“Pugs Are Not Cute, [They’re] Malformed, Sick Animals That Shouldn’t Exist”: This Tumblr Thread May Change The Way You See Pugs

Pugs go all the way back to the Chinese Han dynasty (B.C. 206 to A.D. 200). Sources say that Chinese Emperors really valued this breed, and the pups were kept in luxury and even guarded by soldiers. Now, they’ve made their way into family homes all over the world. However, living with pugs isn’t just adoring them. Recently, one tumblr user shared a harsh yet truthful rant on the breed’s health problems, and it looks like these pups have a lot to worry about from their wrinkly head to tail. Continue scrolling to read more about them!

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“Pugs Are Not Cute, [They’re] Malformed, Sick Animals That Shouldn’t Exist”: This Tumblr Thread May Change The Way You See Pugs

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“Pugs Are Not Cute, [They’re] Malformed, Sick Animals That Shouldn’t Exist”: This Tumblr Thread May Change The Way You See Pugs

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Kaisu Rei 5 years ago

I feel so so bad when I see overbred cat or dog breeds have a completely flat face and thus terrible health issues. Don't buy pugs like that, buy retropugs! (However if you get a sick pug from the shelter, that's obviously not your fault and I commend you for giving it a home)

94points

RaroaRaroa 5 years ago

So many breeds are deformed by a human's desire to say "look at my dog".Just look at these dogs. They're not bred like this for their own doggy pleasure, but for their owner to feel tough. https://www.ebkc.org/breeds/american-bully/

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Jeff Requier 5 years ago

so a Mastiff is a flat face dog an a boxer basically is as well. they arent bred from anything else. just they way there are,

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Jóhannes Kristinsson 5 years ago

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Magpie 5 years ago

I feel about pugs' cuteness pretty much the way I feel about bound feet. Something that is not ok, and should be left in the history books. *exception for the healthy "retro" pugs....but really? adopt don't buy.

66points

Magpie 5 years ago

*bound feet / foot binding / torture inflicted upon women in the Tang Dynasty in China.

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diane a 5 years ago (edited)

The thing about pugs cuteness is because they cannot help the smiling expression when their mouth is open - even if they are simply struggling to get sufficient air.

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Magpie 5 years ago

Thank you for all the supportive comments. We have moved on from foot binding. Hopefully with the work of volunteers and paid people (vets etc ) we will soon move on from the torture of cosmetic breeding like this - for all animals.

3points

Noura El Shoura 5 years ago

@Kaisu weren't bound feet outlawed somewhere in the early 20th century?

3points

HoffLensMetalHedLovesAnimalsUK 5 years ago

Just to add insult to injury, when the Chinese decided that it was no longer attractive, any woman with bound feet was then shunned from society, got to love the Chinese and their barbaric, cruel and ridiculous ways.

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Jóhannes Kristinsson 5 years ago

Please do a research and find out that this article is simply not true. I am an ophthalmologist and know for a fact that their eyes (of course) do NOT "pop frequently out". There are lots of other misstatements which should be corrected.

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diane a 5 years ago (edited)

I feel sorry for every pug I see - particularly the ones who are audibly snorting and suffling. I do hope the retro ones become the norm. The Kennel Club/Crufts should change the breed "pedigree standards" in favour of the healthy characteristics. If the dogs with unhealthy traits had no chance of winning anything there would be no incentive for breeders to encourage them. Same goes for all breeds with serious health issues resulting from overbreeding to conform to a specific look.

44points

Magdalina777 5 years ago

To be fair, this would apply to more dog breeds than you'd think. Pugs have issues due to malformed skulls, dachshunds have back issues due to long spine, pretty much all large breeds(and the awesome and beloved great dane most of all - there's a reason their average life spawn is 7 years only) suffer from 450749 health issues stemming from overly large body size (body too big for the heart, legs end up too fragile under so much pressure, guts are prone to getting tangled...etc)...if you spend more time thinking about it, it's quite scary actually=x

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Maureen Carswell 5 years ago

Diana a,l totally agree .

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Karen Klinck 5 years ago

Lassie was the death of a noble breed. Before the show, collies had broadheads and major intelligence. After, people decided they looked better with narrow skulls, which squeezed out the brains, resulting in dogs like the one I passed on the way to school--racing down to the fence, barking wildly, and smashing his face into the fence every day at full speed, over and over,with every passing person.

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Liam Sitter 5 years ago

Yeah. Pugs are cute, but this is just sad ;-;

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Kaisu Rei 5 years ago

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Jeff Requier 5 years ago

so a Mastiff is a flat face dog an a boxer basically is as well. they arent bred from anything else. just they way there are,

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Magpie 5 years ago

66points

Magpie 5 years ago

*bound feet / foot binding / torture inflicted upon women in the Tang Dynasty in China.

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diane a 5 years ago (edited)

The thing about pugs cuteness is because they cannot help the smiling expression when their mouth is open - even if they are simply struggling to get sufficient air.

6points