New member, moderator

[gmacleod]

Hi everyone :)

I'd like to introduce myself to the site. Those of you who have visited or are members of Boxerworld may recognise me - I'm one of the moderating team there. Olly has been "kind" enough to ask me to help out with the moderation on Bulldogworld as well.

I don't own a French bulldog, but have met Olly's Athlon :) and have met quite a few around various show rings as well. I do own a boxer, however, and if you're interested you can see Henri on Boxerworld.

Anyway, it'll be nice to meet a new group of dog-lovers. I'll be around the site pretty frequently, and looking forward to learning a bit more about frenchies :)

Gwyneth

[franp]

Hi Gwyneth,

It is a pleasure to welcome you here. I have a wonderful 5 year old bitch; Dari.There is a picture here with her best friend, Curtis Boxer.

Welcome, So, when are you getting a Frenchie??

fran and dari

[frenchiesmom]

Wecome..I am tata and am glad to have you join us. I own 3 boxers and am also a member of boxerworld. Though I admit, I have not been very active on Boxerworld. But it is a great site.

tata

[gmacleod]

Hi Fran and Tata - thanks for the warm welcomes :)

Welcome, So, when are you getting a Frenchie??

Mmmm - when the boxer runs out of steam, perhaps? LOL Henri's only two though, so it might be quite a long wait ;) Lots of time to think about it anyway. Have to admit though, there are many occassions I'd love to shrink him down to Frenchie size.

[franp]

Why not have a Boxer AND a Frenchie? :) Allot of people have both. appicon

fran

[Linnysmommy]

Welcome!!! I have two beautiful Frenchies!!! Lenny is a black/brindle male who is 4 1/2 months old. Sweetie is all white with a fawn spot at the base of her tail. She is 3 1/2 months old. They both have pictures posted here.

[quinnybear]

welcome ! my sister has two boxers, dexter and dixie. my brother has two pugs and i have two frenchies and a gsd. i remember when she first got dexter , he is so beautiful and loving . i am his godmother ! :lol: . she lives nearby so i spent alot more time over there when she first brought him home. now that i have rocky,my frenchie he keeps me pretty busy and when annie arrives on thursday i will be in frenchie heaven....

[gmacleod]

Both, hmm? LOL - you have me half convinced already, and I've only been here half an hour :eek: I've been browsing the gallery though. You guys have some *very* cute pups :)

Thanks for the welcomes, Linnysmommy & Quinneybear :)

[franp]

Gwyneth,

I'm telling you , Frenchies and Boxers are great together. Dari LOVES Curtis.

Most of the Boxer breeders I know say they get Frenchies to keep the Boxers in line :lol:

Do you know who Billie McFadden is?She just got Dari's nephew..for those of you who are not in boxers; she is a famous Boxer judge and breeder.

One day we were walking down the street and someone looked at Dari and Curtis.They asked if they were related :eek: ; I said they were Litter Mates :lol: The person believed me :lol: People are so silly.

fran

[Carolyn]

Welcome, Gwyneth! I love boxers and considered this breed before I decided a Frenchie was more the size I was looking for.

My two are Abby and Ferris ....3 1/2 yrs and 2 yrs respectively. Abby is extremely active, independent and lives to play. Ferris is more laid back and quite the lap dog. I love them both and they really do compliment one another. We also have a 16 1/2 yr old Standard Poodle named Ripley. He is wonderful and I love this noble breed as much as I love Frenchies.

Glad you have joined us. :D Carolyn

[dudleyknows]

Hi Gwyneth,

I'm a fairly new member to both Bulldog and Boxer World (toshposh), but I can definately agree with Fran that the breeds get along GREAT together; at least my babies do anyway! Welcome aboard! :) I'll be sure to now post more pics of my two together playing, sleeping, eating, etc.

Mmmm - when the boxer runs out of steam, perhaps?
As you know, Boxers rarely run out of steam :lol:

[adora's mom]

Hi! I am the maid/waitress for a 5 month old brindle Frenchie gal named Adora and a 1 yr old APBT mix named Beckham. They are both a constant source of entertainment. Adora fancies herself a lap dog and Beckham is a wild man who enjoys spooning at night after playing all day.

We love Boxers! My bullies love their play style. We have 3 Boxers in our neighborhood that we visit with all the time :)

Glad you've joined on. I'm sure you'll have a Frenchie in no time!

:D

[evangelie]

welcome! i am currently still looking to get a frenchie. i do have a 10 yr old dalmatian and a 4 yr old newfoundland. both males. ;)

[paulabeans]

Welcome Gwenyth!

I know you will enjoy moderating this board - it is full of great people and adorable Frenchies!!

My baby is a fawn pied named Molly...as soon as I can figure out how to make my pictures smaller in size I will post them.

Paula :)

[sakirby]

Paula,

i struggled with making my pictures smaller as well. here are some recommendations that i used, and finally got pictures up of oscar. even though they aren't the greatest pics, at least they are there :)

on your digital camera, you should be able to set the size of picture you are taking. it may take a bit, but, go into your settings and roam around. you should be able to set it to the smallest size. then, take your pics of your frenchie on that setting.

do you have a mac or a pc?

my camera, even set to the smallest picture size, still wasn't taking them small enough and i couldn't change the size of the pictures in any program on my mac (at least not that i could find) so, my boyfriend installed photoshop for me, and i have been resizing to about 100 x 100 pixels in photoshop. hope this helps.

[quinnybear]

i also had sooooo much trouble trying to post pics ! roosje can attest to that ;) what finally worked for me, and i havent had problems since, is i had them stored in "my pictures" i sent them to myself via email , and my email automatically resizes them to fit. then i went to email ,opened them and saved them to my pictures. i stored the originals to a folder and used the resized ones for sending. hope i helped some :)

[Martina]

Hi Gwenyth!

I thought about a boxer too, Carolyn, but decided that frenchies were the size I really wanted. Of course, I was fooled into thinking that they would be low energy dogs - HAHAHAHA!! Well, that's not totally true ... as they hit 1 yr old, I do notice that they are ever so much less active.

Can you believe that? Gigi and Lola are just turning/ed a year. Gigi's b-day was last week and Lola's in next week - Wow!

[Olivier]

Welcome Gwyneth :)
French bulldog owners are the best :lol:

Olly

[dolly pocket]

BIENVENUE :D

[gmacleod]

Wow - so many welcomes, and so many cute bulldogs :) Thanks everyone :)

French bulldog owners are the best :lol:

Yes, you've been telling me this for some time ;)

Thanks for the welcomes :) I can see already I'm going to enjoy this site.

[gilazno]

you have met the great Athlon???
Biggie and i are super jealous!!!! Welcome:-)