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No Blue or Chocolate Frenchies Please! :(

Researching the French Bulldog breed can be a delight sometimes. Finding articles about them being dogs of historic belles and high socialites or learning that they’ll only weigh up to 28 pounds is always a great discovery. Sometimes you even run into a fact that’s kind of bizarre like that they fart a lot or that they have to learn how to bark.

The latest fact I discovered that I found interesting is that blue, chocolate or liver frenchies don’t fit into the French bulldog standard. They can’t show in AKC confirmation events. So, if you have one of those ever so rare beautiful blue (grey) colored $5-$10k French bulldogs, then you can’t show him. Nor can you breed him without getting your head cut off from avid Frenchie owners that aim to preserve the breed. If your frenchie is the color of delicious chocolate or tasty (to dogs) liver, then your dog can’t help toward French bulldog standards either. This is all a bummer to me because blue is my favorite color and I love chocolate. So if I were to ever get a blue frenchie, I wouldn’t be able to show him. Or if I decided to breed him, I would be going against AKC breed codes and qualifications. Which means I would actually be hurting the breed standard. That sucks.

Blue French bulldogs are so expensive because good breeders with a good cause (to better and protect the breed standard) are trying to eliminate all frenchies with imperfections like a diluted (d) black gene. Because of this they are rare and almost extinct.

I found this great French bulldog color genetics reference resource for anyone interested in learning more about frenchie genes and how they turn out the color they do. Here’s the link http://www.french-bulldog.com/page28.php.

To see pictures of beautiful blue French bulldogs visit this Blue French Bulldog Website or check out Shel-E’s French Bulldogs.

As for why the AKC disqualifies grey, brown and liver, I don’t know. I’m hoping to find out soon…

Maybe one day blues can show???

Frenchie Fridays Feature #7 - Goose

This week’s Frenchie Friday is Goose. You may remember Goose from our Mini French Bulldog Meetup at Petsmart. Goose is very special to us because he is the first and only Frenchie Tink has ever played with. Here is what Goose’s owners Nichole and Cody had to say about Goose.

“Goose will be 24 weeks old next week and he is loving his life! Goose comes to work with me everyday and gets to spend some quality time with Roscoe the Boxer. The two of them just lay in the sun all day, play with some toys, and of course get treats from the UPS man!

As with all Frenchies, everyone loves Goose and he get tons of attention. He is a great dog and we feel so lucky to have him in our lives.”

Below is a picture of G-Man graduating from puppy school isn’t he just adorable?

French Bulldog Graduating Training School

 

French Bulldog Wants a Treat Goose & Puppy Trainer French Bulldog and Owner nicole

Tink is Looking Forward to Seeing Goose Again!

Looking for a Good French Bulldog Breeder?

I have noticed that many of our visitors find FrenchieTink through search engines by typing in keywords such as “french bulldog breeder in California“, “frenchies for sale in Ohio“, “riverside french bulldog puppies“, etc.

We are not breeders nor do we plan to become breeders anytime soon.

For our visitors looking for a quality pure-bred Frenchie from a reputable breeder, here’s a tip to help you out.

Go to www.frenchieinfo.com and enter the site.

You’ll be taken to a search engine that helps you find registered AKC french bulldogs and their pedigrees.

Therefore, if you already know of an up-coming litter and know who the parent’s are, you can search that frenchie and see the parent’s pedigree to see how many champions are in their blood.

However if you are just looking for a place to start, follow these steps to finding the best french bulldog breeders in the country.

When searching in this engine: http://frenchieinfo.com/pp_search.htm

Keep the “number of generations” at “5″. This will show you the names of all the frenchies in the pedigree going 5 generations back.

Change the “Field to Search” to “pre-title”. This is the part given by the AKC and the breeders.

For “search string” enter “ch” this will filter out the results to only show french bulldogs that are champions. Keep it on ‘anywhere in the field” (although it’s always in front).

“Order” can be whatever you choose. I prefer name.

The results will deliver nothing but champions.

Now, here’s how to find that perfect breeder for you. Almost every champion dog has the reputable breeders’ names just before the actual name of the dog. If the breeder is a good breeder that has been breeding frenchies to fit the standard for awhile, they will normally have 2 or more dogs that have championed. If you sorted by name you’ll see at the top, breeders like Absolut, Afabulls, Adams, etc.

Now “Google”(search(msn & yahoo are fine too)) the breeder’s name. Sometimes all you have to do is search the name by typing in “Afabulls”. But sometimes a breeder has a common name like Adams (popular street name) or Absolut (popular alcoholic brand). In that case, just type in something like “absolut french bulldog” or “Adams french bulldog puppies”. If they have a website, it will show up otherwise you may find a directory with their contact information.

I hope this helps someone in finding the best frenchie for you.

Remember, these breeders make the best frenchies and they aren’t puppy mills. So waiting lists can be long and breedings can be few and far between.

Patience is a Virtue…

You can also use Frenchie Info.com’s search engine to research dog’s pedigrees. Sometimes you’ll find that some frenchies do a better job than others in passing on champion blood.

Take Better Pictures of Your French Bulldog

If you happen to be a overly obsessed frenchie owner like myself and can take pictures of your French bulldog all day, then welcome to FrenchieTink.com. We have something in common. I love taking pictures of Tinky. I also enjoy looking at pictures of other french bulldogs. I have a very active Flickr account filled with tons of pictures of our French bulldog Tink.

I still haven’t gone as far as having a picture of her in my wallet or taking a family portrait with her, but let’s just say “in due time”

In the meantime, here are 9 photography tips to help you take better pictures of your frenchies provided by digital photography school. http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/9-pet-photography-tips/

Sleeping French Bulldog

If you have any pictures of your frenchie and would like to see them in our french bulldog picture gallery or see him/her featured on Frenchie Fridays, just send then via email to mr_jamesharrison at hotmail com.