10 Fun Facts About Pugs Every Pug Lover Should Know

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Pug Fact #1 โ€“ 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 itโ€™s enjoying burger & fries or chilling on a sunset cruise. You could say heโ€™s unst-pugable!

Pug Fact #2 โ€“ Dog of the Royals
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5 Adorable Pug Personality Traits

happy pug beans

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ย 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 Levelย 
  • Endures being separated from everyone elseย 
  • Endures chilly climateย 
  • Endures blistering climate

All around friendliness

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My Pug Has Pleural Effusion (Fluid In chest) and โ€“ Hereโ€™s What Itโ€™s Like

pug with fluid in lungs

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 sheโ€™s about 16 now.

Since we got her, sheโ€™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. Iโ€™ve written a bit about that in these blog posts if youโ€™d โ€ฆ Read the rest

Corgi Diapers โ€“ How To Get A Diaper To Stay On Your Corgi Dog

corgi diapers to stay on a dog

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 โ€ฆ Read the rest

Trachea Collapse And Incontinence In Pugs

pug tracheal collapse and incontinence

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 sheโ€™s very old. However, we got particularly scared that her time left may be very short, becauseย 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 onย temaril p which is a cough โ€ฆ Read the rest

A Day In The Life Of A 14 Year Old Pug

day in the life of a 14 year old pug

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. Itโ€™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 โ€ฆ Read the rest

Pug Names Idea List

cute dog names for pug puppies and adult pugs

When getting a pug puppy, deciding what to name your pug can be tough. You want to make sure itโ€™s something you wonโ€™t regret as they get older. Pugs are rather silly, yet sweet dogs. Due to their silly nature, it just seems weird to think about going with traditional dog names like maggie, lucky, rocky or bear. Of cousre, you an if you wantโ€ฆbut if youโ€™re going with a really basic name you probably arenโ€™t going to be looking โ€ฆ Read the rest

How To Get A Dog Diaper To Stay On A Pug

Pug dog diaper that stays on

My senior pug has had recurring UTIโ€™s and occasionalย incontinence when she is fighting the infection. I recently shared how weโ€™ve tried dog diapers and baby diapers for pugs, and we shared which ones worked best for us. That post is called Are Dog Diapers Or Baby Diapers Best For Pugs? As youโ€™ll find out from that blog post, we definitely found that the size, style and fit of different diapers makes a difference in how long the diapers โ€ฆ Read the rest