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Editor Theo Koekemoer Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Theo’s involvement with French Bulldogs date back to the early 1980s. He is a specialist Bulldog judge.
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Theo K| FROM THE EDITOR
Theo K I quote: “Why can’t people be kind? Internet bullying is not entertainment and rational people should not support or tolerate it. Really people grow up... If everyone was more concerned about their own issues and less about making someone else’s life as miserable as theirs then this world would surely be a better place?” Nothing is more annoying than these pathetic people who walk around with chips on their shoulders. There stupid arguments have no substance and they normally turn ugly when anyone responds to their bullying. The first issue was read by 2,111 people from Russia to Australia to Canada to South Africa. I trust you will enjoy this issue too. Please support the magazine with your ads. At only $25 its cheaper than entries at most shows. At $75 we will also send you a print copy. Without paid advertisements no magazine could be sustainable.
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Westminster| BEST OF BREED
Westminster KC: Results Judge: Mr. Robin Stansell Best of Breed GCH Fulla Bull Soulja Boy Breed: French Bulldog Sex: Dog AKC: NP 31487801 Date of Birth: March 15, 2012 Breeder: Jane Norris Sire: Ch Fulla Bull Balboa Dam: Fulla Bull Perpetua Owner: Teddy Fagin & Jane Norris
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Westminster| BEST OF BREED
Best of Breed:Westminster KC
GCH Fulla Bull Soulja Boy
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Coco vialatte
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Robert Cole| EDUCATION
Robert Cole Originally Pulbished in Dog News To elaborate on the Frenchie’s unique head I have drawn six inferior heads (shown below) that by way of their 21 defects expand on appreciation for correct. For instance, what major breed characteristic is absent on Head 1? What about the remaining 20 faults? Head 2 has three faults, Head 3 has five, Head 4 has six, Head 5 has five, and Head 6 has one fault, for a total of 21 faults depicted. Absent is the soft roll over the nose. The AKC 1991 Revised Standard is the first to include “with heavy wrinkles forming a soft roll over the extremely short nose.” As you can see by its absence in this drawing that the roll over the short breed characteristic worthy of official recognition
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Robert Cole| EDUCATION
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This drawing depicts three obvious faults: the drop ears disqualify because they are “other than bat ears;� the second fault is the large bulgy eyes; the third fault is a wry mouth which is equally obvious but far more complex. I have included all the wry mouth suspect clues except a protruding tongue, i.e., the line down the center of the muzzle twists sideways instead of following the straight line between the open nostrils; the teeth protrude and one side of the mouth is lower than the other.
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The five faults begin with the domed skull; which in turn places the ears low and at the wrong angle. Then the first eye fault: the colors do not match. Then the second eye fault: the whites of the eyes show. Finally a hare lip (or cleft lip) a condition of the upper lip in which the left and right halves are not joined leaving a fissure. According to The Dictionary of Canine Terms by Frank Jackson, Crowood Press, England, 1995, it is a fault that may be congenital, inherited or developed. A hare lip is no longer on the AKC list of French Bulldog disqualifications which suggests inclusion of this deformity as a disqualification is no longer thought necessary. Eyes of different color has also been removed from the AKC disqualification list
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Robert Cole| EDUCATION
Robert Cole Six faults. The tops of the ears are not rounded; the forehead is flat instead of slightly rounded; the stop is not distinct; the groove between the eyes continues as a furrow upwards to the top of skull; the eyes are triangular and small; the too forward jutting angle of the muzzle is wrong; and six, the underjaw lacks depth.
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Robert Cole Five faults. The ears are set too far rearward; the eyes are set close together; the muzzle is long; the underjaw is straight (level) rather than “well turned up� and the end of the muzzle is squared off.
