Attack of the Pugs, Coming to a Neighborhood Near You

Has anyone else noticed this fad? And where do pet fads come from?

Also, what's the deal with Puggles (pug/beagle mixes)? Do you think they're the next big thing?

pugs are fun but i prefer english bulldogs

http://www.girlwithaspirin.com/lemon/couch.jpg

This is one of our local pugs.

I think Puggles were bred to resolve the pug breathing problem, but are they cute enough?

x-post - Yeah, Maude closed the deal for me.

http://www.akc.org/breeds/featured_breed/boston/boston1.gif

And how are French bulldogs to own?

Oh yeah, I hated the shedding. Pug hair was on every inch of her apartment, and she let it sleep in her bed (ARGH!). I took to only wearing certain clothes when I knew I would be over there.

Actually, in retrospect, I liked the dog and it could be very cute, but it was definitely the king of her apartment. I kinda feel sorry for them both.

http://www.pcmtbulldogs.com/Jean

From that website, the scariest pug in the world:
http://www.pugparty.com/pugparty/graphics/pug_pics/pic_4.02.jpg

Something is wrong here.

i think the puggle is way cuter than normal pugs.

i fucking hate boston terriers.

Seattle has a massive pug social scene. He'll be going to an all-pug halloween party, dressed as a PIMP. He's a really sweet, smart little guy, with much attitude.

People who don't like small dogs often like pugs - because they aren't *really* small dogs. They're just smallish mastiffs. :-)

Our neighbors used to go to Pug meet-ups all the time. Have you made friends at those or is it all about staring at cute dogs?

I'm at work, and I got this quizzical message when trying to view Calvin's photo:

Access Denied (content_filter_denied)

Your request was denied because of its content categorization: "Sex"

?????

p.s. the Pug Party is HUGE -- the last one I went to at "Joe's on Weed Street" had 500 dogs or something like that.

The annual Seattle Pug Gala had over a THOUSAND pugs this year. Surreal. :-)

Portland Pugcrawl 2007

Legions were in attendance, incl. costume parade, pug kissing booth, etc.

CREEPY

I wish my toen hosted a pug party. They're such funny little clowns.

In my experience with 4 or 5 such dogs, ANY dog+mini dachshund=asshole.

Pug party! Aw, I wish I could have gone to that. I grew up with pugs and am counting the days until I can own one of my own. So cute.

Nashville had a, erh, Pugnic this past weekend.

more pugs photos: http://www.oregonhumane.org/photos/index.htm#PugCrawl

Went to the monthly pug meetup this weekend, and took my camera with me

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/216/521112498_3f13eaea62.jpg?v=0

Oh wow. You have no idea how happy those pictures just made me. When I'm bored, I spend time looking at rescue pugs available for adoption and try to think of ways I could actually swing owning on right now.

Did you see the article in the onion last week about the pug recall? It was pretty hysterical.

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/dog_breeders_issue_massive_recall

Also, I know I've posted a similar pic on ILX before but I love this one so much that I'll add it here. These are my parents pugs - Molly and Maggie:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/MandM.jpg

Oops - sorry for the HUGE pic!

Hey, life-size!

"ngeh ngeh ngeh ngeh"

The worst is those people who let their pugs get really super fat, and they look like little barrels skating down the street.

wait, how is that "the worst"

The wurst.

barrelpugs are very cute, but it's not healthy for the to be so round.

it's not healthy for them to be PUGS lol

That's probably true. Poor wall-eyed little beasts.

they can't even bark right because they can barely breathe.

OTOH the best, most incomprehensible part of DUNE is patrick stewart charging down a sandy hill with a gun in one hand and a pug in the other screaming some battle cry or some shit !!!!?!?!?!?!

I know that pugs supposedly have all these health problems yet my parents have had 5 and they've never had anything unusal except for some serious snoring problems!

can't find much, but found this one:

http://www.badmovies.org/othermovies/dune/dune3.jpg

http://www.chicagoist.com/attachments/chicagoist_alicia/drivingdog.jpg

Pugs and Persians at my house both lead to a lifetime of jokes about the subject having run into a wall at full speed. Ex "Did you see Audrey in the sunroom just now? She can't find her toy and she looks very confused." "You would too if you'd just chased a ping pong ball into a brick wall."

There's no way that dog can reach the brake pedal. UNSAFE.

handbrake oilyrags, can't you see the handicapped placard. special mods have been made.

Well...alright, I guess. But I'm having a hard time believing you found an insurer. Premiums must be obscene.

Especially since he's obviously already run into a wall.

THAT'S what I'm talking about.

wall? he's parking the car in the garage, what are you talking about?

THAT'S what I'm talking about.

I am glad to help.

Did anyone see Denise Richards and her pugs and Boston terrier on the Dog Whisperer? They are funny when they stick their little faces right in the camera.

i missed that one. i did see patti labelle and her 150lb mastiff, though, which was great. he took agin her at some point during his puppyhood, so she hadn't gone within striking distance of him in several years.

