Grooming

Those ears. Those glorious, enormous, satellite-dish bat ears that make French Bulldogs look like they’re permanently trying to pick up radio signals from distant galaxies. They’re adorable. They’re expressive. They’re also surprisingly disgusting if you don’t clean them regularly. I discovered this the hard way when Buster started shaking his head like he was disagreeing with everything I said. (More than usual, I mean.) Turned out his ears were gunky, irritated, and well on their way to an infection that cost us £85 at the vet. ...

If your Frenchie’s face smells like a cheese counter at Waitrose, this guide is for you. Those adorable face wrinkles are one of the things we love most about Buster and Jago — they give them that perpetually concerned expression, as if they’re deeply worried about the state of the economy or whether we’ve remembered to buy their favourite treats (spoiler: it’s always the treats). But here’s the thing about those gorgeous folds: they need regular cleaning, or they quickly become breeding grounds for bacteria, yeast, and what can only be described as biological mysteries. ...