![]() ![]() Today, the American Kennel Club defines French bulldogs as having a “square head with bat ears and the roach back.” An earlier iteration of the Bouledogue Français, as it is called in France, was favored as a rat catcher by butchers in Paris before becoming the toy dog of artists and the bourgeoisie, and the canine muses that appeared in works by Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. “I have security cameras everywhere,” she said.įrench bulldogs, as the name suggests, are a French offshoot from the small bulldogs bred in England in the mid-1800s. She does not give out her address to clients until she thoroughly researches them. Sosa said breeders were particularly vulnerable to thefts. “People think, ‘Hey, I’ll say I have a Frenchie for sale and make a quick five, six, seven thousand dollars.’” “There are so many scams going on,” she said. Sosa, who has a breeding business north of New Orleans, said the lure of profiting from the French bulldog craze had also spawned an industry of fake sellers demanding deposits for dogs that do not exist. If you own a Frenchie, says one post on a Facebook group dedicated to lost or stolen French bulldogs, “do not let it get out of your sight.” Social media groups created by Frenchie owners are often peppered with warnings. Patricia Sosa, a board member of the French Bull Dog Club of America, said she was not aware of any annual tally. ![]() It is uncertain how prevalent robberies of French bulldogs are nationally, and some local law enforcement agencies said they do not keep a running count of these particular crimes. “It’s so sad coming home every day and not having her greet me.” “When you have a gun at your head, you kind of just black out,” she said.īut footage from surveillance cameras in her neighborhood and near the dispensary appear to indicate that the thieves followed her for 45 minutes in traffic before pouncing. Rodriguez said she did not remember many details of the theft. When she pulled up to her home in North Hollywood, someone opened her car door and took Moolan, her 2-year-old black and white Frenchie. In late April, Cristina Rodriguez drove home from her job at a cannabis dispensary in the Melrose section of Los Angeles. In perhaps the most notorious robbery, Lady Gaga’s two French bulldogs, Koji and Gustav, were ripped from the hands of her dog walker, who was struck, choked and shot in last year’s attack on a Los Angeles sidewalk. Over the past year, thefts of French bulldogs have been reported in Miami, New York, Chicago, Houston and - especially, it seems - across California. ![]() Some are also being violently stolen from their owners. They are now the second-most-popular dog breed in the United States after Labrador retrievers. Loyal companions in the work-from-home era, French bulldogs seem always poised for an Instagram upload. With their perky ears, their please-pick-me-up-and-cradle-me gaze and their short-legged crocodile waddle, French bulldogs have become the “it” dog for influencers, pop stars and professional athletes. Del Rosario said on a recent afternoon as he displayed Cashew, a 6-month-old French bulldog of a new “fluffy” variety that can fetch $30,000 or more. “If I don’t know the area, if I don’t know the people, I always carry my handgun,” Mr. When he leaves the house to meet a buyer, his checklist includes veterinary paperwork, a bag of puppy kibble and his Glock 26. The French bulldog business is booming for Jaymar Del Rosario, a breeder whose puppies can sell for tens of thousands of dollars. ![]()
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