Pugs of another color?
nope...Pugs come in two colors
Fawn and Black, but all colors make perfect pets!
Pugs come in 2 colors - FAWN and BLACK.
There are differing shades of FAWN and BLACK - from a pale cream to a reddish tan for the fawn. Sometimes the Fawn will have very little black or black tipped guard hairs in their bodies and sometimes they will have a lot. If they have a lot of black hairs in their bodies they look grayish in color. This is termed "Smutty", not silver as the color between the mask on the face and the body color and the "Trace" or the black line down the top of the back is not clear and distinct as it should be. This is a "Fault" in the show ring. It will not make the dog any less "perfect" as a companion, it just means that as a "Show Dog" it is undesirable. Reputable breeders will sell these pups as companions. Some blacks may have a tint of dark chocolate brown. Sometimes called mahogany. The sun may also lighten the black's coats.
WHITE PUGS. Pugs do carry a gene for white spotting. This means that sometimes puppies can be born with a white spot on their chests or on their toes or even sometimes a white foot. They do not carry a gene for producing a totally white puppy. The only way to get a dog that is totally white is to cross a white dog with a Pug. Probably a French Bulldog as they do come in solid white and crosses of this breed closely resemble a Pug, especially if bred to another Pug that is a pale cream with little black pigment in the faces, ears and toenails. Unless, of course, the dog is an Albino, in which case it would have blue eyes. White dogs have many problems with their hearing, White Shaker Dog Syndrome, skin problems along with other problems that can occur in the Pug and the breed they were originally crossed with, especially if it was a French Bulldog who have many skeletal problems that can occur in the Pug.
BRINDLE Pugs do not carry the gene to produce this color. The Dog Genome Project proved that the Pug is one of the oldest UNMIXED breeds and the Pug has been known as a breed since approx. 700 BC. In all the documentation and paintings available throughout history, there has NEVER been any showing or telling about a Brindle Pug. The only way to get this color into the Pug was to cross another breed into the Pug. This color came into being around the early 1990's on the West Coast of the USA. It first appeared in a kennel that also bred French Bulldogs that just happen to be the exact same kind of Brindle that the litter of Pug pups turned out to be.
Now for a Genetics lesson. Black is what is called a Dominant color. Brindle is called a Dominant color. Fawn is a Recessive color. What this means is that a Fawn bred to a Black will ONLY have Black & Fawn pups. Because Brindle involves more alleles a Brindle bred to a Black will also have Black & Fawn pups. Therefore a Brindle can "hide" under a Black to Brindle breeding UNTIL bred to a Fawn.
Most of the puppies produced by Breeders go into loving companion homes and our Pugs that we keep are our companions as well. We want our Pugs to live for many healthy happy years in very loving homes, the same as you do and to try and make sure that we are breeding quality Pugs both inside and out.
There are differing shades of FAWN and BLACK - from a pale cream to a reddish tan for the fawn. Sometimes the Fawn will have very little black or black tipped guard hairs in their bodies and sometimes they will have a lot. If they have a lot of black hairs in their bodies they look grayish in color. This is termed "Smutty", not silver as the color between the mask on the face and the body color and the "Trace" or the black line down the top of the back is not clear and distinct as it should be. This is a "Fault" in the show ring. It will not make the dog any less "perfect" as a companion, it just means that as a "Show Dog" it is undesirable. Reputable breeders will sell these pups as companions. Some blacks may have a tint of dark chocolate brown. Sometimes called mahogany. The sun may also lighten the black's coats.
WHITE PUGS. Pugs do carry a gene for white spotting. This means that sometimes puppies can be born with a white spot on their chests or on their toes or even sometimes a white foot. They do not carry a gene for producing a totally white puppy. The only way to get a dog that is totally white is to cross a white dog with a Pug. Probably a French Bulldog as they do come in solid white and crosses of this breed closely resemble a Pug, especially if bred to another Pug that is a pale cream with little black pigment in the faces, ears and toenails. Unless, of course, the dog is an Albino, in which case it would have blue eyes. White dogs have many problems with their hearing, White Shaker Dog Syndrome, skin problems along with other problems that can occur in the Pug and the breed they were originally crossed with, especially if it was a French Bulldog who have many skeletal problems that can occur in the Pug.
BRINDLE Pugs do not carry the gene to produce this color. The Dog Genome Project proved that the Pug is one of the oldest UNMIXED breeds and the Pug has been known as a breed since approx. 700 BC. In all the documentation and paintings available throughout history, there has NEVER been any showing or telling about a Brindle Pug. The only way to get this color into the Pug was to cross another breed into the Pug. This color came into being around the early 1990's on the West Coast of the USA. It first appeared in a kennel that also bred French Bulldogs that just happen to be the exact same kind of Brindle that the litter of Pug pups turned out to be.
Now for a Genetics lesson. Black is what is called a Dominant color. Brindle is called a Dominant color. Fawn is a Recessive color. What this means is that a Fawn bred to a Black will ONLY have Black & Fawn pups. Because Brindle involves more alleles a Brindle bred to a Black will also have Black & Fawn pups. Therefore a Brindle can "hide" under a Black to Brindle breeding UNTIL bred to a Fawn.
Most of the puppies produced by Breeders go into loving companion homes and our Pugs that we keep are our companions as well. We want our Pugs to live for many healthy happy years in very loving homes, the same as you do and to try and make sure that we are breeding quality Pugs both inside and out.
