I live in West Sussex and am married with two daughters. My love of Frenchies started over 10 years ago when my first Frenchie Claude came into my life! Two years later we welcomed Claude’s half brother Remi into our home. Sadly we lost Remi in March 2020 after a very short illness, and left a huge hole in our family. We decided we needed to find a buddy for Claude, so Buddy joined our family in October 2020, followed by Herbie shortly after, who came into our rescue as 12 week old pup with a grade 4 heart murmur.

My family are super supportive of the many hours it takes to keep the rescue running. Sorting dogs into new homes, admin, events, checking in on dogs already in our care, paying invoices, speaking to vets, supporting foster families, the list is endless!  Seeing a dog come into rescue when they are broken, sad and sometimes in very bad health, go on to become a beloved member of the family, gain confidence and learn to trust again, is just the best feeling you can have, and makes the hard work worthwhile.

Hi all, Chez here and just below is the better half, Jacqueline (Jacqui). We live in London/Kent and have done for many years. Jacqui has grown up children and a wonderful Granddaughter. We have 5 furry children. Three Rescue Frenchies, Harry, Willow and Maia and also a non-rescue Spud! We also have a beautiful cat Lullah. When we are not running round after them we both have full time jobs within the Police Service.

We have both grown up with animals all of our lives and got involved in rescue after losing our two older Staffies (Tilly & Spike) within 3 months of each other, both aged 14 at the time. The house seemed so quiet without them and we found a rescue to volunteer with, it started by helping to collect a dog and a bit of fostering (we failed three times) and progressed from there, we’ve fostered over 40 dogs and been involved in home checks, road trains, dog walks, fundraising and events.

As our love for helping grew so did our desire to do more. I (Chez) am now general rescue dogsbody doing a little of anything and everything and Jacqueline is our adoption support lead, all whilst putting up with me. To see the difference in the dogs that we help is so rewarding, seeing them loved and happy in their forever homes gives a feeling like no other. We’ve cried tears of sadness, but even more tears of joy.

We will continue to help for as long as we can and love working with this amazing team of people who we are proud to call our friends.

Check blog above (under Chez) to read all about me as well. We come as a dastardly duo!

I live by the seaside in Kent with my boyfriend,  a 3 legged, 1 eyed frenchie, a deaf frenchie cross and frenchie that truly believes he is a human, 2 cats, 1 rabbit and a cockatiel!!
I've always been mad for animals, I love them more than people. Since I was a child I've been into rescue, working in the local kennels for stray dogs from about 12 years old. My passion for animals took me to South Africa in 2012 and I was privileged enough to work with big cats of all species as a volunteer so my whole life has always revolved around animals.

I met Chez & Jacqueline through my full time job and we bonded through our love of animals and humour. I was then introduced to Sandra and Ross and the rest is history. Frenchie & Friends Foundation was born and I can honestly say these years since we established the charity have been full of joy, laughter, tears, heartbreak but most definitely friendship and a bond that I don't think we could ever break and that makes us an amazing team.
I know with our rescue the dogs will always come first and that's why Frenchie and Friends Foundation has my heart and soul.

So after you get a house, married, have a couple of kids, estate car, the next thing you need is a dog!…….The wife didn’t think we would look after it and walk it, so to prove her wrong me and my daughters were up every Saturday and Sunday at the local RSPCA walking dogs and volunteering. Then we were told (by the wife) that we could get a dog. My Boycie is not a rescue and bought from a hobby breeder, but we met his mum and nan! Then I joined the Facebook pages…

I once read a post ‘if you can’t adopt, foster, if you can’t foster, volunteer, if you can’t volunteer, donate’ this post really stuck with me……Me: ‘Luv, can we adopt a dog?’ Wife: ‘No!’, ‘Can we foster?’ I asked, ‘No’ she said (she is lovely really), so volunteering, donating and raising funds became easy, there I was, standing on village greens, holding pots out to people, saying ‘give me your money’. Going on arranged walks and finding ways to generate money.

As a family, myself, my wife Natalie and my daughters Saffron and Belle have helped uplift, foster and help dogs on to their forever homes. We are also active on walks and at the events. I want to thank my best friend Boycie! Without him, I wouldn’t be doing all this, it’s the love of him that makes me want to help others. With the amount of love he rewards, others need what we have!

Hi I’m Elizabeth or Jaggs as most know me. A HUGE animal lover that obviously inherited this from my parents. Growing up we had 15 dogs at one point, and my love of rescue dogs began when my parents took on a neighbours golden retriever, the majority of my childhood memories are with him by my side.

In adult life I desperately wanted to help animals in need, including taking on two ex-racehorses that were at risk. After having my own two dogs, a Rottweiler, and a boxer that we rescued, we fell in love with French Bulldogs and added one to our pack. We started fostering and helping with bulldog rescues shortly after. Our boxer thrived on being Nanna pig to them all until she passed of old age, I truly believe it gave her a second lease of life helping other dogs feel safe in her pack.

100s of fosters later we have 2 Frenchies and an English Bulldog who was a very poorly medical foster who we could never part with. We love helping with all parts of rescue, our niche is medical fosters, especially skin conditions. We also love helping with social media, marketing, admin and everything in between. Not only is it the most incredibly rewarding experience helping dogs with their second chance at life but we have made friends that have become family along the way.

