FrogDog Blog - Notes from a French Bulldog Breeder FrogDog Blog - Notes from a French Bulldog Breeder FrogDog Blog is written by Carol Gravestock, who has been addicted to French Bulldogs since she first saw a rather horrid photo of three leashed and huffing European bred Frenchies. She's been breeding under the prefix 'Bullmarket' since 1990, and ha Articles
What is a ?working? dog?
2008-01-26 19:31:00 I spent most of last week flat on my back, sick with the flu. Thank God for Jane Austen novels and French Bulldog s that love to snuggle, because they are the only thing that can get me through a week of enforced bed rest and computer abstinence. There’s something about a snoring Frenchie warming your ... More About: Working
Bad Weather = More Movies
2008-01-23 21:29:00 My internet connection has been up and down all day long, due to the absolutely unbelievable amount of snow we’re getting. When the snow piles too high on the satellite dish, or the weather conditions are anything less than perfect, I lose my internet signal. Sweeping snow off the dish sometimes helps, but not ... More About: Movies , Weather , Tube
More Solo Photos & Some Experimental Video
2008-01-23 01:21:00 It amazes me sometimes how many tricks and features my lovely Mac computer has that I remain blissfully unaware of. I only discovered Boot Camp (the utility that allows me to partition my hard drive and run either Windows XP or Vista on the second partition) after watching a Tech show on TV, and I ... More About: Video , Movie , Photos , Experimental
Bunny Does Tricks, Mae Plays, and Evil Clowns Scare Me
2008-01-22 15:33:00 Bunny has been doing the oddest thing lately - she jumps straight into the air, twists at the height of her jump, and does a barrel roll onto the ground. It’s the oddest thing I have ever seen. I’m going to try to catch it on camera if I can — she usually does it ... More About: Tricks , Evil , Plays , Bart Simpson , Bunny
Evil Supercuteness Puppy Powers
2008-01-21 23:33:00 Solo’s E.S.P.P.* is growing - he is officially now able to ’smile’ almost on cue, he kicks his widdle feets if you tickle his tummy, and if you coo ‘Solooooo’ at him while holding him, he’ll jump up and lick your chin. The only hope for the world is if he decides to use his ... More About: Puppy , Solo , Evil , French Bulldog , Powers
All your blogs are belong to us!
2008-01-21 14:47:00 It’s not just leetle Solo’s new thought bubble - it’s also my request to anyone reading this — what are the blogs you enjoy reading on a regular basis? Dog ones are great - I love a good dog blog, and checking some of the ones in my sidebar is pretty much the first thing I ... More About: Blogs
Would you buy shoes from these people?
2008-01-20 04:36:00 I have to wonder what the geniuses with Ogilvy Advertising were thinking when they green lighted this ad for Exit Urban Shoes . “Say, that Michael Vick thing sure did seem to get a lot press. Let’s see if we can get in on that!” Here’s the ad they came up with to sell shoes. Yup, shoes. Do ... More About: People
Newsflash - PETA Still Killing Animals, No One Outside Hollywood Surprised
2008-01-19 17:54:00 Is there anyone left who still believes PETA is an animal *welfare* organization, and not just a PR driven arm of the animal rights movement? Well, rights for some animals, that is - lab rats and KFC chickens are pretty important to them. Not shelter animals, though. Those are dispensable. If they weren’t, would PETA ... More About: Hollywood , Pam Anderson , Animals , Alec Baldwin , Alicia Silverstone
Honest Kitchen Dog Food Assesment
2008-01-19 16:51:00 As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog, I picked up some samples of Honest Kitchen dog food to try out on Ellie. I picked up a trial sized packet of each of the foods made by Honest Kitchen - Force, Embark, Preference and Thrive. The samples were kindly provided by the Canadian distributor of Honest Kitchen, ... More About: Food , Dog Food
