A Dutch amatchedwa pugs "pugs". Chifukwa chakusowa kwawo komanso malo apadera kudziko lakwawo, ma pugs apeza mwayi ku Europe. Sanali agalu okondedwa okha a olemekezeka ndi mabanja achifumu koma nthawi zambiri ankalowa mu nkhani zodabwitsa. Mwachitsanzo, pug wina wa ku China wotchedwa Pompey anapulumutsa mbuye wake William, Kalonga wa Orange, ndi dziko lonse pamene anamva kuyandikira kwa gulu lankhondo la Spain ndi kuchenjeza (zaka za zana la 16).
Mkazi wa Napoleon Bonaparte analinso ndi pug yomwe ankakonda yotchedwa Fortuna. Asanakwatirane, adakhala nthawi yayitali m'ndende ya Le Carme, ndipo pug ndiye cholengedwa chokha (kupatula alonda, ndithudi) chomwe amaloledwa kuchiwona. Mu kolala yake, adapereka zolemba zachinsinsi kwa banja lake. Pugs analinso ndi mafumu ena ambiri, olemekezeka, ndi mamembala a mabanja achifumu ku Europe konse.