PUG

COUNTRY: China

WEIGHT: 14-18 pounds

HEIGHT: 10-11 inches

COAT: Short, smooth

COLOR: Apricot or silver-fawn

OTHER NAMES: Mops, Carlin

REGISTRY: FCI, AKC, TKC, CKC

GROUP: Mastiff

The Pug or Carlino is a race of dog miniature with wrinkled face and a body of small size to means. This race usually is transformed like multum in parvo (“much in little”), describing to the personality of pug and its small size.

The word “pug” can come from English old pugg, which has an affectionate term for a small demon juguetón or chango. the puppies pug is called puglets

It is a low and massive dog of square and compact, well proportionate and musculado aspect; the head, great, cleared and with solid aspect, is covered with you fold; the snout is square and flat; the eyes, great and bulging, are dark; it has the straight legs and the curly tail. The hair is tightened, smooth and shining. The carlino can be color silver or smooth apricot with a black mask, in both cases presents/displays a black ray that goes of the head to the tail; also it can be black pure. It measures about 30 cm to the cross and weighs between 6 and 8 kilograms. Its trusting, docile and friendly character makes of the carlino an appreciated animal of company.