Comments on: Are there any health issues with any mixed pugs?

By: Mario

Mario — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:30:14 +0000

I have a 1 year old puggle (beagle/pug mix btw) and he has had no health problems at all. So in my personal experience I’d say no. He’s quite a happy, energetic, lively little dog.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:49:02 +0000

Here are my thoughts:

Accidental mixes are pot luck. You have a Pug and lets say a Basset. (IT DOESNT HAVE A NAME btw.) “If” you could meet the parents, you may have an idea. Most likely you are getting pot luck.

Not anything I’d worry about. Mixes are fun. The main thing is training anyway so you get what you get.

Now if we have an “intentional mix” of our pug and bassett. (IT STILL HAS NO NAME) from someone who thinks this is a good combo for some unknown reason. You may have a little more info BUT you have someone playing GOD or as I like to call it, Dr. Frankenstein with dogs.

Chances are this person is creating this combo for some reason. Let’s say that he thinks pugs look better with long ears and straight tails.

He is breeding for Ears and Tails… That’s it. His stock is limited so he may do a lot of inline breeding and inbreeding to get longer ears and straighter tails. Is this dog more healthy? Probably not. The reason is, all the genetic stuff isn’t getting dispersed out into the other pugs and bassets in the world or better yet, not bred at all. This stuff is getting condensed and we are trying to get Ears and Tails and ignoring the other problems…. Like Bad backs with bassets and breathing problems with pugs.

You have to be very careful with Frankendogs in my opinion. The reason is, even some GOOD breeders of purebred dogs have genetic problems show up in their lines. Frankenstein breeders aren’t looking for genetic stuff, they want the ears and tails.

As for training. YOU are the responsible party in that one. Any dog can be trained. You just have to figure out the right training for your dog… and apply it correctly.

Make sense?

By: ttipton24

ttipton24 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:50:50 +0000

Pugs themselves tend to have health issues due to their flattened faces and bulging eyes. They may have breathing difficulties or may get cherry eyes (the big red bubbles in their eyes). Any mix with a pug will be different depending on the actual traits of the pug that the dog may have. To be honost I’ve never seen a shihtzu-pug before, not sure it would be too pretty! lol Any mix of any breed may create problems, but it all depends.

Good luck!

By: Amanda K

Amanda K — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:29:08 +0000

Depends. If a pug is bred with something with a longer snout (like a beagle) it could eleviate some of the breathing problems, but a beagle’s energy w/ a pug’s lack of tolerance to a lot of activity could spell out some heart problems down the line.

By: H.O.T. Dog

H.O.T. Dog — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:10:47 +0000

Not any more than any other dog… Altho I can recall that the pugs may have more problems breathing correctly because of the snout.

JMHO
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By: nodesignerdogs4me

nodesignerdogs4me — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:47:36 +0000

well besides bad breeding, it really depends on the dog.
Pure breds have more problems usually than mutts because of genetic defects and bad breeding.

pugs are know to have allergy problems too.