Stop Cross-breeding Pugs

Hello there! I run a pug “breedery“ and rescue. I breed fawn, apricot fawn, and black pugs. None of my pugs have the same parent pugs. This is because of the genetic mutations that pugs can suffer if the are not genetically diverse. They can suffer smushed in noses (which makes them struggle with breathing), eye diseases, joint diseases, and a FATAL neurological disease Pug Dog Encephalitis.

So obviously you have to be careful when your breeding pugs. But why is cross-breeding so bad?

There are issues you run and cross-breeders are sometimes just in it for the dough. I am not saying they all are, but a good amount. Most cross-breeders are less careful because their goal is to create dogs. This means that cross-breed pugs tend to have the horrible health issues I talked about before. Cross-breeding is also bad because different types of dogs tend to not want to breed. So many breeders have to force them, which is never okay. Do not call me a hypocrite. I do many things to get my dogs to want to breed, but I never force it on them.

I know that cross-breeding causes multiple beautiful patterns. They seem new and flashy. But for the sake of the animals we should let nature take course. Here are a list of all the patterns cross-breed pugs get:

White

Brindle

Blue

Blue-Fawn

Merle

Blue-Merle

Chocolate

Panda

Black and Tan

Pink

Chinchilla

Pied

Platinum (also known as silver)

Only fawn (including apricot fawn) and black pugs are recognized by the AKC. Some other clubs recognize silver pugs as well, however these pugs tend to be mix-breed. In very rare occurrences pure-bred pugs can get these colors, but usually nobody is willing to do the DNA testing and it remains unknown.

I do not support the demolition of the pug breed because a breed should not die just because of health issues that can be avoided. I will continue to breed happy healthy pugs.