Yikes. There was a 150 lb mastiff at the bar last friday, but he was the mellowest dog I've met in quite some time. You wouldn't think that something that big and muscular and sharp-toothy could be so unintimidating, and I guess they aren't always.

the few that i've met have been sweet and laid-back - total softies. they just wanted to hang out and drool and have their ears rubbed. this guy was a sweetheart in general but had unpredictable bursts of aggression when he sensed that he could dominate someone (due to an early lack of training), and patti's complete terror around him clearly fired him up. by the end it was all good. he went to live with his trainer and her family, and patti came over and walked him without incident.

One day I will have a dog, dammit

Until then, I shall keep pestering Abbott to post pics of Blue Pitty and Snitter the basset pit.

GOOD IDEA!

Ms Beefpstry, if you please?

For god's sake, if someone with three-inch nails and a voice that could scratch glass tottered over me me in fluttery, distracting clothes and talked in a baby voice, I'd bite her too.

So true. Patti LaBelle scares the crap out of me.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/Hereward/MePugsey.jpg?t=1180632640

AW!! So sweet.

He's chosen the correct color pants.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft_lg7vFRzE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=107Rcqzyd5c

attack of the fat sea otters

http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/92/pugpugpugor5.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7282/pugpugpug2rq3.jpg

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6617/pugpugpug3vn9.jpg

OMG at M.White/pug colour co-ordination

They are nice, but they can't breathe right (like, audibly so) and are constantly all messed up with breathing / panting / temperature / water / exertion balances, and when you think about it they're just plain malformed and bizarre and have been made to have no faces, to the point where now they have to be crossbred with nosey dogs like beagles in order to restore the various important things that a face actually does for a dog, and ... also I find their tails sort of gross, though I don't know why, so ... I like a pug, don't get me wrong, they're very nice, but I find it hard to be all like pro-pug as a breed.

Face- and breathing-wise they are the Darth Vaders of the dog world.

AAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWW! I'm going to visit my parents over the upcoming long weekend which means I get to hang out with the two monster puglets I posted a pic of upthread. I can't wait. Dammit - I want one of my own!!! *goes to research available pugs at the local pug rescue*

OK so there's some bastshit crazy woman selling pug wear on Etsy. I'm not talking about t shirts with pugs on or anything like that. Take a look:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/pughat.jpg

THAT POOR DOG! Can you see the humiliation in her (his?) eyes? This is what the lady had to say about her pug hats:

This is a lovely straw hat, bedecked with lovely pink silk blossoms and a matching pink satin hat band, perfect for your dogs next garden party! This hat is in shades of bright magentas and fuschia along with pale pink and white, but we can make one in any colors to match your dogs favorite frock!

Oh yeah, here's the frock:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/pugdress.jpg

It's just not right.

Smush face.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/cute.jpg

Damn, missed this year's Pug Crawl. Turns out it was last weekend, but that's fine, since missing it for the biggest Obama rally ever was worth it.

photos of the pug kissing booth: http://qpplus.partypics.com/pageimageselection.aspx

http://flickr.com/photos/26280691@N07/sets/72157605152053295/

http://www.oregonhumane.org/pugcrawl/images/ScubaPug1_web.jpg

http://img355.imageshack.us/img355/4751/2504217495f46f85e569bdu6.jpg

This scuba pug here won best costume.

Also, this is now the wallpaper on my phone, b/c I can't stop laughing at it:

http://ihasahotdog.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/funny-dog-pictures-pug-life1.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3080/3208202262_4aba85bd14_o.jpg

http://www.flickr.com/photos/13803131@N00/sets/72157619151125352/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/3590166856_3fcc84ae6c.jpg?v=0

Between these guys and the otter mama and baby from last night I am going to die. GAH!!

The people in the houses on either side of my current place have pugs - Baxter and Teddy. Teddy smells and Baxter's tongue sticks out 24/7 but I don't care I love them. There are also like 500 million other pugs in the hood. It's like someone is trying to torture me!

maria bamford does a great impression of a pug here:

Damn! I always miss the Pug Crawl. Our puppy is a major pug enthusiast and would have had a great time checking them all out.

Maggie is a silly silly dog. Molly is like, "Wut now?"

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/DSCF0592.jpg

i luv pugs

They are nice, but they can't breathe right (like, audibly so) and are constantly all messed up with breathing / panting / temperature / water / exertion balances, and when you think about it they're just plain malformed and bizarre and have been made to have no faces, to the point where now they have to be crossbred with nosey dogs like beagles in order to restore the various important things that a face actually does for a dog, and ... also I find their tails sort of gross, though I don't know why, so ... I like a pug, don't get me wrong, they're very nice, but I find it hard to be all like pro-pug as a breed.

