French Bulldogs Are Quickly Becoming The Designer Dog Of Choice In The UK and US

In the past other dog breeds have been more popular than the french bulldog but the "Gloucester Citizen" reports that they are beginning to become the most popular breed of choice. Its not hard to understand since they have so much more character and aren't as yappy as a chihuahua's generally.

Historically other breeds have been more popular like the poodle mixes like: yorkipoo, labradoodle, maltipoo, golden doodle, shnoodle, and a few others like chihuahua, la-shi,or puggle. But lately especially in the world of celebrities there has been a need breed taking over. Thanks to social media and actors like Tom Hardy, Sam Smith, Hugh Jackman and even Dwayne 'the Rock' Johnson.

Numbers from a kennel club there show a dramatic increase of 458% in 5 years. 

 

This huge jump in demand is actually worrying since puppy mills have a tendency to start breeding the most popular pups. Typically French bulldogs while being an excellent breed can be a little more costly than other breeds usually costing between 1500-8000$ US. In addition they have a few more health issues as well like degenerative myelopathy, hereditary cataracts and neurological disease." If unscrupulous breeders start breeding them they will likely create an even unhealthier breed of the dog.