{"id":28160,"date":"2015-11-11T09:57:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T09:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=28160"},"modified":"2015-11-11T09:57:08","modified_gmt":"2015-11-11T09:57:08","slug":"french-bulldog-festival-debuts-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/11\/11\/french-bulldog-festival-debuts-in-cardiff\/","title":{"rendered":"French bulldog fest debuts in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new French bulldog festival will take place on the 15 November. The festival, branded <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frenchiefestuk.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frenchiefest<\/a>, has been created by the team behind the hugely popular Pugfest.<\/p>\n<p>The first Pugfest took place last year and the event has gone from strength to strength. Martin Clawes, an organiser, says that \u201cWe had so many requests for a festival for French bulldogs and the response has been really good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Martin and his wife also run the French and Pug Dog Foundation which will benefit from the funds raised by the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Foundation rescues and rehomes bulldogs and pugs, a policy that will be reflected throughout Frenchiefest. \u201cWe encourage people to rescue and adopt puppies rather than buy them\u201d, Martin explains, \u201cFrenchiefest is about fun, not breeding.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_28235\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/French_Bulldog_cream_standing-e1447088568837.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-28235 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/French_Bulldog_cream_standing-e1447088568837.jpg\" alt=\"Frenchiefest, French bulldogs\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/French_Bulldog_cream_standing-e1447088568837.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/French_Bulldog_cream_standing-e1447088568837-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28235 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/French_Bulldog_cream_standing-e1447088568837.jpg\" alt=\"Frenchiefest, French bulldogs\" width=\"480\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/French_Bulldog_cream_standing-e1447088568837.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/French_Bulldog_cream_standing-e1447088568837-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Around 2,500 people are expected to attend the event, bringing with them an estimated 400 dogs.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Picture: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:French_Bulldog_cream_standing.jpg#\/media\/File:French_Bulldog_cream_standing.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">by danny O. &#8211; Flickr.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team behind Pugfest launch Frenchiefest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":28185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4829,3683,4830,4831,4832,4833],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-28160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-dog-show","tag-dogs","tag-french-bulldogs","tag-frenchiefest","tag-pugfest","tag-pugs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>French bulldog fest debuts in Cardiff - alt.cardiff<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"French bulldog festival debuts in Cardiff. 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