Aggressively Informative Tumblr Thread Will Ruin Pugs for You

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Eric Lund
Jan 12, 2019 2:00 PM EST

These facts and figures really go to show the number we did on these charming little animals. If you didn't like pugs already, consider this more ammo for your anti-pug stance. If you love pugs, then we're sorry about this.

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    Jaw - cranberrycapers Pugs are not cute Pugs are not cute. Pugs are malformed, inbred, sick animals that should never have existed.
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    Text - (Above: pug and wolf skulls. Note the shallow eye sockets, crowded, protruding teeth, and short snout in the pug.) Dogs pant to cool themselves. As pugs have practically no snouts, they have trouble cooling their bodies and they can suffer from organ failure as a result. Pugs are often unable to breathe properly due to their short snouts and compact breathing passages. This inhibits their ability to do things that dogs like best -running, chasing things, playing. Pugs suffer from a mangle
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    Text - Because of the distorted shape of their skulls, their eyes commonly pop out of their heads. 60% of prolapsed eyes become blind. Eyes put back in the skull are prone to infection and the dog may need treatment for the rest of their life. Their eyes are also prone to swelling painfully, becoming scratched, and being irritated by their eyelashes. When excited, pugs are prone to getting fluid stuck in their throats, making them choke or gasp for breath. This is given the cutesy nick name "rev
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    Text - As it can be difficult for pugs to exercise they are prone to obesity. Some pugs are born with their nostrils pinched almost shut, making it impossible for them to live without an operation. The wrinkles on their faces will become infected without constant, careful cleaning by their caretaker. About 64% of pugs suffer from hip dysplasia (malformed hip sockets) which causes crippling lameness and painful arthritis. Pugs have a genetic weakness to demodectic mange (a pretty nasty skin condi
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    Text - Their curled tail makes them susceptible to hemivertibrae-misshapen backbones which cause spine bending and instability, neurological disorders, back leg paralysis, incontinence, and pain. Pugs are so inbred that a study of ten thousand pugs in the UK had the genetic makeup of only 50 individuals. Inbreeding means that defective genes are more likely to be expressed and passed on to offspring. Necrotizing meningoencephalitis (brain swelling) is common among pugs. Dogs with this condition
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    Text - I am so sick of seeing pugs being celebrated. Their small, squashed skulls, facial wrinkles, curled tails, and protruding eyes are actually valued when these characteristics are a cruelty in themselves. Pugs are charming, sweet, funny little souls and they don't deserve the bodies humanity has designed for them. Stop celebrating pugs Stop buying pugs
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    Text - athenadark let's celebrate retro pugs instead responsible breeders decided they liked the temperament but the health issues were a nightmare, so they fixed them, they bred them out it's retro as in before the muzzle was bred out and look at them the one on the left is a retromop and the one on the right is a (elderly) pug they're healthier, live longer and have all the pug benefits with none of the usual health issues because of the deformed skull they have longer legs
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    Dog - making exercise easier, and yet maintained most of the pug looks, and yes, they have the pug grin .D B+DvD
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    Text - want a pug - get a retropug or retromop, a healther, happier, and possibly cheaper option sellyourseconds even though I love pugs, it's important that people know this aggressivelybicaptainamerica Retromops are where it's at friend. Keep 100% of the pug charm with 0%of the terrible unhealthy inbred deformity Source: cranberrycapers
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