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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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THE
FRENCH
BULLDOG
(BOULEDOGUE
FRANCAIS)
There
appears
to
be
no
doubt
that
the
French
Bulldog
originated
in
England,
and
is
an
offshoot
of
the
English
miniature
variety
Bulldog,
not
the
Bulldog
one
sees
on
the
bench
to-day,
but
of
the
tulip-eared
and
short
underjawed
specimens
which
were
common
in
London,
Nottingham,
Birmingham,
and
Sheffield
in
the
early
'fifties.
There
was
at
that
time
a
constant
emigration
of
laceworkers
from
Nottingham
to
the
coast
towns
of
Normandy,
where
lace
factories
were
springing
into
existence,
and
these
immigrants
frequently
took
a
Bulldog
with
them
to
the
land
of
their
adoption.
The
converse
method
was
also
adopted.
Prior
to
1902
French
Bulldogs
were
imported
into
this
country
with
the
object
of
resuscitating
the
strain
of
bantam
Bulldogs,
which
in
course
of
years
had
been
allowed
to
dwindle
in
numbers,
and
were
in
danger
of
becoming
extinct.
There
are
superficial
similarities
between
the
English
and
the
French
toy
Bulldog,
the
one
distinguishing
characteristic
being
that
in
the
French
variety
the
ears
are
higher
on
the
head
and
are
held
erect.
Until
a
few
years
ago
the
two
were
interbred,
but
disputes
as
to
their
essential
differences
led
the
Kennel
Club
to
intervene
and
the
types
have
since
been
kept
rigidly
apart,
the
smart
little
bat-eared
Bulldogs
of
France
receiving
recognition
under
the
breed
name
of
Bouledogues
Francais.
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