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
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
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
Mae?s Pups & a Meditation on Breeding
2007-12-21 18:13:00 Wednesday, when I went to bed at 10 pm, Mae was doing fine. No temperature drop, no funny behavior - just Mae, being Mae and looking happy to see me every time I came into the room to check on her, wiggling her Mae Mae butt and grinning her grin. At 2 am, I woke up ... More About: Meditation , Harley , Breeding , Delilah , Bunny
Thursday Thirteen - 13 Most Useful Books on Dog Breeding
2007-12-20 16:11:00 Thirteen Things Most Useful Books for Dog Breeders I should note here that I don’t think that any book can ever replace the best source of information and advice on dog breeding, and that’s a mentor. A mentor is an older dog breeder who ‘takes you under their wing’ and offers hands on ... More About: Thursday , Breeding , French Bulldog
A BSL Night Before Christmas, and gifts for the Frenchie with everything
2007-12-20 00:19:00 Having a hard time shopping for your overly pampered Frenchie ? Cashmere sweaters not cutting it? Gucci dog bed just way too sissy for your kick ass Bully boy? Did your fussy Frenchie female sneer at the 52 carat diamond dog collar you hawked the house to buy? Don’t despair. We’ve found the perfect gift for the Frenchie ... More About: Christmas , Gifts , Night
Once again, imitation *doesn?t* equal flattery
2007-12-18 17:50:00 An update: These guys don’t just steal text, they steal photos, as well. Their picture of ‘Abby’ was stolen from Bulldog Ally. This increases the chances that they’re actually just a wire transfer scam. Well, I had no idea that I breed Bull Terriers and English Bulldogs….You’d think I would have noticed them running around the ... More About: Equal
My Christmas Wish List
2007-12-18 15:04:00 Dear Santa Claus: I know you’re really busy this time of year, what with the last minute gathering of the gifts, and the packing of the sleigh. I don’t want to take up much of your time, and, even if I did, I’m not sure how much attention you’d pay to the wish list of a ... More About: Christmas , List
How to spend a Saturday
2007-12-17 17:57:00 How was your weekend? Really? That good? Awesome. Mine was the typical, obsessed, dog breeder’s weekend. Here’s a re-cap. How A Dog Breeder Spends Her Saturday Get in car, drive three hours, cross border. When asked ‘Purpose of visit?’ contemplate answering ‘Picking up pregnant dog’, decide against it, answer ‘Shopping’, instead. Drive two more hours, arrive at meet up ...
Snow, snow, snow - and puppies
2007-12-16 22:55:00 Well, we’ve had our first real snowfall - that snow that isn’t going anywhere, at least not until spring. Sean spent a good two hours outside shovelling out the dog runs and walkways. See? Boyfriends can be useful! I also took some new pix of the Bunny pups, including a few of Dexter , the puppy formerly ... More About: Flickr , Snow , Puppies , Delilah
Delilah, then and now?
2007-12-14 18:54:00 Wow, time sure does fly. It seems like only yesterday Delilah was a tiny puppy I could fit in the palm of my hand.. now, she doesn’t even fit in her bed! Check out our comic strip, “Delilah then and now”. Click for full sized More About: Then
Thursday Thirteen - 13 Dog Breeds I?d like to own
2007-12-13 19:59:00 So, I’ve decided to become a Thursday Thirteen -er. This is a simple little meme that encourages you to devote your Thursday blog entry to a list of thirteen things - any thirteen, really. Thirteen things about yourself, thirteen things about your dog, thirteen things you hate/love/envy/desire. Whatever it is, post thirteen of them. I ... More About: Breeds , Breed
French Bulldog Comics, contest update & all aboard the FBV Express!
2007-12-12 18:04:00 The comic strip ‘Pooch Cafe‘ tossed in a sorta gratuitous reference to French Bulldogs in the last few days strips. Rather than laboriously explain it to you, I’ll just post the strips in question. A few years ago, someone in France almost blew a gasket when they noticed a page on the French Bulldog Rescue Network ... More About: Christmas , Contest , Comics , Update
Pets of Bel Air, Puppy Mills & Stupid Celebs
More articles from this author:2007-12-12 01:50:00 In a follow up to the story on Britney Spears’ new victim puppy, the HSUS has come out with a statement saying the pet store to the stars “Bel Air Pets ” gets its puppies from puppy mills (contrary to the store’s claims it gets its puppies from ‘caring breeders’). POB, by the way, is apparently ... More About: Stupid , Celebs , Puppy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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