Bichon Frise vs French Bulldog

Marketed as 'hypoallergenic' and easy, but that curly coat needs professional grooming roughly every four weeks for the dog's entire life or it mats painfully down to the skin, and the breed carries a real, well-documented risk of luxating kneecaps and lifelong dental crowding that small-dog buyers routinely underestimate.

Most French Bulldogs cannot breathe, cool themselves, or give birth the way a normal dog can — the flat face that defines the breed causes lifelong airway restriction, and real-world veterinary data puts their median lifespan noticeably below the typical dog's.