[u]Dog Breeders Issue Massive Recall Of '07 Pugs[/u]
Ok - that’s just sick enough to be funny!!!
“nasal passage opens directly into brain”
We still wonder if Wyley HAS a brain! Maybe that’s what happened to his - he sneezed it out before we got him!
I nearly did myself an injury viewing the Slideshow of Recalled Pugs. That’s some bad craziness, there.
My favorite: “Some veterinary scientists and animal physiologists do not consider Osvaldo Pugliese a pug, but a large goiter.”
Howdy scottie! Long time no see.
I had the misfortune to be introduced to a “jug” - a cross between a pug and a Jack Russell. Take all the hyperactive, destructive behaviour of a JR and combine it with the snuffling, choking retardedness of a pug, and you end up with an untrainable, psychotic bundle of destruction that can’t even be house-trained. It is beyond me how women can cuddle such an abortion and call it “cute,” as it systematically destroys their homes.
djm
:looks for truck keys, thinkin’ any fool can drive through that hole!:
One of the vets I use to work with always said pugs made great little pets after they(veterinarians) “re-worked” them.
Hey, they had me until I read this-
each time has been denied either a refund or an exchange for a more reliable make, such as a Shih Tzu.
more reliable???
(actually I could think of a lot of breeds with similar problems due to our canine selective breeding programs…
Figures its from The Onion…
I’ve known a lot of pugs, and often criticised the show breeders who knowingly preserve undesirable traits in striving for technical conformance to a standard based alost entirely on outward appearance.
Still, I thought it got pretty sick, disgusting even, with this paragraph
“This week, the APBA has begun to send out recall information and cardboard mailing boxes to registered pug owners, who are asked to place their '07 pug inside the box, seal it, and, if they wish, punch air holes in the top and sides. Owners must then put the box inside an airtight heavy-duty plastic bag, affix a postage-paid mailing label, and drop it off at any U.S. post office.”
Every dog I’ve had was a pound puppy. Each one of them was a good friend, intelligent, loyal, and healthy. Mutts each of them, but loveable all the more for that. Pugs are a good example of what can go wrong with ‘breeding.’
Well, yeah, but as someone who bred and showed skye terriers for 25 years(during which I was responsible for 13 more skyes entering the world) and worked as a veterinary technician for too many years. I certainly don’t buy into the mutts are better thing. We saw just as many mixed breeds with genetic problems. I always felt like with purebreds we could better predict what problems, along with positives, might arise. But, if anyone just wants a dog, any dog as long as it’s canine and has a decent personality, I’m the first to say “adopt from the pound”. (I’ve got four mixed breeds laying here asleep as I type this).
Well, just look at the men they let into their lives. 
Noticeably, the jug women involved were all single. 
djm
Terrific!
Just the other night, Charlene and I went to see Paula Poundstone and she got into a bit of a routine about all the new “cute” breeds of dogs that are currently. One of them was a “Pugamuffin” which was partly Pug, and had some blueberries in there…
But you were there . . . 
Mmm… blueberries.
Same here, from the poodle world. I’ve seen more mixed breeds than well-bred poodles with genetic problems.
BTW, if one more person tells me they want a “peke-a-poo,” a “schnoodle,” or, God help us, a “labradoodle,” I swear I will scream! If you want a mutt, by all means, get one…the pounds are full of them, and they make wonderful, loving pets. If you want a purebred, don’t buy a mutt and give it a fancy name!
Redwolf
Ya gotta admit though that labradoodle has a humorous ring to it.
Especially when you’re laughing at all those people who spend more money for a mutt than they would for either a purebred lab or a purebred standard poodle, thinking it’s a “special” breed.
I once interrupted a pet store employee who was assuring a potential customer that “AKC recognition is pending” for “the poodle crosses” (they were trying to justify a $2000 price tag for a “cock-a-poo”…i.e., a mixture between a poodle and a cocker spaniel). When I informed the would be buyer that a) the AKC does not approve of, and will never recognize, attempts to create “new” breeds by crossing breeds, and that b) they could get a purebred cocker or a purebred poodle (pet quality) from a reputable breeder for considerably less, the manager of the store had me thrown out (but, fortunately, the would-be buyer left as well).
Reminds me of the ad I once saw for “Englebrit spaniels.” Turned out that one hunter’s English setter had had an unauthorized liason with another’s Brittany, so they were trying to capitalize on the situation by advertising the pups as a rare breed!
Redwolf
Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against pure bred dogs in general, but ya see, I’m a bit of a night owl. My work however has me waking quite early though, which means I tend to not get as much sleep as I should, and I tend to wake up rather bleary. Also, I can be a bit of a clutz at times. All this means of course that any pets I have would have to be large enough that, should I trip over them, they won’t die from it. This rules out all of the palm-puppies, toy dogs, and miniatures. I tend to avoid anything smaller than a whippet actually.
Oh, what would you call a cross between a wolfhound and a dearhound?
a pony??