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Speed Breeds - Pug

  • Nov 7, 2014
  • 1 min read

By Jamie Damato Migdal, CEO and Pet Industry Entrepreneur

By Abuk SABUK (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Every year when I go to Halloween costume contests for dogs (I got to judge one this year!), I secretly hope that I’m going to see a Pug dressed as a baked potato.

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Breed name: Pug

AKC Classification: Toy Group

AKC ranking: #31 in 2013, #30 in 2012, #15 in 2008

  • According to the American Kennel Club, the Pug is one of the oldest breeds of dogs (dating back to at least 400 B.C.)

  • China is the earliest known source for Pugs; they were popular pets in the Buddhist monasteries in Tibet.

  • In the sixteenth century, Pugs were brought from China to Europe, where they were popularized by the royal families of the Netherlands and United Kingdom.

 
 
 

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