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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
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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People (including pug owners) had a lot to say about this
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What do you think ?
Kaisu Rei 6 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)
RaroaRaroa 6 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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Magpie 6 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.
Magpie 6 years ago
*bound feet / foot binding / torture inflicted upon women in the Tang Dynasty in China.
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diane a 6 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.
Magdalina777 6 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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Parmeisan 6 years ago (edited)
For all the people saying we still need to love them. Absolutely! But there's a HUGE difference between adopting a pug from a shelter vs giving money to someone who is responsible for breeding them. Either way, one less dog is in need of a home. But if you stop giving those people money, they will be forced to stop breeding unhappy unhealthy animals. The pugs they have already bred will eventually go to shelters, where the next person looking for a pet will see them.
Ashley Fernandes 6 years ago
What they've done with breeding in Bulldogs is the same. People want the pushed in faces and overbite. But it's not healthy for the dog.
Mary Hurst 6 years ago
Bulldogs have changed so much over the years, creating a grotesque body shape with huge shoulders, neck and heads. Pups have to be delivered by caserean because they won’t fit through the birth canal.
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Hisseefit 6 years ago
Unfortunately this is happening to many different types of animals where humans do selective breeding. Arabian horses bred for a bigger dip in head where they look cartoonish, Persian cats have been over bred from the doll face traditional look. Even our food animals. Freaky chickens bred for larger breast meat.
Sivi 6 years ago
My aunt used to breed Persian cats and she finds alot of todays persians as sickly. I cant remember if hers were that extreme but from the one kitty we borrowed it looked short then normal in the muzzle but not the "slapped with a pan" face.
Load More Replies... Magdalina777 6 years ago
To be honest I don't really understand the whole pug love epidemic. Don't get me wrong, they're usually very sweet and of course deserve love but I just can't wrap my mind around why you'd want something that looks like it's rammed a wall head-on cartoon-style, almost getting its nose pointing backwards and eyes falling out of the sockets=x I mean, character is one thing but when I see all these people going AWWWWH SO CUTE over pug *faces* I just honestly don't get it. Not that they're ugly per se, just...odd and malformed. And then yes, as a direct consequence of that come health issues.
MoodyBlue 6 years ago
Im my opinion, pugs and other flat-faced dogs actually are ugly per se.
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Kristy P 6 years ago
Bulldogs are the same way. They cannot give birth without a c section and most have problems with their skin folds and eyes getting infected. Their eyelashes tend to grow inward toward the eye and they need surgery to correct it. It's just a horribly sad situation for a pet. To exist solely because we want them to, despite their discomfort and physical issues.
Ian Osmond 6 years ago
ENGLISH bulldogs. There are other bulldog breeds that don't have those problems, or have them to a lesser extent. If the English bulldog goes extinct, that would be a good thing -- every existing English bulldog should be with a loving family and have as long and happy a life as they can, but they should be sterilized. But while other bully breeds DO have some lines with health problems based on inbreeding, they're not the horrible problems that English bulldogs have.
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John Louis 6 years ago
This is also true of German Shepherds. People have bred them to have a certain look and it causes hip displacement.
Annie Hewitt 6 years ago
There are breeders who breed working line shepherds who are gorgeous healthy animals without the awful sloping that has become so popular. The problem is hack breeders who call their dogs "king" shepherds (that's not a thing!) And the show lines that want exaggerated features of the breed. Working lines are where it's at
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Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
Although all purebred dogs have issues, pugs are some of the worst. I have so many mixed feelings. I hate that the life of a pug is naturally difficult, but the thought of them dying out is disturbing. I say breed them out. Breed them with other dogs so that, over time, yes the breed will become think but their offspring will live on. All dogs die. Perhaps we could make it better for their descendants. That’s what I like about the retropugs.
Kaisu Rei 6 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)
RaroaRaroa 6 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/
Load More Replies... Magpie 6 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.
Magpie 6 years ago
*bound feet / foot binding / torture inflicted upon women in the Tang Dynasty in China.
Load More Replies... diane a 6 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.
Magdalina777 6 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
Load More Replies... Parmeisan 6 years ago (edited)
For all the people saying we still need to love them. Absolutely! But there's a HUGE difference between adopting a pug from a shelter vs giving money to someone who is responsible for breeding them. Either way, one less dog is in need of a home. But if you stop giving those people money, they will be forced to stop breeding unhappy unhealthy animals. The pugs they have already bred will eventually go to shelters, where the next person looking for a pet will see them.
Ashley Fernandes 6 years ago
What they've done with breeding in Bulldogs is the same. People want the pushed in faces and overbite. But it's not healthy for the dog.
Mary Hurst 6 years ago
Bulldogs have changed so much over the years, creating a grotesque body shape with huge shoulders, neck and heads. Pups have to be delivered by caserean because they won’t fit through the birth canal.
Load More Replies... Hisseefit 6 years ago
Unfortunately this is happening to many different types of animals where humans do selective breeding. Arabian horses bred for a bigger dip in head where they look cartoonish, Persian cats have been over bred from the doll face traditional look. Even our food animals. Freaky chickens bred for larger breast meat.
Sivi 6 years ago
My aunt used to breed Persian cats and she finds alot of todays persians as sickly. I cant remember if hers were that extreme but from the one kitty we borrowed it looked short then normal in the muzzle but not the "slapped with a pan" face.
Load More Replies... Magdalina777 6 years ago
To be honest I don't really understand the whole pug love epidemic. Don't get me wrong, they're usually very sweet and of course deserve love but I just can't wrap my mind around why you'd want something that looks like it's rammed a wall head-on cartoon-style, almost getting its nose pointing backwards and eyes falling out of the sockets=x I mean, character is one thing but when I see all these people going AWWWWH SO CUTE over pug *faces* I just honestly don't get it. Not that they're ugly per se, just...odd and malformed. And then yes, as a direct consequence of that come health issues.
MoodyBlue 6 years ago
Im my opinion, pugs and other flat-faced dogs actually are ugly per se.
Load More Replies... Kristy P 6 years ago
Bulldogs are the same way. They cannot give birth without a c section and most have problems with their skin folds and eyes getting infected. Their eyelashes tend to grow inward toward the eye and they need surgery to correct it. It's just a horribly sad situation for a pet. To exist solely because we want them to, despite their discomfort and physical issues.
Ian Osmond 6 years ago
ENGLISH bulldogs. There are other bulldog breeds that don't have those problems, or have them to a lesser extent. If the English bulldog goes extinct, that would be a good thing -- every existing English bulldog should be with a loving family and have as long and happy a life as they can, but they should be sterilized. But while other bully breeds DO have some lines with health problems based on inbreeding, they're not the horrible problems that English bulldogs have.
Load More Replies... John Louis 6 years ago
This is also true of German Shepherds. People have bred them to have a certain look and it causes hip displacement.
Annie Hewitt 6 years ago
There are breeders who breed working line shepherds who are gorgeous healthy animals without the awful sloping that has become so popular. The problem is hack breeders who call their dogs "king" shepherds (that's not a thing!) And the show lines that want exaggerated features of the breed. Working lines are where it's at
Load More Replies... Reilly Beryll 6 years ago
Although all purebred dogs have issues, pugs are some of the worst. I have so many mixed feelings. I hate that the life of a pug is naturally difficult, but the thought of them dying out is disturbing. I say breed them out. Breed them with other dogs so that, over time, yes the breed will become think but their offspring will live on. All dogs die. Perhaps we could make it better for their descendants. That’s what I like about the retropugs.
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