Welcome to our small dog team,
Everyone who knows us knows that I love small dogs as well as our bigger breeds. We do not own many small breeds. We own 3 French bulldogs. Frooti who is spayed, and 6 years of age. Reggie who is 5 who is also not a breeding dog. He sired one litter with Frooti to produce Kiki. We own their daughter Kiki who has never had a litter. I have no plans on breeding Kiki in 2026. There is a small possibility we will let her have one litter in 2027. with a view to keep a girl in the family as our son wants a Frenchie. I have only ever bred to keep a puppy due to the high costs involved in breeding this breed. When your quoted £6500 at the vets for a C section, stud fees over £1000 and you get 1 puppy it makes it an expensive dog to breed from. So we have to be realistic. We enjoy them for what they are and thats great little companions. I also love to have smaller breeds with our big breeds as it socialises puppies fantastically.
In 2014 I was walking in the marshland of Wolverton and came across the first fawn French bulldog I had ever seen, or put it like this take noted of. You see them everywhere don't you but not well bred ones. I fell instantly in love and said that when I can afford to buy one I was having one. This took a few more years as boy are they expensive, and now I know why that is. The costs of breeding a litter is not redeemed in breeding them as they require c sections.
I was on my first French bulldog journey when we welcomed Bubbles into our home. We bred her twice. From the second litter came Frooti. Probably one of the prettiest Frenchies youll ever see. A pale coated fawn, with mask, and personality to die for. My baby!! I ended up with a male Frenchie just as you do, bumped into someone who had pups for sale, and he ended up coming home. The first dog I never told my husband about, and he came through the doors and never even noticed. Im not sure who will live that down, me for buying him or him for not noticing. I chose him based on the fact he had a small snout, and wide nostrils. I did not choose him on a show prospect, but actually this boy would do well in the ring. We always said, Bubbles never had the head shape we really wanted as it was quite flat. My aim was to improve what I had and I did. With Reggie we have produced now Kiki who to be honest even vets are telling me you should breed this dog. She has no noisy breathing, runs like a loon, and runs the hills!
With the IHA coming in it kinda put my plans on hold, but there is work being done with in the French bulldog community to improve breathing and we have always signed up to the research. It's called BOAS testing. Checkin breathing before and after exercise. If we do breed Kiki she will under go vigorous health testing. She is very much our pet, and there is very much a chance we wont breed her at all. But rest assured if we do, Kiki will be health tested and a dog found that we think will improve on the breed. The truth is I love my frenchies to bits. But I know I loose money when I bred them.
Our next small dog is Pookie the miniature poodle who we bought after my mother died. My mother owned 2 favourite breeds the Miniature poodle and then years later cocker spaniels. I decided I enjoyed grooming wool coats as it's quite therapeutic and when mum died I bought a Miniature Poodle. It felt like I connected to my family roots.
So we own 1 Apricot girl who's 2 years old. We do plan on breeding her just the once. But at the moment finding the colour I want and a health tested dog is proving more difficult than I realised. Most studs are not health tested. So I am on a long search and have just asked for help with a very experienced poodle breeder to help locate a boy for her.
Then finally we have only just had a golden Cocker spaniel girl called Honey with the view to breed Cocker spaniels in the future. She is a breath of fresh air and I forgot how much I love cockers. Mum and I bred a few litters together when I was younger, and I loved them then, but we had big dogs back then and my heart laid with Weimaraner's.
I took off my Frenchie page on this website and now Im going to bring it back as it's a great educational piece on the health of Frenchies. Im asked all the time about the breed and people are finding it hard to find health tested dogs of recognised colours. Because the recognised colour is now rare. Yes you heard that correct. Because it's the unrecognised colours which are more than common. Gradually I will write back pages to help on all the breeds we own, as we do not have to breed them to educate people looking for puppies. I enjoy helping people.
You get some narrow minded show people who think you should only own one breed to be a good dog owner. I argue that is incorrect. Because if you are a true dog lover you love many breeds. I know I cant own all the dogs I want too, because Im getting older now. But I hope to be able to specialise in Cocker spaniels in the future and thats my current aim. I wont be breeding lots of Poodles or French bulldogs. They are my pets who get spayed/castrated when old enough. But we will be breeding from Cocker spaniels in the future I hope. A smaller dog to start learning how to do the coat for showing, and going into my older years with a smaller dog breed. But you will always find Frenchies at the heart of this family as they certainly own my heart.
