Needless to say also, that means you’re not going to want to buy from a pet store. Sadly enough, pet stores are notorious for purchasing from puppy mills. This keeps their costs low, but also nearly always gives you a dog with some inherent problems. Pugs bred in puppy mills aren’t well socialized, don’t always have a great temperament and may have some health issues due to their beginnings and their poor care or treatment.

Getting a pug that has had good health care and all the advantages that you’d like for your dog to have in the beginning is important. Find a reputable breeder or to be honest, a backyard breeder who is of the hobby variety.

These little guys are going to be far better socialized, have been played with by the children and are family members, meaning that they’ve been out and about, are accustomed to being handled and played with and will be far more easily assimilated into your own household because they’ve seen other dogs, other cats and know the score.

They will be less fearful and les guarding with their food as well as more tolerant to changes.

Make sure that you visit the parents on site and see how they interact with you and with your children so that you can see some of the temperament. Visit with the owners or breeders about where they got their pugs and what issues they may have had with them.

A responsible pug owner is going to want to assure that you give their puppy a great home, so they will quite likely have some questions to you as well. If they don’t, let it be a red flag to you, because most owners want to be sure that they are getting a great home for their puppy.

Many plants are toxic and little folks will try to chew them if they are close to the ground. Plants which are toxic to dogs can cause illness or even death if they are eaten. The Pug seen below is a perfect example. They will try anything once… even sand.

Prevent the accidental poisoning of your dog, prevent injury from plant intake by learning about poisonous plants that may be part of your household and put them up, perhaps in hanging baskets, or eliminate them all together.

when your dog is outside, be with him or her, to prevent them from chewing on outside plants. Even some of the ones more harmless to you and your family may be damaging to a dog. Noted examples of this are grapes and onions. The plants viewed below should not be eaten or even sampled my your furry kids.
Poisonous Plants
* Aloe
* Amaryllis
* Arizona Yellow Bells
* Asian Lily (Liliaceae)
* Asparagus Fern
* Autumn Crocus
* Azalea

* Bird of Paradise
* Bittersweet
* Branching Ivy
* Buckeye
* Buddist Pine

* Caladium
* Calla Lily
* Cutleaf Philodendron
* Charming Diffenbachia
* Chinaberry Tree
* Chinese Evergreen
* Christmas Cactus
* Clematis
* Cordatum
* Cycads
* Cyclamen

* Daffodil
* Day Lily
* Devil’s Ivy
* Dumb Cane
* Deadly Nightshade

* Easter Lily
* Elephant Ears
* Emerald Fern
* English Ivy

* Fiddle-Leaf Philodendron
* Flamingo Plant
* Foxglove

* Glory Lily
* Gold Dieffenbachia
* Gold Dust Dracaena
* Green Gold Nephthysis

* Hahn’s  English Ivy
* Heartleaf Philodendron
* Heavenly Bamboo
* Holly
* Horsehead Philodendron
* Hurricane Plant
* Hyacinth
* Hydrangea

*  Iris

*  Japanese Show Lily
* Japanese Yew
* Jerusalem Cherry

*  Lace Fern
* Lacy Tree
* Lily of the Valley

* Madagascar Dragon Tree
* Marble Queen
* Marijuana
* Mexican Breadfruit
* Mistletoe “American”
* Morning Glory

*  Narcissus
* Needlepoint Ivy
* Nephthytis
* Nightshade

* Oleander
* Onion
* Orange Day Lily

* Panda
* Peace Lily
* Philodendron
* Plumosa Fern

* Red Emerald
* Red Lily
* Red-Margined Dracaena (aka Straight-Margined Dracaena)
* Red Princess
* Rhododendron
* Ribbon Plant (Dracaena sanderiana)
* Rubrum Lily

*  Saddle Leaf Philodendron
* Sago Palm
* Satin Pothos
* Schefflera
* Spotted Dumb Cane
* Stargazer Lily
* Striped Dracaena
* Sweetheart Ivy
* Swiss Cheese Plant

* Tiger Lily
* Tomato Plant
* Tree Philodendron
* Tulips

* Variegated Philodendron

* Warneckei Dracaena
* Wood Lily

* Yucca