Ashlan French Bulldogs

12/20/2024

This is an excellent article on the inheritance of hip dysplasia. I believe this is a transcript of a lecture by Dr Jerrold Bell, the known geneticist. My main take away is that the inheritance of hip dyplasia is only 20-40% genetic factors, and that a true depiction of what a dog will produce comes mainly from the results of the entire litter, and not just on the dog's hip scores. In other words, an Excellent dog, will rarely produce the same if its siblings are Fair. 60-80% of hip dyplasia is environmental and other factors.
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Canine hip dysplasia is a complexly inherited disorder that is seen in wolves and across all purebred and mixed-breed dogs. It is the number one cause of arthritis in all dogs. We observe this disorder in clinical practice as; hip pain/stiffness, decreased range of motion, altered hind limb gait, an...

10/21/2024

Pet first aid is so important. I encourage everyone that owns a pet to find and take a Pet First Aid class that includes CPR. Practicing a dummy on a dummy before you need to preform it is so helpful and gives you the confidence to do it right.

Today is , a reminder that knowing how to save a life—especially our furry friends—can make all the difference. While having to administer CPR to your pet can be terrifying, being prepared can help you act calmly and confidently in an emergency.

Stay Calm:
1️⃣ Breathe: Take a few deep breaths to steady yourself. Focus on the feeling of the air filling your lungs.
2️⃣ Delegate: If there are bystanders, assign them tasks like finding the nearest emergency vet.
3️⃣ Focus: Keep your mind clear. Concentrate on the steps ahead and stay in the moment.

When to Start CPR:
🐾 Your pet isn’t responding
🐾 Your pet isn’t breathing
🐾 You can’t feel a heartbeat or pulse

How to Perform CPR:
Compressions:
❤️ Position your pet on their side.
❤️ Deliver 120 compressions per minute (2 per second).
❤️ For every 30 compressions, give 2 breaths.

Breaths:
❤️ Close your pet’s mouth and seal it with your fingers.
❤️ Cover their nose with your mouth and give 2 breaths—enough to make their chest rise.
❤️ Check for a heartbeat after 2 minutes. If there’s no pulse, continue.

When to Stop CPR:
🐾 Your pet starts breathing and responding
🐾 You reach the vet clinic and they take over
🐾 You can’t continue physically
🐾 Your pet starts breathing but is still unconscious

Recovery Position:
Place your pet’s head to the side, slightly tilting down (unless there’s head trauma).

Compression Techniques:
🐶 Medium to Large Dogs: Compress one third of the chest depth.
🐱 Small Dogs/Cats: Use your thumb and fingers for compression, or compress directly over the heart.

Stay prepared and know that you can make a difference in your pet's life! ❤️

10/21/2024

Dogs need to be built into confident, empowered beings. This means learning to be bored, learning how to handle discomfort, learning how to handle strange and odd and learning to be calm through it all. This does not mean they will not love you. It means they will love you from CHOICE rather than DESPERATION!

Build confident and empowered dogs! They will LOVE you for it. 💗💪

•Pet your dog, all the time
•Talk to your dog, all the time
•Allow your dog to follow you, all the time
•Allow your dog to be on your lap or laying on your feet, all the time
•Pet, soothe, comfort your dog when it whines or barks for attention...or is simply anxious
•Allow your dog to demand affection/interactions
•Be emotionally dependent on your dog to the point that unhealthy dependency and interactions are no longer noticed
•Allow your dog to do whatever it wants, whenever it wants—aka, provide no structure, rules, or accountability
•Foster an environment of chaos, stress, and anxiety
•Refuse to train and pattern calmness
•Refuse to crate train your dog
•Refuse to correct your dog when inappropriate behavior occurs
•Refuse to train your dog how to be independent/alone by using a “Place” command, “Downstay, and/or “away” time in the crate
•Let your dog out of the crate when it whines or barks
•Avoid training or anything that makes your dog temporarily uncomfortable or unhappy—in other words, cater to your dog’s every desire/need, designing your life around your dog, rather than having your dog fit into yours
•And many, many more...

Basically, baby, soothe, allow, enable, disable, lean on, omit teaching necessary life skills, prioritize what feels good for you rather than what does good for your dog, and through this master plan of leadership-free chaos, and systematic cultivation of creating a toxic dependency between dog and human...you’ll ensure that when you leave, your dog will be a true emotional mess, because you haven’t prepared them to be calm, obedient, strong, resilient, robust, independent, and alone.

