I ka makahiki mua o 1800, hele nā limahana lace Norman mai ʻEnelani e ʻimi i ka hana ma Farani. Ua lawe pū lākou i nā ʻīlio liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi no ka mālama ʻana iā lākou ma nā mahiʻai ma ke ʻano he mau hoa a mālama i nā ʻiole. Ua ulu wikiwiki ka kaulana o kēia ʻīlio paʻakikī ma nā kaiāulu mahiʻai o Farani. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hauʻoli nā mea hānai Bulldog ma ʻEnelani e hoʻomau i kēia ʻano "hou" ma ke kūʻai aku ʻana i kā lākou mau ʻīlio pōkole i ka Farani.
Ua ʻike nui ʻia ka ʻīlio ma ke ʻano he hoa home kaulana loa, mālama ʻia e ka papa kiʻekiʻe a me ka ʻohana aliʻi. ʻO kahi bulldog Farani, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no kahi kālā kupaianaha (i kēlā manawa) o $ 750, aia ma ka Titanic. I ka hopena o nā makahiki 1800 a me nā makahiki mua o 1900, ua manaʻo ʻia ka French Bulldog he ʻīlio no ka hui kiʻekiʻe; Ke hoʻokipa nei ka ʻohana i ka poʻe i manaʻo nui i nā mea maikaʻi o ke ola.