A compactly built dog who, in spite of his name, is believed to be at least partly of British origin. He is a descendant of the Toy Bolldog which was bred during the nineteenth century and exported to France where the breed became popular. The French added a few of their own distinctive touches and so the Frence Bulldog, as we know him today, emerget.The bat ear is a distinctive feature of this breed and adds to the droll expression. He is very intelligent, always ready for fun, has an affectionate disposition, is not noisy and his short, easy-to keep-clean coat makes him an ideal house pet. Although he has a jolly engaging personality and is very vivacious he is not a boisterous dog. Comfort means a lot to him and he will happily live in house or flat as an integral part of the family. This attractive medium-to small-sized dog is bred in three colours - brinde, pied and fawn.
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| General Appearance
*** Sturdy, compact, solid, small dog
with very good bone, short, smooth coat. No point exaggerated, balance
essential.
Characteristics *** Full of courage, yet with clown-like qualities. Bat ears and short undocked tail essential features of the breed. Temperament *** Vivacious, deeply affectionate, intelligent,
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| Head and
Skull *** Head square,
large and broad but in proportion to dog's size. Skull nearly flat
between ears, domed forehead, loose skin froming symmetrical wrikles.
Muzzle broad, deep and set well back, muscles of cheek well developed;
nose and lips black. Stop well defined. Lower jaw deep, square, broad,
slightly undershot and well turned up. Nose extremely short, black and
wide, with open nostrils and line between well defined. Lips
thick, meeting each other in centre, completely hiding teeth. Upper lip
covers lower on each side with plenty of cushion, never so exaggerated
as to hang too much below level of lower jaw.
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| Eyes
*** Preferably dark and
matching. Moderate size, round, neithersunken nor prominent, showing no
white when looking straight forward; set wide apart and low down in
skull.
Ears *** Bat ears, of medium size, wide at base, rounded at top; set high, carried upright and parallel, a sufficient width of skull preventing them being too close together; skin soft and fine, orifice as seen from the front, showing entirely. Mouth *** Slightly undershot. Teeth sound and regular, but not visible when mouth is closed.Tongue must not protrude.
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| Neck
*** Powerful, with loose skin at
throat, but not exaggerated. Well archet and thick, but not too short.
ForeQuarters *** Legs set wide apart, straight boned, strong, muscular and short. Body *** Short, cobby, muscular and well rounded with deep wide brisket; roach back; strong wide at shoulders and narrowing at loins; good cut uo ; ribs well sprung.
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| HindQuarters
*** Legs strong , muscular and
longer than forelegs thus raising loins above shoulders. Hocks well let
down.
Feet *** Small compact and placed in cotuinuation of line of leg, with absolutely sound pasterns. Hindfeet rather longer than the forefeet. Toes compact; well knuckled; nails short, thick and preferably black. Tail *** Undocked, very short, set low, thick at root, tapering quickly towards tip, either straight or kinked, never curling over back nor carried gaily.
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| Gait
& Movement *** Free and
flowing
Coat *** Texture fine, smooth, lustrous, short and close. Colour *** Brindle, pied or fawn. Tan, mouse and gry / blue highly undesirable. Brindle: a mixture of black and coloured hairs. May contian white provided brindle predominates. Pied: white predominates over brindle. Whites are classified with pieds for show purposes; but their eyelashes and eyetrims should be black. In pieds the white should be clear with definite brindle patches and no ticking or black spots. Fawn: May contain brindle hairs but must have black eyelashes and eye rims.
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Size ** Ideal weight: dogs 12.7 kgs ( 28 Ibs ); Bitches: 10.9 Kgs 24 Ibs). Soundness not to be sacrificed to smallness. Faults ** Any departure from the foregoing points should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree. Note ** Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrtum.
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