The Pug 705 



of such a thing as a rose ear for a pug and it should not be allowed now. 

 The scale of points is also cut up too much so that an imperfection amounts 

 to but little. For instance a weak, or small, pinched muzzle, which is about 

 the worst fault a pug can have can only cause a cut of five points out of the 

 hundred. It is better to lump the head and ears as 15 points and then a cut 

 for a bad fault means something. Another fault of a cut-up scale is that minor 

 points are made to equal important ones, such as in this case we have feet, 

 muzzle, mask and wrinkles all at 5 points each, whereas the relative merits 

 of muzzle, mask or wrinkles are 20 to 5 compared with feet. With these 

 comments we present the standard. 



DESCRIPTIVE PARTICULARS 



Symmetry. Decidedly square and cobby. A lean pug, and a dog with 

 short legs and long body are equally objectionable. 



Size and Condition. The pug should be multum in parvo, but the con- 

 densation should be shown by compactness of form, well-knit proportions 

 and hardness of developed muscle. The weight recommended as being 

 the best is from 12 to 16 pounds. 



Body. Short and cobby, wide in chest and well ribbed up. 



Legs. Very strong, straight, of moderate length and well set under. 



Feet. Neither so long as the foot of the hare, nor so round as that of 

 the cat, well-split-up toes, nails black. 



Muzzle. Short, blunt, square, but not up-faced. 



Head. Large, massive, round, not apple-headed, with no indentation 

 of the skull. 



Eyes. Dark in colour, very large, bold and prominent, globular in 

 shape, soft and solicitous in expression, very lustrous, and when excited 

 full of fire. 



Ears. Thin, small, soft like black velvet. There are two kinds, the 

 rose and button, preference being given to the latter.* 



Markings. Clearly defined. The muzzle or mask, ears, moles on 

 cheeks, thumb-mark or diamond on forehead and back trace should be as 

 black as possible. 



Mask. The mask should be black. The more intense and well- 

 defined it is the better. 



*The rose ear is certainly not correct. J. W. 