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Robert Cole| EDUCATION
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The one fault is the lack of muzzle breadth, the jaw being narrow and the flews (chops) lacking cushion or thickness
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Theo K | JUNIOR SHOWMANSHIP
Juniors I would like to include ‘juniors’ as a regular feature of the magazine. If you have any good articles (and pictures) on juniors please send them to : theo@bullishmagazine.com
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Alecia Gibson | DOG TRAINING TIPS
Tips for a free stack “Does anyone have training suggestions/advice for teaching a nice free stack? My female free stacks pretty decent, and will reposition if I move into her. My 10 month old puppy dog almost always stretches himself out, and if I move into him, he sits down. “Alecia Gibson “I think it’s a natural talent that some dogs have and some do not. I start them begging inside with treats. The really well balanced ones don’t need a lot of repositioning. They look good even if they aren’t perfectly stacked” “Give him time to learn to watch you. The rest can come later.” “I like to use cheese sticks I work on stacking in the kitchen and use cheese sticks as bait. That way I can let it hang over the counter and tell them to wait............it keeps them focused while I stack them. We lengthen the stack as training progresses.... Pretty soon they just freeze in a stack when i say wait. Obviously they get little pieces of cheese as treats” “I use the clicker”
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Rianne Veldkamp | HEALTH
How to cut your frenchie’s nails
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Rianne Veldkamp| HEALTH
Dental Disease One of the most important and overlooked health issues in our four- legged pets is periodontal disease. Literally, this means inflammation and deterioration of the gums, accumulation of tartar (calculus) on the teeth, tooth loosening or decay, and breath that could sink a ship (halitosis). Your veterinarian will examine your pet’s mouth, gums and teeth during the annual exam. Instead of giving those unnecessary annual vaccines, consider instead the recommendations to have your pet’s teeth cleaned and polished, if needed. Animal hospitals do dental hygiene work just like your regular dentist does. There are machines that scale, and polish the teeth, and hand instruments to get into those hard to reach gum pockets in between and above the teeth. A fluoride gel or foam will be put onto the teeth and then rinsed back off after the dental procedure is finished. The only difference between animal and human dentistry is anatomy (they have a few more teeth than we do), and the fact that pets won’t hold still so they must have anesthesia during the dental. A tube is placed into the airway with a cuff inflated so that no liquid will accidentally go down the airway while your pet is asleep. Machines are used to monitor the heart and respiratory rate, and oxygen concentration in the blood.
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This insures more safety and peace of mind while your pet is under the effects of injectable anesthetic or inhaled gas anesthesia. If you keep up on the annual maintenance of good oral health for your pet, then dentals will rarely be needed, or if they are done they will be less complicated and take less time. There are veterinary dental specialists that can do root canals, braces and other specialized procedures that would be warranted or needed on pets. There are many oral healthcare products available to help keep the gums, and teethhealthy. Such things as special disinfectant type toothpastes or gels can be used on atoothbrush. Dr. Doug prefers, in most cases, the Maxiguard gel made with all naturalvitamin C and the mineral zinc. All of these products strive to keep the bacterial countdown in the mouth which helps prevent the accumulation of plaque and tartar on theteeth. Plaque is the daily film that coats the entire mouth and tongue. It is composed of bacteria, food particles, minerals and acids that form in the saliva. You can habituate your cat or dog at a young age to tooth brushing. First, start by just handling the mouth, lifting the lips, getting them used to having your fingers inside the mouth, and making them hold still.
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Rianne Veldkamp| HEALTH
Dental Disease Dr. Doug likes to use gravy or meat sauce at first while the pet gets used to all this fuss. They gradually look forward to it, or at least it isnot all negative if you give them lots of praise, and make this into a daily ritual. Start with your fingers and move on over time to gauze, cotton balls, small rags or a toothbrush. Water piks and sonic toothbrushes, while very effective in humans, the vibrations and liquid jets will frighten or cause your pet to cough or gag. Animals don’t know how to spit, and they will attempt to swallow all that liquid. There are a couple of special prescription type every day dry foods which claim to betartar busters. There are also several kinds of chews and treats available which offer the same thing. Two very popular brands of chew treats are Bullies and Greenies. These are fun to chew, are natural and organic, and dogs love them. If your pet uses these things there will be improved dental health. Contrary to popular belief regular dry food by itself does NOT keep your pets teeth clean, no more than eating cereal all the time would cleanyour teeth without brushing!
