Pug (Comprehensive Owner's Guide) - Hardcover

Cunliffe, Juliette

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1593782683 ISBN 13: 9781593782689

Publisher: Kennel Club Books Llc, 2003

Synopsis

Traces the history of the breed, describes breed standards, discusses care and grooming requirements, and includes information on training.

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A clenched fist...a Marmoset monkey...a grumbling expression all describe the Pug’s famous face. Regardless of how you translate his name, the Pug is one of China’s most famous companion dogs, renowned today for his charm and happy, lively disposition. You can translate ‘Multum in parvo’, the Pug’s age-old maxim, to perfectly describe this intelligent, fearless breed: ‘a lot in a small package’. The Pug offers new owners unwavering devotion, child-like fun and sincere devotion, a welcome package in any dog-loving home. This book provides the much-needed factual information about the Pug and his ancestry, character and standard, as well as proper selection, feeding, training, preventative health care and showing. The new owner will welcome advice about puppy-proofing the home, preparing for the pup’s arrival and preventing puppy problems. In addition to an extremely authoritative text, this book presents over 135 photographs in full colour, which prove to be as informative as they are attractive. Helpful hints and important information are highlighted to provide easy access to everything the reader needs to know about life with a Pug. Whether it’s basic training problems, allergies or fleas, this book is the way to prevention, providing the reader with the necessary guidance an owner needs from puppyhood through the senior years. Recommended by top breeders and trainers, this book is the responsible first choice of every new owner of a Pug. Topics discussed include: History of the Pug; Characteristics of the Pug; The Pug Breed Standard; Your Pug puppy; Everyday care of your Pug; Housebreaking and training your Pug; Health care of your Pug; Showing your Pug.

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Theories about the origin of the Pug have caused much debate over the years, some thinking the breed to have developed in the Far East, others thinking it developed in Europe. It is now generally accepted that the Pug originated in China, from where it spread to Japan and later to Europe. It is also highly probable that the short-nosed Pug, crossed with other longer-faced European breeds, lies behind many of the other shorter-headed breeds. In China there has long been a breed of dog known as the Happa (sometimes spelt Ha-pa) which is similar to a smooth-coated Pekingese. Indeed, many people believe that the Happa may be the progenitor of the Pug. Short-mouthed dogs in China are known as Lo-sze, and although they may well have been known there as far back as 1115 BC, there is no record of them until 663 BC. The Lo-sze had clear features distinguishing it from the Pekingese: the muzzle was different, the coat was short and the ears were small and vine-shaped. !
By 732 AD we read of a small short-faced dog, known as the Suchuan pai dog, that was among gifts sent from Korea to Japan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kennel Club Books Llc
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1593782683
• ISBN 13: 9781593782689
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 158