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?
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!
I like Hogarth's pug, Trump.
ReplyDeleteLook at that muzzle:
http://www.abcgallery.com/H/hogarth/hogarth33.html
Do we know for sure that was a pug? Any paintings show his tail?
ReplyDeleteNice muzzle but it just looks like a small dog to me. No forehead wrinkles. A more puggle less pug look.
Some more historical Pugs are viewable here: http://smg.photobucket.com/home/Pietoro/tag/pug
ReplyDeleteThanks!!
ReplyDeleteEver since seeing "pedigree dogs exposed" I have been very interested in the history of the pug and how it has been changed by man, to the detriment of its health and wellbeing. I have been collecting pug photos and art which show this, and put it on Facebook. I don't know if it will work, but here is the link:http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150276762307059.382612.591647058&type=1
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