What can you tell me about them? I did alot of research already and they seem to be a perfect dog! Is there anyone on here that owns one and can tell me about them? Thanks 
Famous last words, my friend. Remember that saying, if something sounds too good to be true? Yeah, think about that one.
Please don’t…
Not only will you be supporting the highly unethical pet store trade (either directly or indirectly) , but of the two clients of ours with dogs that have the worst epilepsy I’ve ever seen- both dogs are puggles.
Why not just get a pug from a responsible breeder? Sorry, I just don’t get the whole “designer dog” phenomena!?! What does a puggle do that a pug doesn’t do better (and probably less expensively and with few seizures).
A puggle is a very expensive mutt. There are tons of mutts sitting in animal shelters that need a good home and for which you would pay very little.
Why do they seem like the perfect dog to you?
What’s a “puggle”?
I’ve never heard of it.
Is it the latest trendy breed of the month?
This whole thing about “the perfect dog” is crap.
It all depends on the owner, and how much time he/she is willing to devote to TRAINING the dog.
An untrained dog is not a pet, it’s an animal. Meaning it’s a pain in the ass, but guess who’s to blame?
A well-trained dog is a beautiful thing, and the breed is not neccessarily important. Obviously, your living situation is important.
If you are living in an apartment, don’t get a dog, period.
If you are living in a house in a cramped suburb, get a small dog like a Jack Russell. Or maybe a puggle, whatever it is.
Here’s a site that shows what a puggle (a pug/beagle mix) looks like, along with a bunch of other very high priced designer dogs.
Our trainer said that labradoodles and puggles both had the worst traits from the breeds in them and should be avoided. Both were hard to train. But she also said that JRTs were some of the worst dogs she dealt with. Our vet has made similar comments. (Both these people are Retriever folks though - for someone who has labs or goldens, any terrier breed is going to live up the the terror part of the name - “sporting” breeds have their own issues (chewing is big - they aren’t necessarily the smartest dogs on the planet) but do tend to be fairly trainable).
If I had to do it again (and the research we did was sufficient to get us a good mutt I’m happy with - a “german lab”) - I’d talk to trainers and vets - they see a lot of dogs go through.
I’ve never dealt with a “puggle” - and the idea of paying big bucks for a “designer” mutt makes me shudder - but Jack Russell terriers are very high energy dogs. And very intelligent - if you don’t give them something to do, they will find something and you won’t like it. A lot of little old ladies adopted JRTs after the TV show “Fraiser” and discovered they are were not suitable.
ace50421, please think carefully before you spend a lot of money on a dog. If you are looking for a mixed breed, there are a lot in shelters that would be overjoyed to go home with you.
If it has any part of a beagle in it it will resist training and scamper off after interesting scents ( which it finds all the time.) It can never go off lead in public, ever.
The pug part, I suspect, would have standard snoring issues.
I had an acquaintance who wanted to get a Labradoodle.
A labrador-owning friend: Oh, you like labradors?
Her: Not really.
Friend: Poodles?
Her: No.
Friend: …
All the JRTs I’ve ever met are balls of energy.
Also, I don’t believe that living in an apartment necessarily means you can’t have a dog. Certainly the dog needs sufficient exercise, and more effort needs to go into it, but it’s by no means impossible. I live in an apartment but would be available to interact with a dog all day - all the breeders I’ve talked to have valued that over living in a house.
I say just get a pug, since they’re the best dogs in the entire world. But I’m a little biased 
It really irks me that these mutts are so overpriced and you are paying for what is available at any animal shelter or pound.
The fact it, these “breeders” can’t guarantee any character/personality traits or any kind of breed specifics (ie, they are crossed with a poodle, they are non-shedding).
This just seems like a huge scam to me.
I work with a rescue group and we’ve had several puggles come through in the last couple of years. They’ve all been extremely affectionate and very playful but also very stubborn and single-minded. They need a LOT of attention and training and if you don’t keep them busy they’ll find something to do on their own. That is pretty much guaranteed to be something you don’t find so amusing because it’ll be destructive.
We found them good homes with active families where somebody is home most of the time but it took a couple of tries with some because they are a handful for inexperienced owners.
I dislike the “designer dog” craze but do like puggles myself. I just would not recommend them for everybody. They are like having a big dog in a small body. We get them because people see how cute and friendly they are and buy them not understanding the commitment required (to be honest that’s why we get a lot of the dogs we handle regardless of the breed).
From what I understand alot of the problem with “designer mutts” is that the health issues they may have are basically unknown because there is no “history of the breed”. I would seriously listen to vets that tell you of the health issues they are seeing in puggles.
I think that’s why you are much better off to spend that money on a pure breed. I’ve heard of puggles going for more than $1000!! If you get one with health problems you’ll be spending even more!!
And I must say, you will not be disappointed if you get a pug. I am also biased, but I have 3 pugs and they are a constant source of joy, love and amusement. (If I could only do something about this shedding they would be the perfect dogs!!)
Our of curiousity, are their breeds you see more often - and does it tend to be related to popularity, or are there just breeds that people don’t realize what they are getting into?
Beagle rescue seems huge right now - but beagles suddenly got very popular and are not an “easy” breed (stubborn, howling, escape artists - I like beagles, I wanted a beagle badly, but I’m not dedicated enough to have a good beagle).
One of the kids in my neighborhood has a puggle, and it is really cute, but very mouthy, it mouths and bites EVERYTHING with its very sharp little teeth . You go to pet it: slobber-slobber-bite-bite on the hand, you stand near it, it discovers your shoes are VERY interesting, and maybe tasty, bite-bite. Pantlegs=bite-pull-bite
Maybe the kid just doesn’t know how to train his dog.
Now Athena, it isn’t bias, it’s just that us who already have them know the truth…
Brendon Small
Probably taken from the litter too early, like many mouthy dogs–I’m looking at my girl, Pi, here. It’s taken quite a while to get her over her mouthing since she was removed from the litter at 6 weeks, by me who knew better. :smack:
I deserve exactly what I got. The 7 to 9 week period is when littermates teach pups it is not nice to bite. We’ve done it with Pi, but not nearly as effectively as her siblings would have.
This dog is AWESOME.
That said, if you want a small dog, I can’t recommend the Havanese enough. Playful, good with kids, and hardly ever bark or bite. My brother has one that his two kids toy with mercilessly, and that dog is a saint.
I’ve never had either (tho I’ve known a few.) But I can’t remember a pug owner who hasn’t been extremely enthusiastic about their dog and their breed. And I can’t readily recall a beagle I have encountered that hasn’t been “difficult” in some respect or another.
I’m pretty much of the opinion that there are few if any bad dogs/breeds - just some that are better suited for different situations/environments than others. If I were desiring to develop a crossbreed with desireable traits to be an easily trainable, indoors, family dog, I can think of several breeds I’d choose before going with a beagle.
Lots of “lapdog” type dogs - bichon, shi-tzu, chihuahua, etc. - are well suited for apartment life. As are some larger dogs that do not require considerable exercise, like mastiffs or greyhounds.
And what folks have already said - puggle is not a breed. You really cannot be certain what you will be getting. A puggle is simply a mutt. It takes more than one generation of crossing 2 different established breeds to result in litters with consistent and predictable characteristics.
If you are simply interested in a smallish brown dog with short hair, you should have no difficulty finding one at a local shelter. Often times you will be able to get clues as to the breeding of one or both parents.