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     Andrew Clarke (Aclarke) Senior Member Username: Aclarke Post Number: 265 Registered: 10-2002 |
It seems like quite a few people on Discoweb have pugs. I'd have thought Rhodesian Ridgebacks would have been well represented but that doesn't seem to be the case. Just to be sure, we have both bases covered. Usuall only Zipa the Ridgeback gets to go on off-roading trips with me although as you can see Yoyotte the pug likes off-roading too    | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 388 Registered: 09-2002 |
Cute little dude (or dudette?). Don't have a picture of Morty, my new boy, yet but can post when I do. The picture under my profile is of my female, Jubee. She's an older gal but tough as nails. Ridgebacks are cool too. There's a couple at the dog park I go to. Friendly fellows. How old are your pooches Andrew? | ||
| KJ (Karen) Senior member Username: Karen Post Number: 69 Registered: 02-2002 |
OMG, too cute! I love dog pics. Is your pug a baby? I don't see many Rhodesians, but have always loved them. Alan, get some updated pictures, too! Damn, I miss my dogs... Karen | ||
| Dean Chrismon (Chrismonda) Member Username: Chrismonda Post Number: 61 Registered: 12-2002 |
Pugs are cute. A friend of mine had a pug they are very sweet dogs. I myself have a jack mix. | ||
| Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Member Username: Discodriveradam Post Number: 45 Registered: 01-2003 |
I have a pug that is ten years old and blind. The only thing that it brings me is an utter appreciation for nursing home workers. | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 390 Registered: 09-2002 |
LOL...my little boy is only 3.5 years old compared to my female (7 years). He's bit of a clown and struts around with an attitude. We're still in the "feeling each other out" phase. Thinks he owns more things in my house than he really does. But he's already been put in his place by my female. Hehe. Adam, other than the blindness thing, he's in good health though? | ||
| Kyle Van Tassel (Kyle) Moderator Username: Kyle Post Number: 28 Registered: 11-2002 |
With the right sized hook those would make some very nice shark bait..... Kyle "Blow me" | ||
| Tom V (Cozmo) Member Username: Cozmo Post Number: 113 Registered: 09-2002 |
Pugs always have a special place in my heart. I was all but raised by two pugs. My parents were busy, they are great dogs! One lived to fifteen the other to eleven. We have a boxer now but my DW is starting to lean toward a pug as our next dog. | ||
| Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Member Username: Discodriveradam Post Number: 46 Registered: 01-2003 |
Alan, yeah, he's making it pretty well. His respiratory system doesn't sound like it's at optimum performance levels (as demonstrated by his wheezing which is comparable to a monster from a cheesy horror movie), but he still runs around all day long. Well, until he hits something. | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 394 Registered: 09-2002 |
LOL...sounds like you're describing your Rover. You should put one of those "proximity" locators the 03 Disco's have on his collar. | ||
| Adam Ross (Discodriveradam) Member Username: Discodriveradam Post Number: 47 Registered: 01-2003 |
The descriptions of the two are no doubt interchangeable. The collar would have to emit an audible warning, seeing as how I could never zap my dog, but I'm afraid that his hearing is going out next. | ||
| Andrew Clarke (Aclarke) Senior Member Username: Aclarke Post Number: 266 Registered: 10-2002 |
Yeah Yoyotte the pug was a puppy in the photo. She's a year and 5 months old now. | ||
| Brian Kluge (Brianwi) New Member Username: Brianwi Post Number: 15 Registered: 10-2002 |
You pug owners must have the patience of saints. How do you guys do it? I absolutely LOVE dogs but I just spent a week babysitting a friend's pug (female, 10-11months old) and by the end of the week my only thought was to get as far away from that dog as possible! And that GOD FORSAKEN SNORTING (this gets real old, real fast)! And the small dog attitude. And the small dog barking. If you guys could've seen my poor Dane laying on floor being nipped and scratched and bitten by this pug with my poor baby just looking up at me with a "can I eat her now?" look on his face. It took everything inside me not to give him the go ahead. I totally bow to you guys, the only thing I wanted to do with that pug was to punt over the neighbors house onto the busy street. Hey, they even kind of look like footballs! | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 398 Registered: 09-2002 |
Hehe...they're not that bad. The older they get the more mellow they become. This is true of most dogs but in pugs, it's quite pronounced. A 10 month old pug has a lot of energy plus probably wants to chew everything in sight like every other puppy. My 7 year old female barely moves and the 3.5 year old boy, after losing his manhood, has calmed down a lot. They mostly sleep during the day...and night. If it snorts a lot, it's probably got breathing problems to begin with. Both of mine are silent...except if they sleep funny, then they'll snore until I roll them around till they stop. There's also a big difference in personalities between the black pugs and the fawn (tan with black faces - like Andrews above) pugs. The fawn ones tend to be a bit more crabby and serious sometimes. The black ones are more easy going but can be mischevious. I do carry mine like a football sometimes. | ||
| Andrew Clarke (Aclarke) Senior Member Username: Aclarke Post Number: 269 Registered: 10-2002 |
Well being a big dog owner and a pug owner, Brian, I can both sympathize and disagree with you! I was definitely NOT a small dog person before we got our pug. Zipa the Ridgeback was mine before we got married and I got the pug for my wife for Christmas last year. She has definitely wormed her way into my heart though. I have never seem so much love, happiness and joy compressed into such a tiny package! Yeah she does run all over the place attacking our Ridgeback, but he generally takes it in good stride and they've definitely become great friends. Our pug is much less yappy an annoying than many small dogs out there though. | ||
| Alan Yim (Alan) Senior Member Username: Alan Post Number: 400 Registered: 09-2002 |
I wasn't a small dog person either before my pugs. My last two were Dobermans. I had a male and a female. Prior to them, I had German Shepherds. Ya pugs for the most part are quite quiet (they're generally not barkers). I've never heard my female bark, mind you, you'd sometimes be hard pressed to tell if she's alive or not. The male has only barked once and that was because something on television spooked him (a baby rhino on Discovery Channel). But these little guys are not easily intimidated by large dogs. Andrew, you're so right about so much being packed into such a tiny package. |
