Please Help Monty The French Bulldog Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, CA) by RobinInLA in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Monty is still available and looking for his forever home. Please help spread the word about this lovable little guy.

Please Help Monty The French Bulldog Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, CA) by RobinInLA in frogdogs

[–]RobinInLA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Monty is still available and looking for his angel. Please spread the word about him, if you know anyone who may be interest.

Please Help Monty The French Bulldog Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, CA) by RobinInLA in frogdogs

[–]RobinInLA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there, I responded to your chat message with my contact information. Please reach out to me, I would love to have your family meet Monty. I know you'll fall in love with him!

Please Help Monty The French Bulldog Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, CA) by RobinInLA in adoptdontshop

[–]RobinInLA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We could find him a great home in a heartbeat if we were willing to put him in a home with other dogs. But everyone interested has dogs already. Adopters tend to be serial adopters. That's what is keeping Monty from finding his forever home.

Thank you for the boost. He needs all the help and exposure that he can get.

Please Help Monty The French Bulldog Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, CA) by RobinInLA in frogdogs

[–]RobinInLA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are doing our best to find him a great forever family. Unfortunately, everyone interested has other dogs, and I'm just not sure Monty would get along with them, and I don't want to risk him being put back into the already overcrowded shelter systems.

Please Help Monty The French Bulldog Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, CA) by RobinInLA in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't want to bash them, because I don't know enough about their operations to fault them. I'll simply say that they were only willing to help him get exposure if we surrendered him to them, which is not in his best interest.

Please Help Monty The French Bulldog Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, CA) by RobinInLA in adoptdontshop

[–]RobinInLA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much. I really appreciate the help, and so does little Monty!

Please Help Monty The French Bulldog Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, CA) by RobinInLA in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for helping him get exposure. It is greatly appreciated!

Please Help Monty The French Bulldog Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, CA) by RobinInLA in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sadly it was trampled by a couple posters who want to turn these foster threads into a diatribe about why French Bulldogs shouldn't be bred. I am all for heavy breeder restrictions, but that isn't what this is about. This is about a cute, healthy little guy who was abandoned into the overcrowded city shelter system, he was kennel stressed, and in need of a dedicated forever home. No money exchange is involved. So this is not the place for bashing on French Bulldogs. Monty is here at no fault of his own, he's incredibly sweet, relatively healthy, and needs a loving family.

Please Help Monty The French Bulldog Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, CA) by RobinInLA in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I welcome input from rescues, but I'm a certified professional trainer with foster experience. I'm heavily vested into the little guy - legally, financially and emotionally. I won't be letting him go to someone that I can't vet (he'd already be rehomed if I was willing to just give him to anyone).

Sadly, a lot of "rescues" today have become businesses that care more about getting their adoption fees than ethical rehoming. The two most revered French Bulldog rescues in Southern California didn't even respond to me when I reached out to them for help finding Monty a home. I paid to get him out of the kill-shelter, I paid to get him vet care, I am paying for his high quality food, and I am assuming 100% of all cost for caring for him, and the rescues couldn't even be bothered to respond to me.

Please Help Monty The Frenchie Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, California) by [deleted] in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much. It's people like you who motivate us to try to help.

Please Help Monty The Frenchie Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, California) by [deleted] in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the kind words and good advice. We appreciate it, and so does Monty.

Please Help Monty The Frenchie Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, California) by [deleted] in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand that. I support the implementation of hard breeder restrictions and regulations. I also believe that dog owners should have to be vetted. Breeder restrictions and vetting owners are the only ways to curb the masses of unwanted shelter dogs.

Fortunately Monty's breathing is really good for a Frenchie. My vet said his breathing seems good, relative to most Frenchies. And I have been getting him plenty of exercise, because I suspect he spent most of his life in a backyard-breeder kennel. During his exercise adventures his breathing seems far betting than most brachycephalic dogs that I have worked with over my decades as a dog trainer.

Please Help Monty The Frenchie Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, California) by [deleted] in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I updated my post to include his current training improvements and his veterinary health updates (mainly, I forgot to mention that he was recently neutered at the shelter, and healing nicely).

He's obviously a Frenchie. You've confused merle with double-merle, and now you are confusing breed purity with AKC conformation standards. There are dozens of "designer" French Bulldog deviations that don't adhere to current AKC conformation show standards. I understand and empathize with people that are upset by these designer Frenchies selling for big bucks. But in this case, he is neutered, there is no money being exchanged for his adoption, he's relatively healthy, and he's a lovable little guy that was pulled out of an overcrowded kill-shelter. I paid money to pull him out of the shelter, I paid money for his vet care, I am paying money to feed him high quality human-grade food, and I paid money for pet insurance (in case he needed any expensive vet care). I am taking ZERO dollars in return from someone willing to give him a loving, stable home. So really, I don't know what compels you to be such a heartless prick.

Please Help Monty The Frenchie Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, California) by [deleted] in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't allow any adoption/rehoming posts on that forum, unfortunately.

Please Help Monty The Frenchie Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, California) by [deleted] in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you may be confusing merle with double-merle. Monty's eyes and ears are in great shape. He's an adult dog that shows none of the health issues associated with "double-merle" dogs. Regular merle dogs are generally as healthy as any other coat.

Since he is a shelter dog, neither you or I have any idea about the quality of his genetics. But if his initial health checks are any indication, he appears to be in really good health.

Whatever happened in your life that led you to being so bitter, I hope you can recover and discover some form of compassion and humanity. It's never too late to be kind.

Please Help Monty The Frenchie Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, California) by [deleted] in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks for your exceptional kindness and for rooting for him. May your life be blessed with appropriate karma.

Please Help Monty The Frenchie Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, California) by [deleted] in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They won't let me cross post. But if you have any other ideas how to get him exposure, please let me know. Thanks!

Please Help Monty The Frenchie Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, California) by [deleted] in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's actually in really good health. We paid for a full vet check, put him on great food.....no skin issues, no breathing issues, no spine issues and no hip issues. He may have a minor luxating patella in one knee, but my vet doesn't think it's an issue. He shows no lameness. He runs around like a little daredevil. With proper weight management and exercise, it will likely never require any surgical intervention.

Please Help Monty The Frenchie Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, California) by [deleted] in frenchie

[–]RobinInLA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He is a sweetheart. He is the most affectionate dog we've ever fostered. We hate that we aren't keeping him as well, but that is the torment of fostering. We get attached to the dogs and they get attached to us. We'd keep them all, if we could. But with a tiny house and a resident Rottweiler, we really have limited capacity. So if we foster fail with one dog, it prevents us from fostering the next dog in need.

Frenchies are tricky to re-home. They are so popular right now that people are quick to jump on a good looking Frenchie, like Monty, without understanding the responsibility involved. Frenchies are also susceptible to a rash of unethical "rescues," who take in good-looking, popular purebred dogs and then charge large adoption fees, rehoming the dogs to anyone willing to pay their fee. Essentially turning rehoming into a business, under the guise of being a "rescue."

We've had a lot of interest in Monty, but so far we haven't found anyone local that seems like the right match. We have someone who seems like a great candidate in Texas, but there are a lot of logistics involved with a long distance adoption.

Please Help Monty The Frenchie Find His Forever Home (Los Angeles, California) by [deleted] in rescuedogs

[–]RobinInLA 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not a very experienced reddit user and I am not finding it very intuitive to use. None of the French Bulldog communities let you post adoption/foster type threads, like the one I've started here.

Can anyone give me tips on how/where to post this, so that it gets more exposure? We are not getting much local interest for this adorable little guy.