If you’re considering getting any pet, knowing how active they are or what their energy level is, is really important! You want to make sure that your lifestyle will suit that of your dog.

Pug activity level

While pug puppies have more energy than adult pugs, pugs have a pretty low activity level overall. Pugs love their humans and will follow you all over the house, but they aren’t fans of running or long walks, usually. A daily walk at … Read the rest

Why does my pug get sore above his nose?

Pugs are prone to getting sore above their nose, because of their facial wrinkles. Wrinkles are basically small crevices, and dirt and germs can collect in those crevices. Combined with a lack of airflow, they are prone to getting irritated or even infected.

That crevice shape is what causes them to require a little bit of extra care vs smooth skin.

Even among purebred pugs, the length of their nose can … Read the rest

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Pug Fact #1 – Instafamous Pug
The 2nd most followed insta-dog is a pug: Doug the Pug. This pooch has a whopping 4 million followers, which is particularly impressive given just how many pet accounts there are out there. Doug is certainly living his best life, whether it’s enjoying burger & fries or chilling on a sunset cruise. You could say he’s unst-pugable!

Pug Fact #2 – Dog of the Royals
Pugs were the … Read the rest

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 5 Adorable Pug Personality Traits

5 personality traits make the pugs adorable which are listed below.

• Adaptability
• All around friendliness
• Health and grooming needs
• Trainability
• Physical needs

Adaptability:

The features of adaptability which make the Pug Dog attractive are:

• Adjusts well to lot or apartment living
• Useful for amateur proprietors
• Affectability Level 
• Endures being separated from everyone else 
• Endures chilly climate 
• Endures blistering climate

All around friendliness

The features of all-around friendliness which make pug … Read the rest

We are less than 3 weeks away from having had our pugs for 7 years now. 7 years ago, we were told Beans was 9, so she’s about 16 now.

Since we got her, she’s always coughed occasionally. However, a few years ago it became frequent. We took her to the vet, they listened to her cough and listened to her chest, and diagnosed her with collapsing trachea. I’ve written a bit about that in these blog posts if you’d … Read the rest

I have a few blog posts about the best fitting diapers for pugs and how to get dog diapers to stay on a pug.

Blog reader Rebecca James reached out saying she really valued from those posts eve though she has an adorable corgi dog named Cali. She used the basic idea for how to get a dog diaper to stay on a pug but made some adjustments to the idea to make it work for the much longer … Read the rest

A few months back we were starting to worry that Beans may not have long to live. Granted, he is 14 years old so we realize she’s very old. However, we got particularly scared that her time left may be very short, because she went from quite healthy, to constantly coughing and having accidents in just a month or two! We had her excessive coughing diagnosed as trachea collapse and she was put on temaril p which is a cough … Read the rest

Up until about six months ago, Beans was still in really good health. The only sign of old age she had then was she needed stairs to get up onto furniture. It’s declined quite a bit since then. She now is on medication for a leaky bladder, she is on a cough suppressant to make her more comfortable despite her collapsing trachea but she still coughs quite a bit, she struggles with incontinence, and she has limited sight. She also … Read the rest