Uhlobo lwenja ye-French Bulldog, naphezu kwegama layo, lwavela eNgilandi ngekhulu le-17. Lezi zinja zazithandwa kakhulu edolobheni lase-Nottingham futhi, okubalulekile, kwakukhona abafekethisi bezintambo eziningi kuleli dolobha. Lapho kunesidingo esikhulu se-lace eFrance, kwakukhona igagasi lokufuduka, futhi, ngenxa yalokho, izingcweti zaseNottingham zaziphakathi kwalabo abaya eFrance befuna impilo engcono namathuba amasha.
Yiqiniso, bahamba nezinja zabo ezithandekayo, futhi ngemva kwesikhashana, ama-bulldog abo okuhlobisa athola ukuthandwa okubanzi nokuthandwa eFrance. Babethanda ukwazi, bemba eqolo, okuhlanganisa nenani elincane labantu abasezigabeni zokuqala. Iminyaka engamakhulu amaningana, lezi zinja zasabalala kulo lonke elaseYurophu, zingadumile nje kuphela phakathi kwabantu abahloniphekile (futhi siyazi ukuthi izicukuthwane zazizithanda kanjani izinja ezincane ngeNkathi Ephakathi) kodwa naphakathi kwabathengisi nezingcweti. Baqala ukubhaliswa eFrance ngaphansi kwegama elithi "French Bulldog".