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Frenchies

RENO’S FRENCH BULLDOGS

  French Bulldogs are little loves, little comics and a lot stubborn.  They get along well with other dogs, children and usually strangers. Frenchies are a small dog but don’t act like it. They come in a variety of colors and patterns and price is based on those items. Our frenchies are true to type, within the weight standard and healthy.  Short legs, nubby tails and that iconic flat face, along with a cobby, stocky body, and of course, the large, bat ears are our goals in breeding. 

FRENCH BULLDOG HISTORY

There is a difference of opinion as to the origin of the French Bulldog, but one ancestor must have been the English Bulldog - probably one of the toy varieties, of which there were a great number in England around 1860.

     These toy bulldogs were sent in large numbers into France, where they were crossed with various other breeds and were given the name Boule-Dog Francais.  One found dogs with rose ears, while others had bat ears which is now the outstanding feature of the French Bulldog.

     In the early days of breeding in Europe, the tendency was towards the rose ear.  This movement was opposed by Americans and the breed eventually lost the feature that strongly accentuates its individuality and the result would have been practically a miniature English Bulldog

     This controversy over type was responsible for the formation of the French Bulldog Club of America, the first organization in the world devoted to the breed.  In 1898, fanciers gave a speciality show in the ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria. The affair proved a sensation and it was due, no doubt, to the resulting publicity that the quaint little chaps

RENO RANCH HOUNDS

Mark and Cheryl Reno

E-mail : renos@elp.rr.com

Phone : (915) 799-8558