Ugh sorry for the meltdown... I guess i'm just not a "pug person" and i really don't want to be. I care about health more than that super smushed nose or the "stocky" being equal to "obese" attitude.
Mandy, I'm not a "pug person" at all. Pugs are one of the breeds I have always said I would never, ever want to own. Do you know why? Because ALL I have EVER seen of pugs are the obese, wheezy types that can't go for walks and don't even look comfortable in their own skin!! Anybody can see they're not healthy and they don't look good at all that way.
I don't see many pugs where I live now, but where I used to live I saw lots of them. They were ALL either already overweight (young ones) or downright obese (adults to senior). If you made even one concerned comment along the lines of "Well he's a very nice dog, but doesn't seem comfortable" ... you would be told (in a snotty way) "You must not know the breed at all. This is the way all pugs are supposed to be!!" And this was from people who claimed to know and love the breed.
I remember thinking that if that's what they're "supposed to be" then maybe I'd rather not know the breed, thanks. And would certainly never own one.
But all that was before YOUR pugs.
Seeing pictures of your pugs and reading about all that your dogs can do has shown what a pug CAN be and SHOULD be. They CAN do things other than lay around and have to carried all the time. I used to see people trying to walk their pugs and they would always end up picking them up and carrying them because the dogs couldn't walk much without finally just sitting and refusing to even move.
And I know this part is purely aesthetic and a personal opinion ... but YOUR pugs are the
only ones I have seen that I think are cute dogs!! Honestly, before seeing yours I had NEVER seen a cute pug ... they were all these obese, wheezy uncomfortable things that looked like they'd rather do anything than walk or move too much. People have different tastes, but to me that kind of pug is anything but "cute". Yours, however, are adorable.