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
A Walk With the Dogs
2007-07-17 00:05:00 One of the best things about having moved from downtown Toronto to our property near Mount Forest is the backyard. Our acreage is actually an east west stretching pie shape. Our technical ‘backyard’ isn’t really huge - in fact, we can easily see our property line from our deck, or our pool. What’s behind that property ... More About: Dogs , Walk , The D
Pit Bull Heroes
2007-07-13 22:23:00 Grab the kleenex before you watch this video. Sniffle… More About: Heroes , Pit Bull , Bull
A Litter Update - and Some Thoughts on Multiple Breedings
2007-07-12 12:10:00 Right, first things first. For those of you just interested in litter news and puppy updates, here’s what we know at the moment: Mae is NOT pregnant. She likely re-absorbed her pups at some point after her ultrasound. It happens. Divine is NOT pregnant. Journey might be pregnant. Sailor is pregnant. There you have it. You can now choose, if ... More About: Thoughts , Update , Breeding
Penelope Yodels
2007-07-06 15:48:00 Just a quick video, showing off Pene lope ’s junior version of the infamous Frenchie Death Yodel. More later today, on puppies and breeding and why you should get a really big basket if you plan on putting all your eggs into it. Sigh. More About: Enel
Fatal Dog Attack Near Ottawa
2007-07-03 14:07:00 In a tragic incident over the weekend, a 17 month old toddler was mauled to death by her grandparent’s dog. There was no history of agression with the dog, a Shepherd Rottweiler mix, and it was apparently raised with children and well socialized. While the story is undoubtedly horrific, I was most shocked by the even ... More About: Ottawa , Attack , Fatal , Atta
Frenchies and Kids
2007-07-01 19:39:00 It’s funny how you can never quite tell how any one individual dog will react towards children. Yesterday we had company over, and they brought three year old Riley along with them. My older dogs are all completely kid proof, having been raised in a household full of children of all ages. The younger dogs ... More About: Kids , Journey , Tessa , Frenchies , Frenchie
Birds on My Window
2007-06-25 02:56:00 My dining room window looks out on to my wide, deep front porch. As such, it’s sheltered from the elements, and I haven’t closed it once since the warm weather arrived. As Sean and I ate dinner last week, I noticed something on the top of the window - a dark lump, like a large ... More About: Birds , Window
In Which Tula Drives Me Up a Wall
2007-06-24 00:07:00 French Bulldogs are not known for being the most agile of animals. To be honest, your average Frenchie has a hard time climbing on to the couch, let alone climbing an obstacle. As with all things, however, there are exceptions. Years back, I owned a gorgeous little brindle pied girl named Chicky. She was a wonderful ... More About: Wall , Tula
French Bulldog Websites? a LOT of French Bulldog websites!
2007-06-22 19:52:00 OK, there comes a time when you wake up and realize “Holy crap. I need to get a life.” For me, that moment came when I sat down and really took a look at how many French Bulldog websites I have created. It started out simply enough - we shared info space on bulldog.org *, which ... More About: Websites , French Bulldog
A tiny change?We?re now FrogDog Blog
2007-06-22 00:40:00 It’s been pointed out to me that there’s already a “Frog Blog ” out there, written by a guy who is interested in (what else?) frogs. So, to save confusion, I’ve renamed this blog ‘Frogdog Blog’. That should prevent anyone from coming here and looking for tips about their sick tree frogs. Carol More About: Change , Tiny , Chang , Chan
?Placing? Dogs and Picking Homes
2007-06-21 19:51:00 I have been thinking lately about the concept of ‘placing’ older dogs. ‘Placing’ is synonymous with ‘retiring’ - it means that we find good, loving, preferably close by homes for our older girls or boys who are no longer active in our breeding program. The theory is sound - dogs who have had to be ... More About: Dogs , Homes , Picking
Maybe Unicorns Aren?t Such a Bad Idea
2007-06-20 23:40:00 Oh boy. Today was one of those days that make you wonder why you didn’t decide to own cats, or raise unicorns, or potted plants. I got up to discover that not only had Sailor had an accident in her crate, but that she’d done so in her own, incomparable fashion - by sticking her butt ... More About: Idea , Unicorn , Such , Unico
Filing, Frenchies and D.H. Lawrence
2007-06-19 22:55:00 Filing old paper work is an interesting endeavor. You run into things you haven’t seen for years - correspondence from people you’d forgotten you’d written to, snippets of articles started but never finished, research that stalled part way through. I stumbled across an old folder with some of the research I’d used to write an ... More About: Lawrence , Frenchies , Frenchie
Advice on the Care and Training of Your New Human
2007-06-18 23:34:00 Since I am currently busy with work, I’ve asked Tessa to fill in and write a few guest blogs for me. She was busy working on her tan on the back deck, and suggested I re-print this column she wrote back in 2001. She then told me to get her some cookies and a glass ... More About: Advice , Training , Human , Care
My Heart
2007-06-18 19:17:00 Her eyes are a deep chocolate brown, with long dark lashes. Both are cloudy now, and the left has an opaque area that I’m beginning to worry might be a cataract. I haven’t taken her to the doctor yet, out of fear that he’ll tell me she needs surgery. I don’t want to put her ... More About: Heart , Tessa
Dog Day Afternoon in Phoenix
2007-06-14 20:16:00 There is apparently no limit to the amount of cruelty and stupidity which Phoenix , Arizona Sherrif Joe Arpaio is going to be allowed to get away with. In an unbelievable story from the Phoenix News, we learn that during a bungled weapons raid: (A) SWAT team member drove a dog trying to flee the home back ... More About: Afternoon , Day After
Defining ?Puppy Mills?
2007-06-14 17:31:00 I’ve been thinking about the phrase ‘puppy mills’ for the last few days - what it means, really means, when we refer to someone as a ‘puppy mill’. Some definitions are simple - places like the ones shown on Prisoners of Greed, for example, or the ones Kim Townsend exposes through No Puppy Mills. Sad, abused, ...
Waiting and Waiting? on mother nature
2007-06-12 19:43:00 It is an ironic fact that, no matter how high tech dog breeding may have become, it’s mother nature who still calls the shots. I’ve been hauling Sailor to the vet office for daily blood draws and smears and Draminskis, but it all comes down to timing - when she’s ready, she’s ready. And, like ... More About: Nature , Journey , Mother Nature , Mother , Breeding
AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER INVOLVED IN INCIDENT WITH CHILD AT AKC EVENT
More articles from this author:2007-06-11 21:03:00 PERMISSION TO CROSSPOST AP NEWS: BERRYVILLE , VA APRIL 5 2007 AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER INVOLVED IN INCIDENT WITH CHILD AT AKC EVENT Police were called today to the Clarke County Fairgrounds to investigate an incident involving an American Staff orshire Terrier dog and a 9 year old child. The American Kennel Club sanctions the event, held by the Clarke ... More About: Event , Child , Incident 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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