Unusual question from me I know as a lab gundog person but My Son is desperate for a pug  (by the way he is 24 :) ) are there any pug people on here who could offer advice /questions he should ask a the breeder etc..
I thought it was a phase but has lasted 2 years so now pretty serious any advice gratefully received.

HI e-mail me and I'll give you someones e-mail address who has Pugs.

Gwen on here has Pugs too.

Dawn R.

Never owned a pug, but I bump into a dog walker who has one, she was telling me once that a woman she saw was desperate for one too, and she was giggling to herself as the interested pug buyer had said to her that she wanted a dog which did not shed much, she had not enlightened the woman that her pug sheds for England aparantely and thought it very funny.

Soooo.... aparantely they shed a lot.:-P

My sister  bought one about 6 weeks ago and well, expect to have the Tasmanian Devil in Pug's clothing.  Betsey is as bold as brass, absolutely wild, terrorises my sister's poor submissive CKCS and basically makes you laugh so much becuase she is such a character.    And not a faddy toy breed either, Betsey eats for England!

Pugs, they have the stubborness of a Bulldog, the exuberence of a Boxer,  they are happy lively intelligent little dogs, full of charm and fun........Oh and someone forgot to tell them they are only 11 inches tall.   When I  am to old for my Boxers I intend to have 1 or 2, maybe3 

the exuberence of a Boxer

Make that on a ratio of 1 to 10 - 1 Pug exuberance = 10 Boxer's exuberance!

Like jackbox, when I'm too old for Labs I'm also planning to get a Pug. I will be in a wheelchair, with that 'see through' hair that very old ladies get. This wispy topknot will be dyed bright ginger and arranged in casual flirty curls. I will also wear loads of makeup and very outrageous clothes in bright colours. My Pug will sit on my knee, fart dreadfully and yap at anybody who comes near me. That should keep the kids away.

:D :D

I will keep with Labs and have a cart specially made that my girls can pull me around :)

PSML just read it again and thought it was you in the wheelchair farting :D

Pugs not my cup of tea :)

Lucy
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As a dedicated 'big dog' person, I would never have envisaged having a Toy breed but like a few of you, when I'm old and doddery and can't manage the big'uns any more, I'm going to have a Pug :) I fell in love with one in the vets waiting room recently...he was such a little character and he had no idea that the was about a tenth of the size of my Newfie whom he took qute a shine to ;)

Might be me in the wheelchair farting as well as the Pug. I must remember to always have some fluff covered mint imperials in the bottom of my handbag. Anyway, I think it's the law that old people have to have either mint imperials or werthers originals on their person at all times.

Like loads of others, I too love pugs, although I'm far from a toydog fan. It seems nobody's told them they're only little! :D The very first dog I remember was a fawn pug in the village where I lived. I used to first stroke his head then hug him (I was only 4!) when we met his owner shopping. Mine will be a black bitch. :)

You have to remember that the pug motto tranaslates to "Lots in a little package"  (well, thats a rough translation :) ) what you get is a VERY BIG Character in a small but determined bundle.  They are naughty, wilful, stubborn, selectively deaf, will only learn what it wants to - and  completely adorable and utterley irresistible!!!  It is amazing how many "big dog" folk start of conversations with my pugs and I with something along the lines of "I could never have a toy breed of course"  and after meeting with the pugs go off planning how they would fit in to their doggy households!  Happy to answer any puggy questions, if you want to PM or email me.

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Gwen

A lady comes to our agility training with a pug. They are trainable, I know he isn't built for agility, but he does enjoy it. Mind you I have noticed that he does it with a very long line attached to him!! I love to see 'other' breeds taking part, I think it's great to see them having fun. I think the only thing that would put me off one is the cost.

I used to do agility with my Yankee, only problem was typical spaniel, getting his nose off the floor long enough to see what he was supposed to do! :-D

My point about the trainablility was not that they are untrainable, but that  they are very selective in what they want to learn :)  All of my pugs are very different in attitude and interests from the others.  Algernon, I am sure, would adore agility, but it would come very high on the list of things Mabel would hate to do.  Puglet's ideas on housetraining are certainly very unique, and while Mildred took to ringcraft straight off at 12 weeks I only had to put a collar and lead on Mabel to have her sit so firmly you would have thought her bottom was glued to the ground.  Thankfully she got over this at exactly 6 months old.  Thats the thing about pugs, very individual, very determined.  I know someone in the North West who has a Pug who is part of an agility display team - you get some very lively pugs, you get some very sedentary ones too :)  Pug training has to be undertaken with a light heart, and a great deal of flexibility of mind and purpopse.  You have to work out how your pug thinks, and accept that some pugs will simply refuse to consider some things.

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Gwen

LOL sounds hilarious Gwen :)

Dawn R.

we go to good citizen classes with our pugs, Morgan 17 months old passed his silver tonight, Granville who is 2 has passed his gold, Mable who is 2 has passed her bronze starts training for silver next week, our 2 puppies  Brogan & Anita both passed their bronze at 15 weeks old, they all like going to  training & put their sensible heads on while they are there well most of the time :-)
Margaret & Barry :-) :-)

Love the name granville. well done to you and your dogs.

Hi Baz,

I have just seen your website!  My sister's Pug, Betsey is a daughter of Granville out of a Tekay's bitch.   I see he's done well so far this year in the showring!