― nabisco, Monday, August 27, 2007 12:46 PM (1 year ago)

nabisco otm

this is mostly true of Bostons as well, except that they are more athletic and energetic and also more crazy

mostly true of French Bulldogs too, except that they are made of marshmallows and love

ENBB, those are some seriously awesome pugs.

old pugs have the best faces

PUGS

tbh, the only thing that can top your average run-of-the-mill pug in cuteness is otters, baby hippos and the top 25% of pekingeses

M&M are awesome. Neither of them are actually very good looking pugs by breed standards but the fact that they're pretty ridiculous looking makes them 100% more awesome. Also, they're best friends which is one of the cutest things ever. Sadly they're my parents' and not mine.

ps - One is fighting with the laptop for space on my lap and the the other is laying on my feet as I type this.

http://8.media.tumblr.com/tgx1GSKriqi1jd8oBCrM6RNto1_500.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdLVLPoRXR4

http://21.media.tumblr.com/TVHROraabo1aeog5BLQT2Rexo1_400.jpg

http://18.media.tumblr.com/TVHROraabmxkmb4wjShoBRsBo1_400.jpg

if these have been here for close to an hour and erica hasn't gone mental over them then she is probably lying incapacitated somewhere and i should probably call emergency services

FYI the number here is 911.

huh, i thought that was information. no wonder they always sound so pissed at me.

I saw them. No need to call 911. I'm ok.

Tbh these guys are old news - have seen before.

(Still v v cute, of course - that little tongue!)

also the top one if pretty freaky looking tbh. I'm not sure that even I like him.

he looks even more defective than pugs normally do

man i also used to hate on pugs but now i am all about them.

http://18.media.tumblr.com/TVHROraabmxkmb4wjShoBRsBo1_400.jpg
ptht.

from http://fuckyeahpugs.tumblr.com/

Oh no, now THIS will surely be the end of me.

OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

http://16.media.tumblr.com/J3zoipBQBpxank53ZCeZo8UIo1_400.jpg

AHAHAHAHA this guy is like, "OK WTF is this ppl?? What are you doing to me?"

http://18.media.tumblr.com/hMDAdintmpflivmroLmnjb9Lo1_400.jpg

The pug loaf is almost as disturbing to me as the time a friend told me that a bunch of baby orangutans in a wheelbarrow in a pic I showed him were probably being hauled away to be turned into orangujam. ;_;

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3053/2724764251_1fefb86848_o.jpg

HAHAHAHAHA was just searching for pictures of pugs and orangutans together and found the wheelbarrow pic:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/10/03/article-1067297-02E2CF1E00000578-416_468x356_popup.jpg

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

orang marmalade

(;O;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ln4rXJMjV8

Way way way upthread I was WRONG about that pug and the person - we never dated again, but she's a great pug-mom and her pug has mellowed with age.

Henry met an 8 year old pug named walter at obedience class yesterday and they became fast friends - although there were a couple of weezing times where he kept giving me a look like "isnt anyone going to help this puppy he is choking!"

Aw at the wheezing. I would like to see Henry and Walter hang out.

at one point he appeared to attempt the heimlich but in fact it was really just humping.

Postmodernism, in pug form:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQZ2Z89z6u8

At my favorite breakfast/coffee place just now one of the workers came in with one of her two pugs, a very energetic and goofy little guy.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp08okvJCB1qzc4rvo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0RYTHV9YYQ4W5Q3HQMG2&Expires=1253859796&Signature=mSwmk4HpskigZ4HENWHAt9lXGMI%3D

lol oh no what are they doing to it?! hahaha.

http://img.slate.com/media/1/123125/2067927/2134291/2137146/060323_DVD_BrazilEX.jpg

Police: Dogs Fed on Owner's Body
Pugs Left Alone without Food after Nebraska Man Killed Himself

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/16/ap/strange/main5988667.shtml

PAPILLION, Neb., Dec. 16, 2009

(AP) The Nebraska Humane Society is seeking a new home for two small dogs that police say fed on their owner's body after he killed himself.

Police in the Omaha suburb of Papillion found the pugs named Harry and Sally late last week. Lt. Chris Whitted said Wednesday an autopsy showed the man was dead for two weeks of a self-inflicted gunshot before his body was found.

Humane Society spokesman Mark Langan says he can't verify the dogs had fed on the body, but he says it would be normal behavior for dogs left without food or water for two weeks.

Langan says the dogs appear to be well-adjusted and in excellent shape. He says they're unlikely to suffer from long-term psychological effects because "they don't have memories like people."

http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2009/12/16/image5988666g.jpg

That one on the right is thinking, 'I miss our human. He tasted good.'

Poor puggies.

I used to feel the same way, 'til I met my wife and she introduced me to a few pugs in person (most especially Maude at Paper Doll on Division Street).

^^^^^^THIS X A MILLION. Maude is one of the most endearing dogs I've ever met. If and when I get to the point where having an animal around seems like anything resembling a good idea, I can totally see getting a pug. I cared for the sweetest little pug puppy for a summer and got very attached, and then she was sadly hit by a car only a couple of months later. ;_;

BEWARE:
http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2009/12/16/image5988666g.jpg
MAN EATING DOGS

What a dumbshit. If there's any proof that life is worth living, it's the continued existence of pugs!

http://imgfave.lg1x8z.simplecdn.net/image_cache/1258434748939094.jpeg

http://chzgifs.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/pugrolledp1.gif

lol such grace

Ba-dump ba-dump *KLUMP!* roll-roll-roll ba-dump ba-dump ba-dump

merzpug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko9Hlz0SRJk&feature=related