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Originally Posted by fris
french bulldogs are quite expensive like $3,000 or some shit.
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yeah.. they can be expensive, I think ours was about $2500. We got him from a breeder in Guelph. No papers, but I guess we lucked out and got none of the problems normally associated with a Brachycephalic dog. He's great in all but the hottest of summer days, and on those days we just keep his exercise level to a minimum. To be fair, since he was a puppy we've had him out on the farm running around, so conditioning may be a factor.
One other thing that we elected not to do is neuter, not because we want to breed, but rather the Brachy dogs don't do well under anesthesia, and we didn't want to risk it. He's not taken anywhere where that might be a problem and when off the farm, he is always leashed.
We used to have Australian Shepherds (probably the dog I would go back to after the Frenchie) and a Doberman (awesome dog, but really tough to take anywhere) I wasn't sold on the Frenchie when the wife told me she wanted to get one. I've never been one for small dogs, but I gotta say, the Frenchie is anything but a small dog.. he wears the same collar as the Dobe did only one hole bigger, and they are tough little shits. Whats nice is that they have a shit tonne of energy, but when its time to tone it down, they are fine with that too. Only caveat I can think of.. is the Snoring.. but if you can live with that.. you're golden