AmaDashi abiza ama-pugs "ama-pugs". Ngenxa yokungatholakali kwabo kanye nesikhundla esikhethekile ezweni lakubo, ama-pugs athole isikhundla esikhethekile eYurophu. Kwakungezona kuphela izinja eziyintandokazi yezikhulu nemindeni yasebukhosini kodwa ngokuvamile zazingena ezindabeni ezimangalisayo. Ngokwesibonelo, i-pug yaseShayina okuthiwa uPompey yasindisa inkosi yayo uWilliam, iNkosana yase-Orange, kanye nezwe lonke lapho izwa ukusondela kwebutho laseSpain futhi yahlaba umkhosi (ngekhulu le-16).
UmkaNapoleon Bonaparte naye wayene-pug eyintandokazi ebizwa ngokuthi i-Fortuna. Ngaphambi komshado wakhe, uchithe isikhathi esithile ejele laseLe Carme, futhi i-pug yayiwukuphela kwesidalwa esiphilayo (ngaphandle kwabalindi, yebo) ukuthi wayevunyelwe ukuyibona. Kukholomu yakhe, wayedlulisela amanothi ayimfihlo emndenini wakhe. Ama-Pugs nawo ayengawamanye amakhosi amaningi, izicukuthwane, namalungu emindeni yasebukhosini kulo lonke elaseYurophu.