i think the concern is that there are no breed standards in place, no way to judge into what kind of dog you're putting a huge financial investment. we know, as pug people, what kinds of behaviors, health concerns, personality traits, physical attributes, etc, to look for in our dogs. if you google puggles, you see a broad range of sizes, coats, snouts, ears, which leads me to believe you also get a broad range of behaviors, aggressiveness, noise, etc... all these unknowns, and these "designer mutts" are going for $600-+$1000 in some markets. that seems unfair to all the people who work hard to breed healthy, breed conforming pugs and beagles. if a select few breeders were to create a specific breeding criteria, overseen by an organization like the AKC, for the puggle, i'd be less inclined to think poorly of them.

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Actually, the pug is about the only known breed of dog that wasn't created that way as far as we know, the pug is the oldest recognised breed of dog, most other snub nosed dogs (boston terrier, french bulldog) got that way from being mixed with pugs.

um....okay. I think we all understand how you feel there Cathy.

www.pugs.org/Puggles.htm

Breeding to create a new breed with standards is not being done with puggles. In order to do that, only the finest pugs and finest beagles would be breed together. And only the ones exhibiting the desired characteristics would be allowed to be deemed puggles. Others would be mutts, and neutered/spayed immediately. Selective breeding for generations before a breed standard could even be truly established for registering.

This is not being done with puggles. Everyone here loves pugs and puggles and all mixed breeds, I'm sure. And unfortunately puggles wil end up shelter dogs, not because they are of mix breed, but because they are a fad. Similar to pugs after Men in Black. It's sad.