French Bulldog

Looking for an affectionate, lively, playful, and naturally intelligent dog? The French Bulldog is the best pet for you! This is considered as a lovable family companion and pet. This breed loves life, and it gets along with people especially with its family.

The French dog is known to be entertaining, humorous and sweet natured. These pets have large personalities as they are full of energy and playful. This dog usually calms down and loves to enjoy activities.

This dog is naturally stubborn, but it goes hand in hand with its obedience, intelligence, and gentleness. This dog can get along well with expert and non-expert dog owners.

This dog loves to be with household pets and children. It likes to hunt rodents. This dog can be welcoming and friendly but reserved with visitors and new faces. This dog, has a powerful vocal power which can bark whenever it feels something is amiss. It is known as an effective protective watchdog. This dog cannot swim, so it’s good to keep it away from water. These dogs are generally larger and their capacity for energy is such that it needs to be supervised to avoid accidents.

This pet is a family pet favorite. French Bulldog loves to be with everyone, it thrives in a place where it has many people and plenty of exercise. Unfortunately, however, its muzzles prevent it from running long distance because it can get tired easily and can have some respiratory problems.

This breed has a pug like face. It is small, compact, and chunky. It has a pouting mouth and can make it look grouchy but actually, it is very friendly. Its intelligence, naughtiness, and eagerness can be seen through its eyes. The French Bulldog wears its coat smooth, short, and close. It has several colors like fawn, pied and black, brindle and cream. The natural weight of this pet is from twenty (20) to twenty eight (28) pounds and its height can be as much as eleven (11) to fourteen (14) inches.

Sprucing Up A French Bulldog

Sprucing up a French Bulldog is not very demanding. You just need to block time for its grooming needs. Its short coat needs regular grooming of at least twice a week. Its coat needs the brushing to make the coat look neat and great. The folds and wrinkles on its dog face has to be cleaned dry, the wrinkles in between has to be checked, if there are some food leftovers as it can be an onset of diseases. Its ears and eyes have to be checked regularly. This dog being a low shedder can be a suitable pet for allergic persons.

Health, Lifespan And History

The lifespan of this dog can be as much as ten (10) to twelve (12) years. It has lots of health issues to face with. This dog has a short muzzle, and can have respiratory problems at most times. It is also sensitive to cold and hot weather. There are some other health problems which you have to lookout for, like thyroid problems, allergies, cataracts, luxating patella, spinal problems, and excessive elongated soft palate. The French Bull dog parents carry with them CERF and OFA certificates with a screening of VWD for the puppy.

This dog is from France. The dog’s origin is not so easy to detect, as this breed is all over. This dog has become very popular in the 19th century especially among the raters. This breed was eventually listed in 1898 with AKC.

Quick Facts

Alias:	Bouledogue Francais	Size:	Small
Training:	Low/Medium	Grooming:	Low
Shedding:	Low/Medium (seasonal)	Exercise:	Occasional walk
Energy:	Medium	Protection:	Can make an effective watchdog