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Your examination of the head is now over. Some judges prefer to judge the body of the pug first and come back to the head last—that is fine. The neck of the Pug should be of sufficient length to hold the large head proudly. We do not want to see the head attached directly to the body with no neck. The straight topline should remain level moving or stand- ing. A young puppy may be slightly higher standing, but should level out when moving. The standard calls for a high set curly tail curled over the hip; however, you will see tails curled tight directly over the back and this certainly is accept- able. A double curled tail is perfection. A Pug with the tail down when moving is an unhappy Pug and should not win that day’s competition. Th e Pug has a double tracking gait with a slight convergence as speed increases.
This does not mean that a Pug should be run so fast that he single tracks, but rather that at a normal speed he will slightly converge but the front and rear legs should be doing the same thing. If you look at the rear going away, you should see only the rear and when com- ing at you only the front. This would be a true double track. I ask that the handler take the Pug down and back on as loose a lead as possible so that I can see the gait. If the Pug is strung up on a tight lead you will not see the proper double track. The last thing you want to look at for your consideration in the ring is color. In 2008, we added a disqualification to our standard to say only Fawn or Black colors would be allowed to be shown. This was added to clarify that we only want these two colors in the ring. However, Fawn does consist of many different shades and they may have
of the head slide them down and feel the good width of skull (see Figure 1) and on down to the muzzle which ide- ally would be in line with the outside of the eyes, not generally seen but should be at least to the middle of the eyes (see Figure 2). After you have felt the width of muzzle (and you can feel for a wry bite also at this time), slide your thumb to the front of the lips (see Figure 3). If the tip of your thumb bends forward slightly you will have a correct bite.
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