Frenchie Pug

The Frenchie Pug gets its name from its parent breeds: the French Bulldog and the Pug. The French Bulldog was first registered by the American Kennel Club in 1898 and is a much loved breed in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. Prior to his modern state, he moved from England (where English breeders first developed the toy version) to France as companions to those who made the move for a better life during the Industrial Revolution. Favored by the middle class, tourists to France soon began to want this cute canine in their homeland of North America. The Pug originated in China during the Han dynasty between 200 B.C. and 200 A.D. This breed was popular among the Asian elite and royal families of the time. Pugs eventually migrated to Europe via Dutch trade routes during the 16th and 17th centuries where they were also taken in by the wealthy classes. Pugs had many names before the 1800s; they were called Carlin in France, Doguillo in Spain, Mops in Germany, and Caganlino in Italy. Their popularity in the United Kingdom, however, exploded and they earned the name Pug – which stuck – somewhere around the late 1700s. After the Civil War in the 1860s, Americans started to import Pugs to North America and in 1885 the breed was recognized by the AKC. It has been a popular pet in the United States ever since. The Frenchie Pug has been bred for a long time and is one of the most popular hybrids. It is likely to have originated in the early 1900s when the Pug population was growing by leaps and bounds in the United States.