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Cats and smaller breeds of dogs seem to have the worst tooth and gum problems when compared to larger breeds of dogs. Our pet’s ancestors were originally designed to eat meat, and chew on bones. The tendons, fur, and bones of their prey were nature’s little tooth brushes. Dr. Doug has cared for wild mammals for 25 years, and not once has he seen a wild cougar or coyote needing any dental work What causes most dental problems? In pets is simply a lack of an evolutionary appropriate diet. Commercial foods, dry and canned don’t allow the teeth and gums to get a daily scrub like they do with raw prey. Tothose pet owners who have switched over to raw foods for their pets, they have seen whatmeat and bones will do to keep the dentist away. Daily brushing is rarely needed and dental procedures are almost unheard of. For those dog owners who won’t use raw meat just give your dog an uncooked bone. Raw beef bones, given weekly will clean the teethand keep them that way. Even dogs with a large accumulation of tartar will clean their own teeth if they regularly will chew on raw bones, making future dentals unnecessary.
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Dental Disease Of course you can’t just switch diets in one day, but a gradual change over to raw foods can usually be accomplished with most dogs, cats, and young ferrets. Specific diet recommendations will be covered in a future column. Don’t feed your pets cooked bones as they are apt to splinter, and won’t digest very well like raw bones will. The bones should be large enough and hard enough for the pet to chew on without swallowing medium to large chunks that might get stuck (the small pieces are not a problem at all). Soup bones (joint knuckle ends) are sold in grocery stores and usually have a lot of cartilage on them. The dog may love them, and they will help the teeth and gums immensely, but the extra cartilage may cause nausea and vomiting to occur. Dr. Doug likes to give the middle parts of the leg bones (the shaft), cut to fit the size of the dog’s mouth. Puppies should be started out at a young age on bones so that they will learn proper bone chewing etiquette. Occasionally a dog will fracture atooth while chewing on a raw bone.
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This cannot be prevented unless bones are not used at all. This indicates that the dog has softer enamel in the tooth than is normal, which is a constitutional problem. Always watch your dog at first to make sure everything is going well, until they get the hang of it. Cats won’t chew bones much, if at all, so we just grind up the bone, and mix them into the raw meat. For pets with sore mouths, infected gums orloose teeth, a dental procedure is usually needed so the mouth can heal, and thenintroduce the bones and chew treats. Thanks to Rianne Veldkamp for negotiating with her vet to use this article in Bullish Magazine.
By: Dr. Douglas R. Yearout All Animal and Bird Clinic Everett, Washington, USA www.holisticanimaldoc.com All Rights Reserved
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“The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated” Mahatma Gandhi
We at French Bulldog Rescue SA are dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of French Bulldogs in South Africa. Our goal is to place happy, healthy French Bulldogs in forever homes. We strive to educate prospective owners about this wonderful breed. Discourage unethical breeding and help people to understand French Bulldogs and their specific needs. • Dale Neves 083 326 1819 – dale@lifeandtimes.co.za • Tessa Roodt 082 572 4826 – famouslastwords@mweb.co.za
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Dale Neves| HEMIVERTEBRAE
Hemivertebrae are bones in the spine that are abnormally shaped. Because of their abnormal shape these bones tend not to align correctly with their neighbouring bones in the spine. This can lead to instability and deformity of the spinal column which can lead to the spinal cord or the nerves becoming squashed and damaged. All Frenchies are prone to the problem because the breed has a screw -tail.
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Dale Neves| HEMIVERTEBRAE
Hemivertebrae (cont)
Don’t let your Frenchie jump from the sofa or bed as this may aggravate the problem or run up and down any stairs. Acupuncture is really beneficial. Physio works well in keeping muscles flexible. You can learn how to do this yourself! It’s a good idea to x-ray once a year. There is absolutely NO need to sedate when taking x-rays. Controlled exercise is important. Stem Pet from Stemtech and Nerve support from Multicom are good supplements to give your Frenchie. Bemer blankets work well in stimulating nerves. On behalf of French Bulldog Rescue SA, we would like to applaud Maggie Swart of Thunderide French Bulldogs, for x-raying her pups at 10 weeks old, thus paving the way towards better health for Frenchies. Here’s to little Hope and our Healthy, Wealthy and Wise campaign! Please contact us if there is anything else you would like to know about Frenchie health.
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