My name is Fiona, and I live in Sunderland with my husband, and my two frenchie’s, Archie and Arthur.

They are the reason I fell in love with the breed, and although they're not rescue dogs, i've learned so much from their own health or behavioural issues.

So much so, I've started my own journey to learn as much about positive, games based dog training, and dog behaviour as I can.

I hope to put this to good use to support the charity and hope that in some way I can make a difference to the dogs we help, and the wonderful people who give these dogs a home.

I’m Jo and I live in Kent with my husband & daughter.

We first starting rescuing Frenchie’s in lockdown & our first one Coco only had 1 eye. She was used for breeding previously & it’s something we all feel strongly about in this house! Unfortunately she died of cancer after being with us for just 15 months. We then rescued another who was a stray and again used for breeding, she was an older girl with terrible ear & eye problems and after 18 months with us we found out she also had a brain tumour. She passed away in 2023 sadly. We now have our very own Frenchie & Friends boy who’s more of an English bulldog the bigger he gets and we love him to bits. He’s little brother to our 18 year old staffie Maisy!

I was honoured to be asked by F&F to be part of their team to help all of these beautiful dogs in need & we foster where we can & help with any admin tasks.

In my spare time I love spending time with my horse, lots of holidays & skiing with my daughter.

Hi my name is Emma and I live in Cheshire with my husband Chris and my 6 furry children.  Olive, Gracie and pearl who are pugs, Denzil and Darcy my chihuahuas and last but not least Lillie, my beautiful F&F adopted Frenchie.

I run my own horticultural business and work part time at a vets, which comes in handy with my gang!

I have been involved in rescue for about 25 years and had numerous fosters, usually pugs but then  Frenchies too! I’ve been helping f&f since 2023 after knowing chez for a number of years. I was honoured to be asked to take on a role within the rescue.

As admin I have initial contact with people who sadly have to surrender their frenchies and I love that we can try and help them and find their loved dogs, a wonderful home.

I’m Karen and I live in Surrey with my husband & daughter

My story began with our first Frenchie Ivy in 2019, at 2yrs old she had to have major back surgery due to IVDD, something I didn’t know much about at the time and wasn’t prepared for emotionally. In 2021 we brought our 2nd Frenchie Dudley into the family, a bouncing ball of energy and a companion for Ivy, sadly by the time he was 15 months old he’d had his first seizure and was diagnosed shortly after with idiopathic epilepsy, he’s still with us and continues to be our world. After both of these major events happening I started to look more closely at what I could do to help support these beautiful doggies in whatever way I can… and that’s where I found the lovely team of people at Frenchie and Friends!
I began with my first foster in April 2023 and then progressed to becoming a regular volunteer, conducting home checks and assisting with transport, in fact I was given the nickname ‘serial’ home checker! haha. Recently I was asked to join the team and I felt deeply honoured to have been asked.
I will continue dedicating as much of my time to this amazing charity and team of lovely people.
This year we welcomed our very own Frenchie & Friends girl Audrey, whom we adopted. We feel truly privileged to have been chosen to look after her and she brings so much happiness to us all.

Hi I’m Kellie and the teams hand-rear foster mum!

I’m based in South London and work at Aspen Vets (absolutely love my job), I have a great family who I enjoy spending time with when I am not doing everything dog related.

I met Chez & Jacqueline (the crazy Frenchie ladies) whilst working and felt this a worthwhile rescue to be part of. I now do all sorts including supporting foster families, home checking, road trains, events and fundraising. Oh and of course being on hand for advice and a hand rear foster whenever the need arises :-)

Hi, I'm Ashleigh based in Cheshire with my Partner and Baby Bear (Frenchie but very much my child)

Bear is responsible for my initial love of the breed, helping me through some tough times and after finding Frenchie & Friends I never looked back.

Any way that I can help I am happy to get stuck in, road trains, home checks and foster Included, in the hope I can make a small difference to help these wonderful dogs find their forever’s and I'm very proud to be part of this incredible team.

Hi I am Karen I live in Essex with my 2 fur babies both rescue girls Winnie & Waffle.

Winnie has suffered with IVDD, aspirational pneumonia and has a heart murmur. But you would never know it if you saw her chasing squirrels at the woods near my home. I got Waffle at 7 months from an overcrowding situation, her and Winnie were not friends initially but they are sassy soul sisters now. Waffle had ingrowing eyelashes and needed boas on her nostrils but she is a poppet.

I love helping Frenchie & Friends with these beautiful dogs & every one of them touches my heart.

I work as an executive assistant and also help my elderly parents. I love travelling, reading, running and of course Frenchies!

Hi I’m Hayley, mum of daughters, and few!!! Furries.
I work part time as a Nanny and have my own embroidery business. I love helping with the rescue with road trains, home checks and fundraising.

I am now the auction lead contact so please do contact me with any enquiries regarding the auction.

It’s so rewarding seeing our dogs come in and go onto happy homes.

To get in touch with any of the team please drop us an email at enquiries@frenchieandfriends.org