Sentences with phrase «took small bulldogs»

They took small bulldogs with them that, in no time at all, became very popular with high society.

While theories abound about the exact origin of the French Bulldog, the most prevalent opinion is that around the mid-1800s Normandy lace workers from England took smaller bulldogs with them when they sought work in France.

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When the Industrial Revolution closed down many of the small craft shops, these lace - makers emigrated to the North of France — and they took their little bulldogs with them.

The magazine «Country Life», in the 29 April 1899 takes up the story: «Some five - and - thirty years ago in fact, [i.e. about 1865], the small - sized or light - weight Bulldog was common in this country; so much so that dogs of the breed that scaled over 28 lbs were not encouraged at such shows as Birmingham, which was at that period the most important exhibition of its kind in England.

They took with them smaller bulldogs to be kept on the farms as companions and to chase away the rats.

There were many toy English bulldogs around the time that lacemakers were displaced from England to France, and it is thought they took the small dogs with them.