Q 01/05

From which country were Pugs brought to Europe in the sixteenth century?

A) Japan

B) China

C) Tibet

D) India

Answer · why

B) China

China had a taste for flat-faced dogs and bred several, the Pekingese among them; the Pug is the one that traders carried west.

Q 02/05

Which two colours are Pug coats most often?

A) White or grey

B) Brindle or red

C) Fawn or black

D) Blue or cream

Answer · why

C) Fawn or black

Apricot fawn and silver fawn are also recognised shades.

Q 03/05

What shape does a Pug's tail normally take?

A) Curled over the hip

B) Straight and low

C) Docked short

D) Feathered and plumed

Answer · why

A) Curled over the hip

Curled over the hip as tightly as possible is what show judges look for, and both the British and American standards rate a double curl as the ideal.

Q 04/05

How does the American Kennel Club's breed standard describe the Pug's personality?

A) Alert and fearless

B) Even-tempered and charming

C) Reserved and watchful

D) Bold and tenacious

Answer · why

B) Even-tempered and charming

Even-tempered and charming is only half of it: the same sentence of the standard asks for playfulness and dignity together, and the British standard w...

Q 05/05

The Pug's Latin motto, multum in parvo, translates as what?

A) Small but mighty

B) Loyal unto death

C) Joy in the home

D) Much in little

Answer · why

D) Much in little

Much in little is the standard's demand for a lot of dog in a small space: judges want compact form and hard muscle, and fault a lean, leggy Pug as mu...