Snowy Day Food Blogging
2008-01-18 16:32:00 The weather here today is horrific — blowing snow obscures everything, it’s minus -7° celcius, and expected to drop to -15° , and I have no intentions of leaving the house if I can possibly help it. Unfortunately, Solo is out of goat’s milk, so I don’t really have much choice. Sucks to ... More About: Food , Blogging , Ellie , Vietnamese food , French Bulldogs
Thursday Thirteen - 13 Movies with French Bulldogs in Them
2008-01-17 14:32:00 I missed Thursday Thirteen last week, because of the power outages and the need to write a long-ass update on the puppies. This week, I cheated and lifted part of my movie list from French Bulldog Z. Here’s a list of 13 movies that have French Bulldogs in them. Please note that I’ve chosen movie ... More About: Movies , Top Ten List
Yum- Breaded Frenchies
2008-01-17 07:09:00 Search terms found in my webstats – French Bull dog breaders breading a french bulldog You don’t think they were looking for recipes, do you? This one is even scarier – dog breathes heavy foams at mouth breathing heavy vomiting OK, people? If your dog is breathing heavy, foaming at the mouth and vomiting, searching on Google is not where you ... More About: Frenchies , French Bulldog , French Bulldogs
Breed Popularity, Email Woes & Puppy Photos
2008-01-16 21:52:00 The AKC just released their annual registration figures for 2007. The list contains all of the usual popular breeds, with one exception - for the first time since 1935, the Bulldog has entered the top ten most popular breeds list. Bulldogs are most popular in Los Angeles, where they are second only to Labs. This popularity ... More About: Photos , Email , Puppy , Popularity
Zealotry in the Dog Food Wars
2008-01-14 15:19:00 There are a few topics well known as not suitable for discussion in polite company. Death and taxes, of course - and on pet mailing lists, the topic of raw versus commercial food. One of my French Bulldog mailing lists just experienced the sort of name calling and hysterics that a discussion on dog food ... More About: Food , Wars , Dog Food
Separated at Birth
2008-01-13 13:30:00 Separated at birth: Knut the infamous abandoned polar bear cub born at the Berlin Zoo - and now apparently named Flocke or Snowflake… … and our own Solo puppy. Not only do they look alike, but both - * have moms who are uninterested in raising them (altho’ Solo’s didn’t try to chomp on his head) * had to ... More About: Birth , Separated , French Bulldog
Solo Photos and His First Video
2008-01-12 20:48:00 Solo is almost at two pounds, finally. He hit a sort of plateau when he was sick a week ago, but he’s been making up for lost time the last few days. He’s gone from eating just under an ounce per feeding to an ounce and a half and change - and this morning, he ... More About: Video , Photos , Solo , French Bulldog
Power Outages, Flying Puppies & Mouth Wars
2008-01-11 02:37:00 Like a lot of people in Ontario, we suffered through some crazy windstorms yesterday, resulting in a day of sporadic power outages. From about five in the morning on, our power was on and off throughout the day, causing me some major inconvenience, and not a small amount of worry over keeping my puppies warm. ... More About: Power , Wars , White , Flying , Mouth
Solo is Feeling Better? and a new video
2008-01-06 20:15:00 Well, Solo is feeling a bit better. Thanks to the advice I received from some list members, I spoke to my veterinarian, and we switched him over to Zithromax on Friday. It seems to have really worked - his check up Saturday morning confirmed his lungs are MUCH less congested, and much ‘drier’ sounding, although ... More About: Video , White , Breeding , Feeling
If it weren?t for bad luck?
