Eye-Opening Tumblr Thread Will Permanently Change The Way You See Pugs

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Ada Elder
Feb 27, 2021 9:00 PM EST

It's no secret that Pugs are one of the most coveted dog breeds around. But is the Pug-breeding business more sinister than you think? According to this Tumblr thread, absolutely. Purebred pugs, which can cost anywhere from $1,900 to $6,000 have a host of health issues that can be attributed to their breeding. This thread, while hard to read, is a huge eye-opener for anyone with a soul, dog-lovers or otherwise. We hate to say it to the Pug-lovers, but this is more evidence that we should adopt and not shop!

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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 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 mangled jaw
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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 - 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 - 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 D DD
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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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