Size
(when grown) Small 25 lbs (11 kg) or less
Details
House-trained,
Spayed or Neutered,
Shots are up-to-date,
Story
Playful, confident Bella is a 25 lbs, 3-year-old, female French Bulldog looking for a home with a family prepared for a dog with a lot of personality! She is lovingly referred to as a cuddly little bulldozer.
She has the exact personality you would expect of the bulldog breeds; she can be headstrong and stubborn when she wants, but she is always full of love, ready for cuddles, and even more ready to play. If you are unfamilar with the needs of this breed, please do your research to make sure they are a good match for your home.
Bella prefers to use the bathroom outside, but she does struggle in the extreme summer heat. So frequent, short walks are best for her. She reliably uses pee pads when they are available, and she does not have accidents indoors when she has access to them.
Bella is crate/pen trained and has no problem being home alone, typically spending her time sleeping. At night, she will curl up on her dog bed on the floor next to you and sleep peacefully.
Bella loves to sniff EVERYTHING on walks, to the point that she will ignore everything else going on around her. She does not react to other people or animals when she’s out and about. She doesn’t love the car but is doing better with every trip she takes. She is always keen to go on an adventure, as long as she can be by your side; nothing really phases her.
As with many bulldog breeds, Bella is confident, full of energy, and she sometimes does not know her own strength. She would do best in a home committed to continuing her positive training. She is not a fussy eater and is food motivated enough to make training easy and fun for her.
Bella loves fluffy toys, but she will destroy them, but thankfully, that’s all she destroys. She also likes harder rubber toys that can handle her style of play. She can be mouthy when she plays, so children should be made aware that she may nip at fingertips if they are playing. An inexperienced owner may see this as “aggression”, but that is definitely not her intent. Therefore, she would do well with a family that knows how to gently redirect her and show her a more appropriate way of playing.
Bella was given to her owner after a family member allowed their two dogs to breed. Because French Bulldogs are already very inbred, Bella has the typical compounded health issues the breed suffers from. Bella’s tail grew in a corkscrew shape, meaning it is growing into her body and causing her a great deal of pain. It will unfortunately have to be amputated so she can be comfortable, and she will have that surgery in the near future.
As is often the case with French Bulldogs, Bella also has breathing issues due to Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS), which is caused by her unnecessarily short snout. She may need corrective surgery in the future. Until then, her owners must be careful to keep her out of the heat, give frequent breaks when exercising, always give her access to drinking water, and walk her with a harness, never a collar.
Bella has never lived with other dogs, cats, or children. Because she is undersocialized and has had no training for the first three years of her life, she will need a home that understands the importance of proper introductions. She tends to charge in head first and does not understand why other animals may not like that. She would do better with older children who can help with training.
If you think you can give Bella all the love she deserves and would like to meet her, please go to Petstablished.com or follow the link below to complete an application to adopt. All of our animals are in foster homes. For the sake of our animals and foster families, you must have an approved application with references before you can meet them.
http://shelterchic.org/adopt/
In order to receive a speedy response to any inquiry, please email us directly at Info@ShelterChic.org or check out our website ShelterChic.org where you will find the answer to most questions about our adoption process and fees. Please remember that our organization is run entirely by volunteers in our spare time, and emails are responded to in order of importance. If you do not hear from us and cannot find the information needed on our website or in our animals’ profile, please reach out to us again. For more images and tales of our pets in foster care, check out our social media pages @shelterchic
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