Pug history in photos ~ Part 2

The photos in this post are all from "The Goodger Guide to The Pug" by Wihelmina Swainston-Goodger which was actually originally two books written by her: The pug dog, Its origin and history published in 1930 and The Pug Handbook published in 1959. The rights were purchased by Cathy J. Flamholtz and reprinted as one book in 1995. These are just a few of the photos from it.

Both of these dogs look fat to me.

What I really want to know is...... How did those dogs turn into this:

Seriously. Something has gone terribly, terribly wrong here.

As promised, pug history in photos ~ Part 1

I finally whipped my scanner into submission so I could share some of the pug photos from a couple of ebay finds. The following photos are from "The complete pug" by Milo G. Denlinger second edition 1958, copyright 1947. I am facinated with breed histories and love looking at old photos. It is interesting to see them before we changed them so much.

The 4 photos above are originally from Watson's dog book - 1910 stated by author.

This is a terrible angle but she has the "rose" ears which aren't seen in many of the older photos.

"Button" ears are the one that flop down as above.

I find it interesting that so many of the dogs get their championships so young. What if they change as they completely mature? I also wish there were more dates listed of the photos.

She obviously had at least one litter by the time the photo was taken.

Is it me or am I seeing more noses and less fat on these dogs?

I had to add this one. Not the best photo but a great action shot!