French Bulldog~The Terrible Teens (6mos to 1yr)

Please don' leave me

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

What are you looking at? Haven't you ever seen a Frencie?

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Grandma what a big head you have. Grandma what big ears you have. Grandma what a BIG mouth you have~ Uh-Oh!!

 

 

 

 

 

  

My futures so bright I need shades

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm having a really doggy day, I need a Prosac

Off to the Oscars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My imitation of the Sphinx (won the Oscar fot this portrayal)

That's the best they can do!!! It looks like something a dog would eat, Yuk

Oh to be a Puppy again~

Red-Eared Slider pics (they are sooo cute)

  Would you get off my back please?

In pursuit of the perfect Tan

 

  Synchronized turtle basking, new olympic event

You better not pass gas again!

Winner of the Red-Eared Slider 1yard dash!

  I float my own boat~

 

  I cannot tell a lie, I ate the other two~Burp……

Sqeaky~the feral cat

What happend to my good China!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Look, I’m a 19yr old feral cat. That means, you feed me whenever I whine or I won’t stop. I sleep where ever I want or I will whine some more. Touch me rarely, remember I’m Feral and last but not least~ I don’t like the French either so keep that idiot French Bulldog away from  ME  #@*%>~%!!!

I love being the Queen

Look, I' over 18 and I can have a sleep-over with a tom-cat if I want. His name is Leo and he comes from a good fimily so drop it!!!

Koi pics, oh yeah & a Shubunkin

Okay, I have an orange head, doesn't everybody?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm a Shubunkin and I'm the sexyist fish in the pond. What are you doing tonight~~~

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My name is Tatt2, you probably saw me on an episode of "LA Ink".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My name is Tatt. My tatts are classy, not like my brothers, Tatt2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are actualy Sharks disguised as Koi!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hate conventions!!

Red-eared Slider Has Her Day Out!!!

We’ve got three “red neck” (as I call them) pond turtles who live quite amicably with our nine big-mouthed koi .  Before I met Rolland, the only things I had in the pond were mud and mosquito larvae.  I never spent any time out by , what I consider to be, a beautiful stone fountain and pond.  Now, just watching the koi swim and the turtles sun on their rock brings me peace and solitude.  I get now what the Japanese were thinking.  It’s a great way to start and end one’s day, rejuvenate and de-stress. 

But what I’ve come to realize more and more is how attached I’m becoming to those cute turtles!  We like to line them up and watch them dive in as if they’re in the synchronized swimming competition, stretching out those long , red eared-marked necks .  They can stay under water for hours at a time and what I soon found out for days out of the water! 

It was on a Sunday morning last month when I got up and found a flyer on my porch announcing that a pond turtle had been found on a neighbor’s premises.  I really didn’t think much of it since it was from a house quite a ways down the street, plus we live on a hill with these huge steep steps that go down to the road with no other way to get out.  Besides, hadn’t the turtles all been out sunning on the rock the other day?  Well, maybe not but how could one possibly get out of the pond by himself (or herself)? 

How could he go down those steep stairs without winding up on his back?  And come on, a water turtle can’t walk all that way, what, down the street half a block and then up some more steep steps to another yard?  It seemed a little far-fetched to me.  But then again, I had never had a pond turtle before (or koi, or a dog, or a lizard for that matter).

So, I looked in the pond and only two were out on the rock.  Not unusual, since they love to walk on the bottom of the pond, float at the top as well as “hide out” in their cove (under the rock).  It was time to clean the pond thus the water was murky and breen (brown with mud and green with algae).   Shoot, I’ll just go down the street and see if it looks like our turtle!  And sure enough, it was Roxy, the one girl turtle, and a bit worse for wear.  She was dehydrated and had a little chip on her shell.  I scolded her though, with “What were you thinking, you little nut ball?”   At the same time, I was so thankful that such a caring person had found her and kept her in the bathtub for four days. 

What an adventure Roxy must have had.  I placed her back on her rock in the pond and she slid happily into the water, meeting up with her two buddies, all safe and sound, and guess what- she hasn’t ventured out since.

Take Care, Carol

Adorable French Buldog puppy goes crazy over Roomba the robot

1 Frenchie, 1 Bearded Dragon, 8 Koi, 1 Shubunkin, 3 Pond Turtles & 1 feral cat named Squeaky

Hello:

This is the first blog for Carol and Rolland. Our blog gives you a picture of our family life with one French bulldog, one large Bearded Dragon, eight Koi, one Shebonken, three Red Ear Slider Pond Turtles and one 19-year-old feral cat named Squeaky.

 Carol and I live in the hills above Culver City, California, with a view from Malibu to Redondo Beach. We definitely live the dream of the laidback -West LA lifestyle. When I met Carol she already had a 19-year-old, fingernails over a chalkboard, screeching- voiced, feral cat named Squeaky (who I continue to have a love-hate relationship with).

Let me quickly introduce you to the rest of the menagerie. First the Prima Donna of our family is Maximus-T, a one-year-old creme/fawn colored French Bulldog or Frenchie. We obviously shortened it to Max to simplify things. More on the joys and tribulations of having a mischievous French bulldog as a family member later.

