Personality & Body Type:

Blondie is so sweet and goofy! She makes silly faces and looks like a one-eyed-pirate(see picture) when she gets her favorite ball in her mouth. It’s so big, she has to shut one eye. She loves to play! She loves to rough house and wrestle with the other dogs so much, she will push them and then lay on her back as if to say “okay, get me!”. She loves to chase and be chased by the other girls, tumbling all over the floor in a wrestling match until they are both exhausted. But nobody ever gets hurt, and they have so much fun. One of her favorite games to play is “keep away from Brownie” and she’s been playing it like a master since they were both puppies together. Whatever Brownie is chewing on, as soon as she looks away Blondie will quickly take it and run. She always runs just fast enough to stay out of Brownie’s reach. Their sibling rivalry is still fresh!

Ironically, when it comes to people, Blondie is extremely gentle and so observant. She watches people’s faces very closely, especially their facial expressions. She loves to cuddle on the couch with anyone who is willing and loves her belly to be gently rubbed. She lays her ears down and gives us huge puppy dog eyes, and waits patiently, as if to say “will you please pet me and cuddle with me?”. The other girls are more assertive when they want something, but Blondie is always gentle and polite. This may be why she is normally very quiet. She doesn’t fuss or whine about anything. The only thing she will bark about is if someone suddenly comes in the front door and her guard dog instincts kick in. But that lasts about 3 seconds, until she sees who it is and immediately stops. This is something typical to the breed. They are good watchdogs and will quickly alert you if they hear something that worries them. Otherwise, they rarely, if ever, bark. Along these lines, Blondie is extremely quiet.

Blondie is also a true athlete. Amazingly fast, agile, and loves to run just for the fun of running. Her body type is more athletic, with a more lean and aerodynamic build than the others. She is still muscular, but it’s lean muscle like a sprinter has. She was born to run and loves getting outside so she can turn on the jets!

The other thing that’s very unique to Blondie is her fur. It’s finer than usual for the breed, so it’s feels much softer and silkier as a result. I’ve never met another Frenchie with fur like hers. It’s too soon to tell, but I hope some of her puppies get it!

You might notice in the pictures that Blondie’s eyes are half green and half blue. This is pretty rare among Frenchies. It takes a specific combination of genes to produce this. The other unique thing is that her eyes are reciprocals of one another. Where one is blue, the other is green, and vice versa. This is uniquely produced by the Merle gene that she carries which can dilute or lighten pigment in random areas. Although her fur color is “fawn”, it is very light making her appear like a cream colored Frenchie. The “cocoa” genes she carries can be seen in the color of her nose and muzzle, as well as in the darker spots of fur along her spine. Her coloring is pretty unique, which is why her breeder was originally going to keep her for future breeding. But we talked her into letting us buy her instead :) We’re very glad we did.