Dog people · English bulldog

Dating a English bulldog owner

Updated September 15, 2026

What a English bulldog needs from a partner

Someone who wants a slow walk, a nap, and a dog that snores like a truck.

The first date that suits a English bulldog person

Match the energy: a coffee patio, a short walk, a couch and a film. Nobody needs to prove anything on a hike.

Dogs that would get along with a English bulldog

Scored on the same factors the app uses: energy, size, temperament, and whether each animal is good with the other's kind. Typical for the breed, not a promise about any one animal.

1. French bulldog 82% pet matchboth low-key
2. Shih tzu 72% pet matchboth low-key
3. Great Dane 72% pet matchboth low-key
4. Greyhound 72% pet matchboth low-key

Cats that could share a home with a English bulldog

Mixed households only work when both animals are easy with the other kind. These are the likeliest.

1. Domestic longhair 72% pet matchboth low-key · both easy with the other kind
2. Ragdoll 72% pet matchboth low-key · both easy with the other kind
3. British shorthair 72% pet matchboth low-key · both easy with the other kind

The conversation to have early

Heat, breathing, skin folds and stubbornness. Bulldogs are expensive to keep healthy and impossible not to love. Say it before the second date, not after the first sleepover.

More on the people side in what to do when your dog does not like your date and whether to bring the dog on a first date.