Mary Allen
#10 Many Pug lovers just don’t want to admit how sick this breed is. Therefore we would like to expressly point this out again.
#11 With exertion, stress and high temperatures, there is an increased risk of heat stroke because Pugs cannot regulate their body temperature enough by panting.
Due to the shortened nose, also called brachycephalic, the fine lamellae of the nasal concha hardly allow any air to flow through. A survey of owners of dogs with brachycephaly found that over half of dogs owners reported having trouble breathing while they slept due to choking and choking while lying down - 24 percent of pets attempted to sleep sitting up as a result.
#12 So a pug sleeping sitting up isn’t cute, it’s suffering from the fear of suffocation!
Every third dog has also fallen over at some point due to shortness of breath.