She was distressed that the Bulldog had so many health problems, including difficulties with breathing and whelping such big-headed broad-shouldered puppies through narrow female hips.

Wanting bulldogs that were more mobile, able to breathe freely and give birth naturally, she started breeding lighter dogs, but they could not win at shows.

[5] At the club's founding meeting, it was announced that all of the dogs were to be entered into the Swiss Studbook and would be eligible to participate in international and national shows in Switzerland.

[6] In order to be recognized by the international organization the Fédération Cynologique Internationale (FCI), it required eight bloodlines, in which the last three generations may not have a single common ancestor.

Despite his compact body, the Continental Bulldog is mobile and of staying power; his respiration even at full speed is noiseless.