THE CHINESE PUG 



the same characters are used to designate the old name of 

 Russia up to the Tao Kuang period. This suggests that the 

 breed came from Russia. It may be suggested that breeders 

 who have been able to secure such extraordinary special 

 characteristics as those of the " Pekingese " found small 

 difficulty, especially in a hot climate, in evolving a short- 

 coated race from the " short-legged " and " short-headed " 

 pet dog existing 100 years B.C. It seems likely, on the 

 opinion of authorities who have studied the question almost 

 entirely from the European standpoint, that European pugs 

 are the offspring of Chinese ancestors. Vero Shaw (1881) 

 says : " It is my firm opinion that the origin of the present 

 Pug Dog is nothing but the common English fawn-coloured, 

 smooth-coated terrier bitch crossed with a little jet-black 

 Chinese terrier, of which I also have seen some ; they have 

 the short nose and high head, and very curly tails." * 



Mr. Watson states that, at the outset, the best English pugs 

 were of Dutch origin, and that the Willoughby strain came 

 from St. Petersburg. He says in support of the theory that 

 the pug came originally from China, " We have in the pug a 

 dog which in his peculiarities has no counterpart in any 

 European dog. The bull-dog has a short face, and was 

 square-headed, with cropped ears and a straight tail, when the 

 pug was first known, and had an entirely different tempera- 

 ment from the pug." 



" All the English pugs of prominence from 1865 to 1895, 

 also all our best pugs from 1880 to 1900, trace to Click, a 

 dog of pure Chinese stock." f 



The son of the owner of Click is quoted as stating : " Click's 

 parents Lamb and Moss were Chinese beyond dispute. 

 They were captured in the Emperor of China's palace during 



Vero Shaw, " The Book of the Dog." 

 f James Watson's " The Dog Book." 



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