2008-01-03 22:57:00 I woke up this morning at six am to give Solo his morning feeding, and found him in a state of distress. He was listless, wheezing, and had milk coming out of his nose. A quick inspection indicated his chest sounded congested, and his energy level was depressed. This was a 180° change from ... More About: Breeding , Luck , French Bulldogs
Thursday Thirteen - 13 Best Reasons to Own a French Bulldog
2008-01-03 17:04:00 I’ve taken a certain amount of grief for a list I created for frenchbulldogz.org, called ‘Top Ten Reasons to NOT Own a French Bulldog‘. The list wasn’t created to be cruel, or for pointless reasons - it was created to help stop people from buying a Frenchie without understanding what they were getting themselves into. That ... More About: Thirteen , Top Ten List , Thursday
Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary Needs Help
2008-01-02 15:44:00 If you can afford a little post Christmas giving, please consider making a donation to Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary. Cedarhill provides refuge for exotic and domestic cats, and is a non profit, 501(c) charity. On December 27th, Cedarhill suffered a devastating fire. They lost the entire building that houses their laundry and medical facilities, but they also ... More About: Needs
Happy New Year?s, From the Boring Dog Lady
2008-01-02 00:02:00 Sean and I spent New Year ’s Eve at home, where we ate chips, a shrimp ring, and got wild by drinking a half bottle of wine. Woohoo! We’re officially boring dog people. Next up - I start whipping out photos of my dogs to show to strangers in the supermarket. Oh wait, I already do ... More About: Lady , Happy , Happy New Year , Boring
Solo at Ten Days Old
2007-12-30 02:36:00 At ten days, Mae’s solo puppy boy (who, for now, has pretty much just been christened ‘Solo ’) seems to be doing wonderfully. He eats like a piglet, wiggles non stop, and is generally a content little guy. I don’t like writing too much about him, since I’m afraid I’ll jinx him… He weighs 15.4 ounces, and is ... More About: White , Days , Bunny , French Bulldog
Thursday Thirteen - 13 Things My Dogs Have Eaten
2007-12-27 13:26:00 This week, my Thursday Thirteen list is a ‘top ten plus 3′ of things that the dogs in my life have eaten. Needless to say, mundane items like food and cookies aren’t included. 1. Eaten: The solid oak, two hundred year old step off my farmhouse door. Eater: Murfee, my (English) Mastiff Notes: The courtyard outside the back ... More About: Dogs , Things
Happy Boxing Day
2007-12-26 16:17:00 If you live in a Commonwealth country, you’re celebrating Boxing Day today (likely by shopping for discounted Christmas items). If you live in the USA, you probably have no idea what Boxing Day means. In the most simplistic terms, Boxing Day is simply the day after Christmas, December 26th. The history of the term ‘Boxing Day’ ... More About: Happy , French Bulldog
I win the dumb caller of the year award!
2007-12-25 04:09:00 I’ve had some impressively dumb ass puppy inquiry phone calls this year, but the one I got just minutes ago (on Christmas eve) wins. Caller, in desperate voice - “You sell Frenchies?” Me - “umm, I breed them, yes.” Caller - “I need a Frenchie puppy, right away. Can you get it shipped overnight, by courier? ... More About: Dumb , Award , Year
Happy Night Before Christmas
2007-12-24 18:10:00 Mae’s baby boy is doing much, much better. He’s gained a full ounce and a half, which is an amazing turn around. I’m still bottle feeding him, now about every four hours instead of every two. The kids took some photos - I’ve been slacking off in the photo taking department, I fear. There are some of ... More About: Christmas , Night , Happy , French Bulldog
California Cruelty - Justice for Zephyr
2007-12-23 20:25:00 The dog in this photo went from being a healthy, vibrant 10 month old puppy to an emaciated, frozen corpse in less than two months. I know what to call it when a puppy mill commits this kind of cruelty on an innocent animal, but what do we call it when the perpetrators are an animal ... More About: California , Justice , Cruelty
A much better morning
2007-12-23 18:39:00 After a very LONG 24 hours of every two hour feedings, the little boy seems much better this morning. He’s gained almost .4 ounces, he feels ‘fuller’ in my hand, and he’s back to being active and wiggly. I plan to keep on bottle feeding him for a few more days, and I’m encouraging him ... More About: Morning , Breeding , French Bulldogs
A long night.. with more to come
More articles from this author:2007-12-22 15:43:00 I’m starting to think I must be cursed. This boy isn’t gaining ANY weight - in fact, he’s lost weight. I was up all night trying to get him to nurse, but he just drops off the nipple as soon as I let go of him. Some nutracal perked him up a little bit, and he’s ... More About: Night , Long , French Bulldog 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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