Pugs are cute, cuddly, and … smart?
Yes! Pugs are smart. They love doing silly things in order to get your attention, and that’s probably why some call them ”the clowns of the animal kingdom”. Pugs are a lot more intelligent than they look (Thank God!) and they are fast learners when it comes to things that excite them… like FOOD or making you laugh. Some Pugs may be hard to train, but I have found that our Pugs will do anything for treats.
Pugs are STUBBORN!
Pugs are usually very stubborn. If you enjoy having a teenager in the house that ignores you when you call them, yet can hear the crackle of a food bad from 1,000 yards… you will love a Pug.
Pugs SNORE, SNORT, FART and SHED!
Pugs make lots of weird noises, due to their small nose and flat face. Almost all Pugs snore, snort and while some consider this to be kind of charming, others might find it annoying. Pugs tend to be gassy. Finally, don’t let a Pug’s short soft coat fool you. Pugs do shed a lot.
Pugs are NOT outdoorsy dogs and don’t do exercise
Pugs are really vulnerable when it comes to both heat and cold. Most dogs have a long nose which they use to cool their bodies. Pugs do not have this, which means that they basically don’t have any way of regulating their body temperature. As a result they can easily overheat. (Pugs can even succumb by being out less then half an hour on a hot and humid summer day). If you want a dog that you can play with in the yard, that fetches tennis balls and sticks and that can accompany you when you’re out jogging, please don’t get a Pug. Pugs get tired pretty fast and since they do not have a great mechanism for cooling themselves, they can easily overheat.
Pugs are NOT great guard dogs
Looking for a dog to guard your house? A Pug might bark and alert you if somebody is coming. The risk of your Pug licking the burglar to death is probably bigger than the chance that he actually scares him off.
Pugs are nosy and sleepy
Pugs are curious explorers by nature. They are nosy and like to smell and taste virtually everything they have not seen before. However, they also love a good nap, or two, or three…
Black vs. Fawn
It’s all about genes passed down from parent to offspring. Genes come in pairs and reside on a chromosome it calls home, and it has its very own address. Each member of a pair of genes can have a different form. With Black or Fawn coats in Pugs, one can call for the Pugs coat to be black, and one can call for it to be Fawn with the black markings around the face and ears. But no matter which call the genes make, the black one makes the decision if it has any say in the matter and because of that it is called the dominant gene.
If in this gene pair both members call for black, the Pug will be black. If in this pair one member calls for black and the other for fawn, the Pug will still be black because the black one rules. The only way for a Pug to be fawn is if both members of the gene pair call for Fawn.
