We Really Wanted Tink; Our French Bulldog

Posted by French Daddy in Our Frenchie Search | 205 comments

We started our search a little after Christmas; our quest was to find the perfect addition to our happy home. We started with a list of three breeds the French Bulldog, the Boston Terrier and the Pug. Through months of research we found that there was no question about it, although the search would be long and the price would be high, our choice was without a doubt the French Bulldog. The more we read about this interesting breed the more we fell in love with the French Bulldog. Choosing a Frenchie from the three breeds was the easy part, we would come to find out that becoming the proud owners was much harder than we had thought. We imagined that we would decide what kind of puppy we wanted and then have the puppy within a week or two.

 

Little did we know our search had just begun. We dealt with multiple breeders in our search for the perfect frenchie however we never quite got the right feeling and I used the words shady many times when describing the breeder and our interaction with them. It seemed the only way to get a French bulldog in CA was to order one over the internet from some remote State in the Midwest such as Missouri or Minnesota. There was no way we were going to throw down $2,000 and wait for our frenchie to travel via a shipping company. We wanted to meet our little puppy and pick her/him out of a litter and be able to see the parents that gave birth to the precious creature but this seemed virtually impossible. Until one day I was searching my usual “French Bulldog in CA” and I came across an ad in the Penny saver with the cutest picture of a pied frenchie and the headline “5 frenchies for sale in Riverside“. I immediately called James and told him to call ASAP (I just had a really good feeling) he called and two days later we were driving to Riverside to meet the breeders and pick out our new little friend. The drive was about an hour and a half but that didn’t matter to us we were just so excited. Originally I had fell in love with the picture in the ad and was set on us picking out that puppy. But James picked Tink when we were able to see more pictures of the rest of the litter. When we arrived to the meeting spot we were welcomed by a very friendly family and 5 little puppies in a laundry basket. After an hour of talking and getting to know the breeder and looking at all the puppies we had fallen in love with little tink. Tink is a brindle female with white markings and the cutest little white sock on her foot. I knew immediately that the pied frenchie in the ad, although adorable had nothing on Tink.

 

Our drive home flew by as we talked of plans to welcome our new puppy into our home. Although we would not be able to bring Tink home for 5 weeks there was much preparation that had to take place. That same night we went to Target and bought all kinds of puppy treats and even a cute little dress for Tink.