Everyone who knows us knows that I love small dogs as well as our bigger breeds. We do not own many small breeds. We own 3 French bulldogs. Frooti who is spayed, and 6 years of age. Reggie who is 5 who is also not a breeding dog. He sired one litter with Frooti to produce Kiki. We own their daughter Kiki who has never had a litter. I have no plans on breeding Kiki in 2026. There is a small possibility we will let her have one litter in 2027. with a view to keep a girl in the family as our son wants a Frenchie. I have only ever bred to keep a puppy due to the high costs involved in breeding this breed. When your quoted £6500 at the vets for a C section, stud fees over £1000 and you get 1 puppy it makes it an expensive dog to breed from. So we have to be realistic. We enjoy them for what they are and thats great little companions. I also love to have smaller breeds with our big breeds as it socialises puppies fantastically.
In 2014 I was walking in the marshland of Wolverton and came across the first fawn French bulldog I had ever seen, or put it like this take noted of. You see them everywhere don't you but not well bred ones. I fell instantly in love and said that when I can afford to buy one I was having one. This took a few more years as boy are they expensive, and now I know why that is. The costs of breeding a litter is not redeemed in breeding them as they require c sections.
I was on my first French bulldog journey when we welcomed Bubbles into our home. We bred her twice. From the second litter came Frooti. Probably one of the prettiest Frenchies youll ever see. A pale coated fawn, with mask, and personality to die for. My baby!! I ended up with a male Frenchie just as you do, bumped into someone who had pups for sale, and he ended up coming home. The first dog I never told my husband about, and he came through the doors and never even noticed. Im not sure who will live that down, me for buying him or him for not noticing. I chose him based on the fact he had a small snout, and wide nostrils. I did not choose him on a show prospect, but actually this boy would do well in the ring. We always said, Bubbles never had the head shape we really wanted as it was quite flat. My aim was to improve what I had and I did. With Reggie we have produced now Kiki who to be honest even vets are telling me you should breed this dog. She has no noisy breathing, runs like a loon, and runs the hills!
With the IHA coming in it kinda put my plans on hold, but there is work being done with in the French bulldog community to improve breathing and we have always signed up to the research. It's called BOAS testing. Checkin breathing before and after exercise. If we do breed Kiki she will under go vigorous health testing. She is very much our pet, and there is very much a chance we wont breed her at all. But rest assured if we do, Kiki will be health tested and a dog found that we think will improve on the breed. The truth is I love my frenchies to bits. But I know I loose money when I bred them.
Our next small dog is Pookie the miniature poodle who we bought after my mother died. My mother owned 2 favourite breeds the Miniature poodle and then years later cocker spaniels. I decided I enjoyed grooming wool coats as it's quite therapeutic and when mum died I bought a Miniature Poodle. It felt like I connected to my family roots.
So we own 1 Apricot girl who's 2 years old. We do plan on breeding her just the once. But at the moment finding the colour I want and a health tested dog is proving more difficult than I realised. Most studs are not health tested. So I am on a long search and have just asked for help with a very experienced poodle breeder to help locate a boy for her.
Then finally we have only just had a golden Cocker spaniel girl called Honey with the view to breed Cocker spaniels in the future. She is a breath of fresh air and I forgot how much I love cockers. Mum and I bred a few litters together when I was younger, and I loved them then, but we had big dogs back then and my heart laid with Weimaraner's.
I took off my Frenchie page on this website and now Im going to bring it back as it's a great educational piece on the health of Frenchies. Im asked all the time about the breed and people are finding it hard to find health tested dogs of recognised colours. Because the recognised colour is now rare. Yes you heard that correct. Because it's the unrecognised colours which are more than common. Gradually I will write back pages to help on all the breeds we own, as we do not have to breed them to educate people looking for puppies. I enjoy helping people.
You get some narrow minded show people who think you should only own one breed to be a good dog owner. I argue that is incorrect. Because if you are a true dog lover you love many breeds. I know I cant own all the dogs I want too, because Im getting older now. But I hope to be able to specialise in Cocker spaniels in the future and thats my current aim. I wont be breeding lots of Poodles or French bulldogs. They are my pets who get spayed/castrated when old enough. But we will be breeding from Cocker spaniels in the future I hope. A smaller dog to start learning how to do the coat for showing, and going into my older years with a smaller dog breed. But you will always find Frenchies at the heart of this family as they certainly own my heart.
