Concerns about the health and well-being of pugs have sparked debates and discussions regarding potential bans on breeding and ownership because of their flat faced nature (brachycephalic breeds). We’ve covered this in-depth before in our post, “Should we stop breeding Pugs?”
In short, there are activist groups that are trying to restrict or ban the breeding of brachycephalic dogs (ie. flat faced dogs). There are studies that do show that flat-faced dogs have more health issues than your average dog. Though it is worth mentioning that a lot of these groups use either the English or French Bulldog as their poster child… which tend to have more health issues than a pug.
