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She plays hard, and bears her scars proudly

Angie — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:45:06 +0000

I think someone else was using that ball....

Earlier this week, our 1-year-old French Bulldog Stitch had “an incident” at doggy day camp. As a member of the day camp staff described it, “she got another dog’s tooth caught on her head.” Basically, Stitch saw a tennis ball in the mouth of an older black lab, and hurled herself at it in an attempt to wrest it away. She succeeded only in scraping one of the dog’s teeth across her scalp.

You lookin' at me?

When I picked her up a few hours later, she was running around crazily with a Scottie, a little patch of skin showing where the on-site vet had shaved it to assess the seriousness of the injury. It doesn’t seem to bother her in the least.

Stitchie the big-eared reindeer

Angie — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:15:03 +0000

Some of the hilarious photos from the Portland French Bulldog Meet-up 2007 Holiday Party, courtesy David Childs Photography:

Happy Holidays and Winter Solstice to all!

The pumpkin puppy

Angie — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:25:21 +0000

This was our first Halloween with Stitch, and it shows.

Really, can you blame us?

Stitch

Angie — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:25:38 +0000

We are pleased to introduce Stitch, our teeny-weeny, climb-y, snuggly, snorty, and all-around CUTE French Bulldog:

Needless to say, all things now revolve around Stitchimus Maximus. Me, I kinda like it.

Here’s the original Stitch: See the resemblance?

Meeting the new puppy

Angie — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:17 +0000

Yesterday, Mom, Monica, Jacques and I drove down to Veneta (near Eugene) to meet our new puppy. There were only two available after selections were made for breeding and showing, which made our choice a little bit easier, but I’ll tell you what — not much! I was overwhelmed by their cuteness, and am probably lucky that there weren’t more swarming around. It’s quite possible that I wouldn’t have survived the experience.

The two available pups were from Amelie’s litter: girl #3 (top, fawn) and boy #2 (white pied, bottom).

After snuggling both and watching them interact with each other, with the other adult dogs in the yard, and with all us humans, we settled on the little girl. She’s tiny, stubborn, and has an adorable little sneer.

The little boy was also ridiculously cute, but he was a bit larger than the girl, and we’re hoping to give Tuta a fighting chance by choosing the smaller of the two. She may be chubby, but she’s no match for a dog!

Amelie’s puppies cute, also

Angie — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:14:58 +0000

At last, we have been gifted with some ridiculously cute pictures of Amelie’s litter:

These babies were born 16 July 2007. I can’t imagine trying to pick one of them over the rest. I just hope that somebody in the bunch takes a shine to us when we meet, to make it a little easier!

Reba’s puppies arrive

Angie — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:25:58 +0000

Our French Bulldog was born this month, to either Reba or Amelie, depending on which puppy we end up choosing. Reba’s pups arrived first, on 3 July 2007. Here they are, at approximately 2 weeks:

We’re looking forward to seeing the next batch (3 girls, 2 boys) soon!