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Cross a French Bulldog with a Boston Terrier and you get a leggier frame with the same comic timing. Content with a walk around the block.
johnny mangual
I had a great experience with Blue Sky Puppies. Staff was very nice and friendly. I couldn't decide what I wanted and the staff was very helpful. I purchased a beautiful Frenchton! I would definitely recommend Blue Sky Puppies!
The Frenchton is a cross between a French Bulldog and a Boston Terrier. Both parents trace back to the small bulldogs of nineteenth-century England. One line travelled to France with English lacemakers and became the French Bulldog; the other went to New England and was refined into the Boston Terrier. Putting them back together is less an odd pairing than a reunion.
What most people are after is the Frenchie build and personality on a slightly longer frame, and that is usually what arrives. First-generation crosses carry a bit of individuality, though. Two puppies out of the same litter can land in different places on ear set, body weight and the exact stamp of the face, which is the best argument there is for meeting the dog rather than reading an average.
Neither parent breed was ever a farm dog or a hunting dog. Both were bred, from the start, to sit in a room with people and be good company there. That is the thread the Frenchton inherits from both sides, and it explains almost everything about how one behaves in a house.
A Frenchton is a compact, solid little dog — small enough to lift with one arm, heavy enough that you notice. The build is square and muscular, with a broad chest, a level back and either the wide bat ear of the French Bulldog or the neater upright ear of the Boston. Plenty of puppies split the difference.
Colour follows the parent breeds. Brindle is common, often with a white blaze up the face and a white chest and feet. Black and white, seal, cream and fawn all turn up, and so does the pied pattern, where white covers most of the dog and the colour arrives in patches. The tuxedo markings that Boston Terriers are known for come through in a good number of litters, and the effect on a slightly longer frame is very smart.
The coat is short, smooth and close-lying, and it takes about two minutes a week. A rubber curry brush or a grooming mitt over the whole dog lifts the loose hair and leaves the coat glossy. Most Frenchtons enjoy the process and lean into the brush.
The rest of the routine is just as quick. Wipe any fold around the muzzle or under the eyes with a soft damp cloth, then dry it. Look inside the ears, which are large and open and collect dust from the ground. Trim the nails a little and often, since a dog that walks mostly on grass and carpet does not wear them down on its own. Baths are occasional rather than routine, and a towel and a few minutes of drying finishes the job.
A Frenchton wants to be where you are. Not in the next room, not in the yard — on the sofa, against your leg, following you to the kitchen and back. If you want company that comes with you from room to room and then sleeps through most of the afternoon, this is the breed for it.
They are funny without trying. Most of them develop a small repertoire of things they do to get a reaction, and they will keep doing them as long as you keep laughing: the head tilt, the sudden sprint around the rug, the business of sitting bolt upright on the arm of the sofa like a person waiting for a bus. They talk, too, in snorts and grumbles and comfortable sighs, and owners get very fond of the running commentary.
Around children they are generally patient and enthusiastic, and they are sturdy enough for the rough and tumble of family life. The usual household manners still apply: teach children to leave a sleeping dog alone, give the dog a bed nobody bothers, and the arrangement sorts itself out inside a week or two.
Frenchtons are bright and thoroughly food-motivated, and they do their best work in short bursts. Three or four minutes with something good in your hand gets further than twenty minutes of drilling, and finishing while the dog still wants more is most of the trick. Both parent breeds have a streak of self-interest, so the useful question is rarely whether the dog understands — it is whether the dog has decided the deal is worth taking.
Make the deal obvious and they learn quickly. Sit, down, a hand touch, a settle on a mat, coming when called for something better than whatever they left behind — all of it lands inside a couple of weeks with a small dog that likes cheese.
House training runs on a schedule rather than on cleverness. A crate, regular trips outside and the same spot every time will have most puppies sorted inside the first couple of months. Socialisation is worth the effort while the puppy still finds everything interesting: new floors, car rides, umbrellas, hats, the vacuum, other dogs of assorted sizes.
Exercise needs are modest, and that is a large part of the appeal. A walk around the block in the morning, another in the evening, and some indoor play in between suits most adults. They are happiest walking at a conversational pace with someone they like, and they are content to let you set the route as long as they are on the end of it.
A harness rather than a collar is the usual choice for this build, and it makes walks tidier for both of you. In the warm months of a Florida or Tennessee summer the early and late hours are the pleasant ones, with shade and water for the middle of the day and a cool floor to stretch out on indoors.
The rest of a Frenchton’s day is domestic. These are apartment dogs and small-house dogs, and they travel well because they fit neatly at your feet and sleep through most journeys. Afternoons are for a chew and a patch of sun. Evenings are for the sofa, with a dog arranged along your leg like a draught excluder. If you have visitors, a Frenchton will be the first to greet them and the last to let them leave, and it will perform its entire repertoire in between.
Photographs flatten this breed. Ear set, the stamp of the face, how a puppy settles once the excitement has worn off — those are things you register standing next to a dog rather than scrolling past one. Our Frenchton puppies come from our network of licensed breeders, and our team can talk you through what to look for and what to ask. Every puppy here goes home with its vet records, its vaccination history and a health warranty, and our team will walk you through what those cover.
There is a store in Orlando and another in Nashville, and you are welcome to sit on the floor with a puppy before you decide anything at all. Find directions and hours, and if you would rather spread the cost, ask about financing while you are with us.