All About Frenchies

   

Keeping Your Frenchie Healthy and Happy

French Bulldogs have specific health needs that are related to their dwarf and short-faced structure.

Here are a few of the things that you need to know to help keep them healthy.  There are also some helpful links about health in the Health Resources Links in the menu to the right.

Those beautiful bat ears need to be kept clean and free of irritation and infection.   Here is information about Keeping Those Bat Ears Healthy.

The short face makes them less tolerant of heat and stress than other breeds.  These articles will tell you more about this:
Brachycephalic Syndrome       and
Global Warming and Frenchies

When your dog has some lab work done, what do those results mean?  Here is something that will help you understand the lab report. 
    Your Dog's Lab Values

Frenchies, like dogs in general, are often subject to skin problems.  Here is what you need to know about that.
    The Skinny on Frenchie Skin Disorders

Many Frenchies live in areas subject to natural disasters.  Here are ways that you can prepare your dogs in case you must evacuate your home. 
    Disaster Preparedness for Frenchies

There are a lot of things in your home that are hazardous to Frenchies and that you may not be aware of.  Here are some of them. 
    Cautionary Notes


 

Special Needs

French Bulldogs have special needs and are not for everyone.  Living with them is not the same as looking at them and admiring them.  See whether this is the breed for you.