Next we have one two-year-old Bearded Dragon named Spartacus. When we got Spartacus he was half starved and about 9 inches long. In large part due to Carol’s borderline obsessively nurturing disposition, Spartacus is now 18 inches long, fat, incredibly healthy, and vies with Max for ownership of the house.

There is a stone, banana- shaped pond right outside of our dining room, which is the domain of eight Koi & one Shubunkin (a quasi Koi) , all  named exclusively for their physical characteristics:

• We have Moby, a large fantail all-white 20 inch long bundle of elegance.
• Then there are the Three Stooges, your more common garden variety origin with white and orange patterns, aptly named Larry, Moe and Curly.
• There is Elvis, a dark black, velvety blue torpedo that in the light looks like the background of a velvet Elvis painting.
• Following up are Tatt and Tatt2, alabaster white bodies with identical, perfectly spaced black dots running on each side of their spine,  giving them the look of spending too much time in a Venice Beach tattoo shop.
• The Lady of the Lake is Cinnamon, a beautiful orange and dark saffron fan- tailed Koi.
• Then there is the first fish we brought home named Orangey,  an exceedingly rotund black  and orange Shubunkin.

Finishing off the inhabitants of our Lake are three small to medium-sized Red-eared Sliders (Pond Turtles) . In keeping with our ancient mythological Roman theme the two boys are Romulus and Remus. Carol named  the girl Roxy after the infamous LA club she used to hang out at as a teenager.

You can see our first video of Max & Carol at http://www.youtube.com/roxbyt. We look forward to chronicling and sharing our life in a  West LA menagerie. We look forward to having you share your experiences of living with any animals and what it brings into your household. We will be updating on a regular basis with new Blogs, videos and pictures.

 Straight from the farm(it’s not really but that is what it feels like on some days).   Take care, Carol and Rolland

Maximus-T, our Celebrity French Bulldog, (puppy pics)

Loves his tummy rubs (nice toes Carol)

Maximus-T & his bodygaurd Ike (for real)

Striking a pose

So elegant and clam, little did we know

The beginning of the "Tough Guy" stage

Big Ears & the end of baby puppy time

Spartacus, the Bearded Dragon with attitude!! (pics)

Ahh~my noble profile~

What nutcase decided to put me in a laundry basket?

Ive got my "eye" on u

Lettuce again, why don't you cut loose for some crickets?

What double chin???

Look at these pecs baby!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and you ain't looking that good right now!

What beard, I shaved this morning

Video of 26 pound 2 ounce baby discovered in West LA~beats the Indonesian baby by 7 pounds

The title says it all~another RoRo Raw Show exclusive!!! (A Maximus-T Production)

Dog and Kid humor (sweet and funny)

Emergency alert!!!!

If you are an owner of a dog or know someone who has a dog which belongs to a ‘dangerous breed’ category, or if you have a child visiting your house, please take this as a warning. 

Don’t leave your dog with any small child unattended under any circumstances! 

Only one little moment was enough for the following to happen…. 

New criminal element discovered~Dog Taggers!!!

French Bulldogs ~ Interesting Facts & History

1. The Frenchies true origin was England, after the popular Bulldog was miniaturized sometime before 1850.  These miniatures were already seen in dog shows as early as 1860.   At this same time, many English artisans, out of work due to the Industrial Revolution, moved to France along with their small dogs.  The French went crazy for them and wanted more of those cute little Bulldogs, and since the English did not like the ones with their ears sticking straight up, the English breeders were happy to send those over to the French.

2.  Soon, there were few miniatures left in England, and the Bouledogue Francais, as they were now dubbed, moved into Paris and became the darling of Paris prostitutes, artists, fashion designers and writers, followed by French society ladies.  The French were less concerned than the English about breeding and began to breed the miniatures with pugs and terriers, producing higher ears, rounder eyes, and straighter backs than the originals.  Needless to say, the English would not recognize this newer breed as a Toy Bulldog so the Bouledogue Francais aficionados formed their own club in 1902 and had their first show in 1903. 

3. By 1905 the Kennel Club gave in and accepted the dogs as a separate breed, Bouledogue Francais.  In 1912, the name was changed to French Bulldog.

4. In America, the Bouledogue Francais became an instant hit among socialites, who had brought them back from Europe and by 1885 the dogs were being brought over by American dog breeders for the social elite.  Already by 1896 there were 19 French Bulldogs exhibited at the Westminster Kennel Club.  The judges, however, awarded Best of Show to the folded eared Frenchies only, which did not sit well with the Society Ladies.  So they got together and officially declared that the erect ear, the Bat Ear, was the correct and only ear for the breed.   Soon the AKC recognized the bat-eared Frenchie and by 1906 this little Bulldog was the fifth most popular breed in America.

5. A French Bulldog owned by a wealthy American, Robert W. Daniels, was one of the victims of the Titanic.  Mr. Daniels had purchased a descendent of the famous Frenchie, Gamin.  Gamin who was considered THE French Bulldog standard and went undefeated for years in the show ring. He also became a priceless stud dog.  Daniels actually survived the disaster and sued and won $750 to replace his precious and well-papered Frenchie.

6. By the mid 1920’s, the snobby, elitist attitude of Frenchie owners caused the breed to dwindle and lose popularity, becoming obscure and unknown by most people until their recent comeback.