UMary Allen
I-French Bulldog yohlobo lwenja, nangona igama layo, yavela eNgilani ngenkulungwane ye-17. Ezi zinja zazithandwa kakhulu kwisixeko sase-Nottingham kwaye, okubalulekileyo, kwakukho abathungi abaninzi be-lace kwesi sixeko. Xa kwakukho imfuno enkulu yentambo eFransi, kwakukho ukufuduka okupheleleyo, kwaye, ngokufanelekileyo, iingcibi zaseNottingham zaziphakathi kwabo baya eFransi befuna ubomi obungcono kunye namathuba amatsha.
Ewe kunjalo, bahamba nezinja zabo ezizithandayo, kwaye emva kwethuba, ii-bulldogs zabo zokuhombisa zafumana ukuthandwa ngokubanzi kunye nokuthandwa eFransi. Babethanda ukwazi, babebiza, kubandakanywa ngenxa yenani elincinci labantu abakwizigaba zokuqala. Kangangeminyaka engamakhulu aliqela, ezi zinja zasasazeka kulo lonke elaseYurophu, zingadumanga nje kuphela phakathi kwabantu abahloniphekileyo (kwaye siyayazi indlela izihandiba ezazizithanda ngayo izinja ezincinci kumaXesha Aphakathi) kodwa naphakathi kwabarhwebi namagcisa. Baqala ukubhaliswa eFransi phantsi kwegama elithi "French Bulldog".
