Frenchie Kisses Kennels French Bulldog and Miniature Dachshund Nursery

Our Procedures

Most Breeders are afraid to tell you how they do what they do because there is so much controversy about procedures out there. Well At Frenchie Kisses Kennel we want you to know how we do what we do. We don't expect everyone to agree. If you have strong feelings that we are wrong, I apologize. Frenchie Kisses Kennel has the best interest of our dams and puppies as well as our customers in mind. We want to be able to present our customers with healthy happy Puppies.We live in the hills of Southern Washington where we raise our beautiful French bulldogs in our home.From day one our puppies are handled and loved. We assist each whelping, The Dam is never left alone once we suspect whelping is beginning. We check puppies for formation and respiration immediately to insure that they are perfectly formed and breathing freely. If necessary we have a incubator standing by to keep them warm and dry if the Dam is birthing another pup or is not immediately caring for the puppy. We have fresh receiving blankets handy in a warmer to place the puppy in as soon as we cut / shred the Umbilical cord. (Shredding the Umbilical cord with your clean fingernails mimics how the mother chews it.) We do allow the mother to do this if she is willing. Occasionally you will have a dog that is just not into it and you must assist. French Bulldogs are rather a strange breed as they seem to want you to do it for them. Mom's Abigail is very funny she was very tired from laboring and was very happy with us doing the delivery procedure for her. The puppies are each weighed and their weight and time of birth is recorded. I give them a birth name when they are born so that each puppy is recorded correctly. We may or may not change the name later.For about the first week the puppies are kept close by and monitored. French Bulldogs are very heavy and have been known to lay on their puppies and they can be smothered and die. The puppies dew claws are removed when they are a few days old since the nerves have not developed yet and it is fairly painless. We begin worming the puppies Via the mother's milk 2 weeks before birth, 2 days after birth and two weeks after that.We actually oraly deworm the puppies individually at 8 weeks and each two weeks after as long as they remain with us. They receive vaccinations at 8 weeks and each three weeks after that if they are with us that long. They are usually in their forever homes by somewhere between 8 and 12 weeks and vaccination is then the responsibility of their new family. At 8 weeks of age we take them to the vet for their well puppy check. If everything checks out okay we then will release them to their new family. If for any reason you had chosen a puppy that was found to have a condition we would inform you of the condition and let you decide if it was acceptable. If not, any deposit you might have paid would be refunded to you. We prefer not to ship our puppies alone. For a bit more, usually less than 100.00 it is possible to fly to the Portland Airport where we will meet you with your new puppy. South Western Airlines allows you to take your puppy as a carry on as do many of the airlines. We feel it is much better for a puppy to not be shipped alone at such a young age.