Tips About The Pug Dog

The pug dog breed is not very well know among the dog lovers. You may find here a few facts about this breed and its history and the main features of these wonderful dogs' physical appearance, temperament and personality. This will help you to get a better understanding of the expectation you may already have about owning a dog of this breed. There could be some difference between these facts and the opinions you may have about the pud dog.

History and Temperament

The pug dog's history begins in China during the Shang dynasty from 1766-1122 BC. These dogs were bred to sit on the laps of the emperors where they resembled the looks of dragons. The breeding of this dog led to the monks of Tibet, to Japan, and finally to Europe.

Famous Europeans such as William III and Mary II, Marie Antoinette, and Queen Victoria had pugs and each served a different purpose. Nonetheless, the prevalence of these dogs in Europe (and in the United States in the 19th century) allowed for them to create the Kennel Club and later get recognized by the American Kennel Club in 1885.

If you want to know more about pug dogs, it is that they have an easy-going temperament. They do require a lot of attention and love to play, but a pug will become calmer as it gets older. It would not make the best watch-dog, because most pugs would not bark at strangers anyway, a bark from this dog is muffled and small because of the wrinkles overlapping the mouth. These enthusiastic dogs will dress up in costumes and perform tricks easily to impress their owners (which translates to these dogs being good show dogs), proving that there will never be a dull moment with these animals.

General Look And Personality Features

The specific physical appearance is the main characteristic a pug dog can be recognized for by most of the people. The dead giveaway of this particular breed of dogs, having a small and stout body, is their wrinkled face that resembles sometimes to a roast beef. When looking into their incredibly tiny, snout and bulging eyes, the owner can hardly punish them, keep mad or even yelling at them if it occurs they did something wrong.

Males and females can be very different in some areas of their personality. The attention of the owner is much more required by a male than by a female, which is more an independent dog. But the females are less loving and laid-back than males. Along the passing years these characteristics tend to blend and all the pug dogs can be laid-back.

The pug owner can expect plenty of love from this dog, not to mention the good times had by all when the pug dresses up in hilarious costumes and performs tricks for everybody at a party. About the lifespan of the pug dog; expect them to make great companions for the entire duration of their lives (which tends to last 12 to 15 years).

You can find on these sites a lot of information or you can read some little tales regarding the origins of this strange breed of dogs, on their history aside powerful people that have made history, about the ways this breed was spread all over the world or regarding the original breeding techniques used by ancient Chinese to value their unique characteristics.


Ancient chinese started to breed pug dogs for the use of emperors of Shang dynasty. The main physical features they can be recognized from are the small, stout body and the wrinkled face. Famous reigners of countries from Europe owned pug dogs and used them for entertainment.

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