FCI standard 369

Continental Bulldog.

FCI 369 utilization: companion dog, family dog; Group 2 Section 2.1 Molossian type, mastiff type; without working trial. Swiss club standard: Begleithund, Familienhund. Temperament per FCI: attentive, self-confident, friendly, neither aggressive nor shy. History per FCI: the goal was a medium-sized molossoid type dog; crosses with English Bulldogs and Old English Bulldogs led to a new breed close to the original Bulldog type, named Continental Bulldog to distinguish it. Wikipedia (English): created in Switzerland by Imelda Angehrn, who began breeding Bulldogs in 1966, wanting dogs able to breathe freely and whelp naturally; first crosses (English Bulldog with Olde English Bulldogge) born in 2001; Swiss Kennel Club permitted the new breed in September 2004. Wikipedia (German): the Swiss Kennel Society approved the name on 15 September 2004; the breed club was founded 5 December 2004..

Breed sets the odds. The parents set the dog. Every number here shows its source, its spread and how sure we are. Nothing on this page is a prediction about one dog.

0INHeightdogs null, bitches null. An ideal from the standard, not a range.

44–66LBWeight, all linesbreed dogs 44 to 66 lb; breed bitches 44 to 66 lb.

The body

What the breed is built like. Registry standards give an ideal, not a range.

Height at the shoulder

dogs 15.7 to 19.7 in · bitches 15 to 18.9 in

Breed clubFédération Cynologique Internationale, 2026

Range spans FCI (40 to 48 cm) and the Swiss club's range plus tolerance (38 to 48 cm). Center blank.

Weight

dogs 44 to 66 lb · bitches 44 to 66 lb

Breed clubFédération Cynologique Internationale, 2026

Spans the 20 to 30 kg band printed in FCI and the Swiss club standard, which covers the Wikipedia female figures (22 to 27 kg). Center blank.

Coat

FCI 369: top hair short, close, flat, glossy, not wiry; undercoat short, close and fine, and absence of undercoat is permissible; fawn (sand to red), brindle, black, or white, with or without white markings or dark mask; blue is not desired in the Swiss club standard. Wikipedia (English): short, shiny, smooth.

Breed clubFédération Cynologique Internationale, 2026

Heat tolerance

4 of 5 · FCI 369: short close single-type coat, undercoat may be absent; broad square muzzle; 'even at a fast trot or galop he should breathe noiselessly'; breathing noises in action or standing still, entropion and ectropium are disqualifying faults.

DerivedFédération Cynologique Internationale, 2026

Derived from a short close coat (4). The standard bars breathing noises, but no source states a measured heat finding for the breed.

The work

What it was built to do in the field, and what a test or trial asks of it.

Role

Breed clubFédération Cynologique Internationale, 2026

Sources agree on the Swiss origin and 2004 start. No source read describes hunting or field work.

How to read this page

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Also called: Conti, Swiss Bulldog

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