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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Although
much
has
been
written
on
the
origin
of
these
dogs,
nothing
authentic
has
been
discovered
in
connection
with
it.
Statements
have
appeared
from
time
to
time
to
the
effect
that
the
Pug
was
brought
into
this
country
from
Holland.
In
the
early
years
of
the
last
century
it
was
commonly
styled
the
Dutch
Pug.
But
this
theory
does
not
trace
the
history
far
enough
back,
and
it
should
be
remembered
that
at
that
period
the
Dutch
East
India
Company
was
in
constant
communication
with
the
Far
East.
Others
declare
that
Muscovy
was
the
original
home
of
the
breed,
a
supposition
for
which
there
is
no
discernible
foundation.
The
study
of
canine
history
receives
frequent
enlightenment
from
the
study
of
the
growth
of
commercial
intercourse
between
nations,
and
the
trend
of
events
would
lead
one
to
the
belief
that
the
Pug
had
its
origin
in
China,
particularly
in
view
of
the
fact
that
it
is
with
that
country
that
most
of
the
blunt-nosed
toy
dogs,
with
tails
curled
over
their
backs,
are
associated.
The
Pug
was
brought
into
prominence
in
Great
Britain
about
sixty
years
ago
by
Lady
Willoughby
de
Eresby,
of
Grimthorpe,
near
Lincoln,
and
Mr.
Morrison,
of
Walham
Green,
who
each
independently
established
a
kennel
of
these
dogs,
with
such
success
that
eventually
the
fawn
Pugs
were
spoken
of
as
either
the
Willoughby
or
the
Morrison
Pugs.
At
that
period
the
black
variety
was
not
known.
The
Willoughby
Pug
was
duller
in
colour
than
the
Morrison,
which
was
of
a
brighter,
ruddier
hue,
but
the
two
varieties
have
since
been
so
much
interbred
that
they
are
now
undistinguishable,
and
the
fact
that
they
were
ever
familiarly
recognised
as
either
Willoughbys
or
Morrisons
is
almost
entirely
forgotten.
A
"fawn"
Pug
may
now
be
either
silver
grey
or
apricot,
and
equally
valuable.
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