Nine years.
Closing the concept.
Ethical Frenchie is winding down. To every family who trusted us with one of our pups — thank you. Really.
We started Ethical Frenchie in 2017 because finding our own Frenchie, Vilma, was miserable. Shopping-cart puppy sites. Craigslist posts that felt like scams. No transparency. No relationship. Nobody to call afterward. So we built the version we wished we’d had. FaceTime calls. In-person interviews. Every puppy hand-delivered. One hand to shake, one person to hold accountable.
After helping several families find their furbaby, that chapter is done. Olaf and Buzz are the last two Ethical Frenchie puppies there will ever be. Once they’re home, we’re closed for good. Nothing went wrong and there’s no story behind it. It’s just the right time to stop.
What we’ll remember
Honestly? Not the puppies so much. The doorways.
That moment at the end of a long flight when the crate opens and a family meets the pup they’ve been picturing for months — the smiles, and more often than you’d think, the tears. Every hard night and every early alarm was paid back right there, watching someone hold the furbaby they’d trusted us to bring them.
You gave these babies furever homes. The kind of life any pup would wish for, and only a family can actually give. Thank you for that.
If you were hoping to find a puppy here
We’re sorry we missed you. If you’re still looking, please consider your local shelter first — there are wonderful furbabies waiting there, and they need somebody exactly like you.
What happens now
- Have an Ethical Frenchie at home? Nothing changes for you. AKC paperwork, Embark DNA results, vet records, your health guarantee — all kept. Email and we’ll send a copy whenever you need one.
- Questions about your pup are still welcome. Diet, training, a vet report you’d like a second read on. That was never a marketing line, and it isn’t one now.
- We’ll continue to support our current families. Closing doesn’t change that.
- No new applications, deposits or litters.
- The site stays up. Happy Tails — every family, every pup — stays exactly where it is.
Thank you for nine good years.
Records, questions, or the last two puppies: adopt@ethicalfrenchie.com
Where they all ended up.
Every pin is a family and a Frenchie. Tap one for the then-and-now.