PUG BREEDERS

Breeder ethics: A good breeder would not condone and would not participate in mixed breeding or breeding Pugs that are not AKC registered.

Breeders should offer diet and care information, immunization and health record, three generation pedigree.

A good breeder will not knowingly sell a dog to a pet shop.

Often a breeder will offer to take back a dog if the new owner at anytime becomes unable or unwilling to care for him. This can be a good sign of a truly caring breeder.

Check out your breeder: A good breeder should be comfortable with and even encourage you to visit with them. Ask to see the mother and father of your potential new pup. While you visit your breeder should also check you out. A caring breeder will want to make sure that they are placing a pup in a good home.

Your breeder should provide you with your new pug's papers, a certificate of health from their veterinarian as well as the pups vaccination log. Your pug should already have had at least one set of vaccinations as well as a deworming.

Your breeder should also have provided you with a supply of the food your puppy has been eating or the name of the food so that you can have a supply ready for when you bring your new puppy home. It is very important that you do not change your new puppies diet. Pugs have notoriously sensitive stomachs, particularly when puppies. When my dogs were puppies I made certain to feed them the same food at all times. If for some reason you wish to change the dry food your puppy eats, you must introduce the new food gradually. Mix the new food in with the old in small portions gradually over a period of weeks to insure that your pups tummy can tolerate the new diet. When your pug is older, maybe 6 months or more, you can begin introducing new items into your dogs diet.

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