I-pug iwuhlobo lwakudala kakhulu futhi oludumile emhlabeni wonke. Ukuthi lezi zinja zavela kanjani namanje akukacaci. Kodwa, mhlawumbe, zatholwa ngokuwela ezinye izinhlobo eChina lasendulo, ngesikhathi sobukhosi bakwaHan. Okungukuthi, uhlobo lwe-pug okungenani luneminyaka engaba ngu-2000 ubudala, futhi lokhu, uyabona, izinombolo ziyamangalisa. Kuwo wonke amakhulu eminyaka omlando wabo eShayina, ama-pugs kanye nokhokho bawo basendulo bomvini baye bajabulela isikhundla esikhethekile.
Babebhekwa njengohlobo lwasebukhosini, ngakho-ke lezi zinja bezilokhu zizungezwe ukunethezeka nokuchuma. Manje kunzima ngathi ukucabanga, kodwa ngokuvamile ama-pugs amaningana angahlala ezindlini ezikhethekile, ayenezinceku ezikhethekile, ngaphezu kwalokho, igumbi elinjalo laliqashwe ngokuqinile.