Mary Allen
Kubva pakati pezana remakore rechigumi nemasere kusvika muzana remakore rechigumi nemapfumbamwe, pug yakanga yakawanda kwazvo. Kunyanya pakati pevanokudzwa uye munyika yevakadzi, pug yaikosheswa zvikuru nevadi vembwa. Duke Alexander von Württemberg, mushure mekufa kwemudiwa wake pug, akarayira muna 1733 kuti amise chiyeuchidzo mupaki yeimba yake Winnental, iyo yaifanirwa kupupurira kuvazukuru vezvivakwa zverudzi urwu rwembwa.
Munguva yekurumbira kwayo, pug yaiwanzofarirwa nevaimbi. Hapana tsananguro chaiyo pamusoro pekwakabva zita rerudzi urwu. Kumaodzanyemba kweGermany, mashoko okuti “moppen”, “mopperin” kana kuti “moeppen” anoreva grimace, kugunun’una kana kumonya-monya chiso, uye naizvozvo shoko rokuti “pug” ringangodaro raireva kutaura imbwa nokusagutsikana, kutaura kwokugunun’una. Data pamusoro penyika yepug zvakare haina kururama. Vanounza China, asiwo Africa (Cape of Good Hope). Panewo fungidziro yekuti, zvichibva pachimiro chedehenya rayo, inogona kutariswa (muEurope) chidimbu chidiki chediki bulldog.
