Today’s Frenchie Friday and new co-star of Frenchie Tink is Pound Cake AKA Chubs. We are pleased to announce that come Tuesday there will be an new addition to our family. We were going to wait until then to formally introduce Chubs, however we are just way too excited. Chubs comes to us from Alabama and James is boarding a plane Tuesday morning to go pick up Tink’s new best friend. Tink isn’t aware of her new friend yet, however we think she will be very excited when her and I pick up James and Chubs at the airport Tuesday night.

This is our French Bulldog Pound Cake at 4 Weeks (above) and almost 8 Weeks (below)

Keep sending us pictures and comments. We will be updating our French bulldog pictures page this as well.

Thanks so much to everyone who gave me advice on whether or not it was safe to take Tink (a 4 Month Old French Bulldog) to the beach, we went and had a great time. We started off our day early in the morning and Tink was still tired because she had kept me up the night before playing till 3am, so she slept the whole car ride to Del Mar. When we got there she was excited to explore her new surroundings. I juggled my beach bag, her toy/water & treat bag, and a case of beer I promised my friend down to the beach. I was carrying so much and controlling Tink at the same time my arms felt like they were going to fall off, not to mention all the times we had to stop so people could pet her, take pictures, and ask me a million questions about her. It really is amazing just how many times you get stopped in a big crowd when you have a cute little Frenchie by your side.

I dropped off all our baggage at my friends tent and Tink and I sprinted down to the water. Tink was very curious about everything on the sand including the seaweed, shells and animals. It was great to watch her try and figure out what was going on, however her attention span was cut short as soon as she saw her first dog. Tink began rushing over to the dog with her playful face on, the dog ran into the water and Tink quickly pitter pattered her feet across the shallow part of the ocean. I had tried to get Tink to put her feet in the water before but until there was another doggie in there she wouldn’t step foot in the water. After the water we went back up to the tournament area, by this time the sand was too hot for Tink’s feet so I carried her whenever we walked anywhere. We spent the rest of the day under a shaded tent lounging around and drinking tons of water. Overall, we had a blast and I can’t wait to bring her back again. I washed the salt water off of her when we got to the car and gave her a bath again when we got home just to be safe.

James is going out of town and I’m going to a charity Bochi Ball tournament in Del Mar this weekend. The tournament takes place at the dog beach portion of Del Mar. Our french bulldog puppy Tink is 4 months old now and is up to date on all of her shots, we have one last shot to go and that is her rabbi shots and then she is fully vaccinated. We have already begun taking her to this park we go to all the time that allows dogs and she plays well with other dogs and loves the social interaction. I am wondering if I could bring her to “Dog Beach” in Del Mar.

Up till now we have been cautious to take her to any exclusively “dog beaches” or “dog parks” for fear of infestation of sick dogs left behind on the grass or sand. I feel that a beach is a little different than a dog park because the waves are always breaking and re-circling the sand. I also feel that since she has interaction with other dogs on a daily basis there is nothing at the Dog Beach that would be any different then where we take her now.

Just last night the park we went to had at least twenty dogs running around. James thinks that it would be safer to wait until she is 6 months to take her to any sort of a dog beach. However, I hate the thought of leaving Tink at home when I am going somewhere she is allowed and I know she would have a great time. I of course will ultimately do whatever is best for Tink’s health and I am posting this in hopes of getting advice on what to do.

So should I take her or leave her home?

PS: Don’t worry, we don’t let Tink read these posts so she won’t be mad at you if you say we should leave her home :)

I know why my Frenchie doesn’t want to cuddle with me. I play with her too much…

This is a video of Tink after playing with her for almost an hour straight. She stopped out of no where an decided that SHE was done playing.

Well, isn’t that cute… But, it’s wrong.

I’ve been reading that WE (humans, owners, alphas) decide when play time is over and when it starts. Play with them as long as needed. But, stop playing with them before they get bored and when it’s obvious they still want to play.

Make it a privilege to play with you, not a right!