10/19/2024

I have posted this before but it’s so important not to over exercise your puppy. I do not do walks till my puppy is over a year.

When you get your 8 week old puppies, please keep these images in mind. Their bones do not even touch yet. They plod around so cutely with big floppy paws and wobbly movement because their joints are entirely made up of muscle, tendons, ligaments with skin covering. Nothing is fitting tightly together or has a true socket yet.

When you run them excessively or don't restrict their exercise to stop them from overdoing it during this period you don't give them a chance to grow properly. Every big jump or excited bouncing run causes impacts between the bones. In reasonable amounts this is not problematic and is the normal wear and tear that every animal will engage in.

When you're letting your puppy jump up and down off the lounge or bed, take them for long walks/hikes, you are damaging that forming joint. When you let the puppy scramble on tile with no traction you are damaging the joint.

You only get the chance to grow them once. A well built body is something that comes from excellent breeding and a great upbringing-BOTH, not just one.

Once grown you will have the rest of their life to spend playing and engaging in higher impact exercise. So keep it calm while they're still little baby puppies and give the gift that can only be given once.

By Patricia Crespo
Photos Veteriankey.com @62 days

*Many Bones are not fully fused until 13mo of age.

09/14/2024

Official Win picture, Best in Show Beginner puppy: Cheyenne, WY Aug 30, 2024

09/02/2024

“Xyla” Ashlan’s Four Hawks If you’ve Got it Haunt it won winners bitch and best of opposite under Mrs. Donna Buxton. She was not feeling pictures.

09/01/2024

“ZQ” Ashlan’s Messiah Guess Who’s Back made his dog show debut in the 4-6 puppy competition (beginner puppy) today in Cheyenne. He won the beginner puppy breed, group 1 non -sporting beginner puppy and Best In Show Beginner puppy. He was a super star being at the dog show all day his first time out. Thank you judge Kenneth Buxton for all 3 wins! I can’t thank all my friends for their support, cheering us on, and pictures/videos. We can’t wait for next weekends show for his next show.

08/21/2024

Xtra loves going to shows to sit in peoples lap and will run around the ring to make me happy. I was so happy that so many judges recognized her this weekend.
Thank you to Mr. Barry Baum for awarding her an Award of Merit at the French Bulldog Club of Colorado Specialty Show 1 on Friday it was a lovely entry and we were honored. Thank you to Mr. Robert Vandiver for awarding her Best of Opposite s*x on Sunday for GCH major. I was so happy for her and honored as the entry was lovely. On Monday she won a select for another GCH major. Thanks you Mr. James Brown for recognizing her.

08/21/2024

Xyla had a great time at the Greeley Kennel
Club shows. Thank you to Mr. Barry Baum for awarding her Best Bred by at the French Bulldog Club of Colorado Specialty Show 1 on Friday. Thank you to Mrs. Michelle Lewis for awarding her Best in Sweepstakes at French Bulldog Club of Colorado Specialty Show 2 on Friday. Thank you to Mr. Ken Roux for awarding us Best Bred By, Mr. Michale Heldt for awarding us the Non sporting Group 1, and to Mrs. Marlene Groves to awarding us the Best In Show Bred By Exhibitor at the Greeley Kennel club show on Saturday. I was over whelmed by all the positive comments Xyla received. Thank you to Four Hawks French Bulldogs for allowing us to use Tate. I could not be more proud of what CharliBee and Tate have produced.

08/03/2024

The University of Cambridge is recruiting participants for an interesting new study, if you have fellow French Bulldog friends in the UK. Note the corrected email address contact at the bottom. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/fW3BFmEuQ6n4rPw9/

*Updated e-mail address:
[email protected]

Have a lovely weekend x

07/29/2024

Found this great video of a trainer that recommends the same/similar methods that I recommend when taking your puppy home. Remember consistency is the key to all training.

Your first week of puppy training can make a REALLY big difference if you do it right! In this video, Instructor Kayl, a 21X world champion dog trainer, will...

07/28/2024

07/22/2024

We have been using the vinegar w**d recipe for a couple years. Results are fastest when sprayed at the hottest part of the day. I use 1/4 cup dawn

07/22/2024

Puppies love their new wobble toy