Christine

I also have a pug out of one of Baz's dogs Morgan.Granville and Morgan are fantastic dogs and so are the puppys who have already done fantastic winning their bronze in the good citizen.Well done Barry and Margaret

Its been entertaining reading about pugs me being mainly a gundog person we also  had a maltese for 15 years who could have neen a pug after reading these comments I smiled at
"Pugs, they have the stubborness of a Bulldog, the exuberence of a Boxer,  they are happy lively intelligent little dogs, full of charm and fun........Oh and someone forgot to tell them they are only 11 inches tall. " because that would have described my maltese.

My Son has found a  Nice Breeder who has promised him a Pug and is happily looking forward to her arrival,he contacted many breeders only one even replied to him,I could see that they may worry as he is 24 the pup will be a family dog  we will all share in her care and  we live in a large farmhouse with almost an acre of garden and there is always someone here the Pug will have a charmed life and lots  and lots of love I can see we are in for a fun time :) 
Thankyou for all your replies to the topic.

Saxon reply....wonderful, and the fluff covered mint imperials....says it all realy....I meet a lady on my morning walk like the lady you intend to be like, wispy hair on top of her head, wont look at her in the same light again..!!

An update Gareth got his Pug Pup on tuesday I cant belive how much character could be built into such a small body and how quick to learn she is.
Ive a feeling life here will never be the same again :)

Hi Glenys, good to hear she's arrived, and I look forward to hearing the Pug stories. :)

Dawn R.

We can compare baby pug notes!  My Bunty is 12 weeks old tomorrow, and I also have Lily Pug staying with me, 13 weeks old today, so double Pug Trouble here :)  Went ot the park with them yesterday, and the 3 grown up pug girls, and completely disrupted a Junior football match,  all 10 kids plasying (about 6 or 7 years old) took one look at the pups and ran straight off the pitch to play with the pups - the attendant adults were not amused!
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Gwen

I also have a pug puppy at the moment(and 2 adults that think they are still puppies) they are so funny to watch.Poppy is 9weeks old now and loves to chew feet and try and pull socks of.

Oh don't I just know that feeling, as soon as Bunty & Lily come out of the playpen in the morning they attach themselves to my toes with needle sharp teetch - very painful, but they look so cute!

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Gwen

Love the name bunty Gwen :-)

I have a Norman just now. :-)

Thanks, I must say I "had" the name even before she arrived!   Am now waiting for a Gertrude - hopefully Mabel will provide me wiht one next time she has a litter!

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Gwen

This pug is something else  Ive never met such a personality and have had dogs twenty five years,extremely cheeky , brave defiant and the look says its wasnt me :)
you can see her weighiing up can I make it up to the sofa whilst trying to jump up there at 9 weeks old.
And  seeing how far she can get with the others ,the old girl mattie will not tolerate neither will Ned my GWP but still they tolerate her,all this and only 5 inches tall

her name is Pat as in Pat ma Pug

Can just imagine your son with Pat bet their having loads of fun :-)

It gets better and better Pat (the pug) is a total delight though the housetraining is a nightmare :(    she just teems with personality when Gareth took her for her second injection the Vets came to a standstill everyone wanting to see her we must be very lucky as she has the sweetest disposition and whilst my dogs Ned (GWP) Mattie  and Nell (Labs) a betty (BT) were a bit non plussed to start with she has won them over :) and she is only about 5 inches tall :)
I never thought I would be so attached to her so soon.
So I am getting a book on housetraining and seeing if she can read it :)

That's one thing I have found Betsey to be quite slow on  although sometimes I have to get my sister motivated to move her backside out of the chair as she doesn't recognise/tends to ignore Betsey's signs for wanting out.

But there's one thing to be said, they don't lack character!  And what a pig, she doesn't just eat for Scotland, she eats for England, Wales & N.I.!!!

Have to admit this little pug is something else.I had never met one in the flesh before and what a character she is, have got quite fond of her,I think life at Matties will never be the same again. I am a gundog person through and through and love the big dogs ones you can put you arms around and love but I do feel this little lady has won everyone who meets her over, maybe when I am old and grey!!

It's amazing how even the smallesty pug can worm its way, in a BIG, BIG WAY :) inot even the hardiest dog owners heart, even those who have always owned/admired big/useful/definetly not a toy type dogs!  Can only say "Pugs do it with determination"!!!
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Gwen

I've just found this thread, and had to say congrats on your new addition!!!

I've got 2 pugs, one is 11 months, the other is 4 months.  I waited 12 years for my pug (im 22 now!) and it was worth every second i had to wait!  I couldn't be without a pug now, they are the most fantastic little characters and soooooo much fun!!

I've never found my puggies to be untrainable, or even difficult to train.  I also have gundogs (labs and NSDTR) and find them more difficult to train! lol!!  Delilah, my oldest pug, picked up ringcraft after about 2 visits to classes, and passes her Bronze Good Citizen award at 9 months (could have done it sooner but was the first show we went to that did it!!) with a comment from the person doing the award saying that Lilah was the best behaved dog she'd had all day!!  We also kept getting used to show other people how to do things which was very embarrassing, but its nice that she thought so much of my pug!!!  Gracie, the 4 month old is very much a puppy, but she also has picked up ringcraft very quickly and apart from being a little wiggly on the table is very well behaved at ringcraft classes!

We haven't obedience trained them, other than basic manners, but i think Delilah especially could do obedience as she is one of the best behaved and obedient dogs i've known!

Jess just had a peep at Gracie on your website she looks a very nice showgirl Barry & Margaret :-)