What is a Puggle?
pug·gle (püg'gle) n.
a small hybrid breed of dog created by mating a pug and beagle; thereby producing an energetic hound having: a thickset body; a short-haired, smooth coat of fawn, tan, and black coloring; a deeply wrinkled forehead; short legs; a curled tail; and drooping ears.
Size
Puggles grow to be 15-30 lbs. and approximately 13-15 inches at the shoulder.
Coat
Consists of short hairs. Puggles come in a wide range of colors. Fawn puggles are the most common, but some are tan, black, white, or tri-colored.
Character
Puggles are sweet-tempered, playful, intelligent, social, and affectionate.
Temperment
This breed gets along well with children, other dogs, and other household pets.
Care
Puggles require low maintenance. The occasional bath, nail clipping, and ear cleaning are all that is required.
Activity
Puggles have a good amount of energy and love to play. They enjoy going on walks and running around. Puggles also love their downtime. They are really good lap dogs and love to cuddle up to you.
Training
This hybrid is also fairly easy to train. Puggles can learn all basic commands including: sit, down, stay, settle, take it, leave it, fetch, roll over, and come. These dogs are small enough that you can even train them to use a litter box. They are good listeners and like to please you.
Shedding
Puggles do shed as all dogs do. Their short hair and small size seem to minimize the problem.
Barking
Puggles do bark. Some more than others.
Allergies
A Puggle is not a hypoallergenic dog.
Howling
Some Puggles do howl on occasion. They can inherit this trait from the beagle genes.
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