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I live on 6 acres in rural Sooke, about 15 miles north of Victoria on beautiful Vancouver Island.

I have had Pugs since 1971 but fell in love with when I was 8 years old. The neighbours had an old timer that I was allowed to take for walks after school. I remember running home and seeing him sitting in the sun on the porch. I don't know how much he enjoyed those walks but they were the highlight of MY day and he patiently went along.

In 1971 I got my own Pug, a Black from British Import parents, named Brentwoods Dana Crystapine. Dana was the love of my life and went everywhere with me. He was my first passenger when I learned to drive and never complained about my parallel parking. This was the days of 8 tracks and I had a stick shift Toyota Corona and he had the passenger seat. Whenever the song "Funny Face" came on he would get up and come between the seats and put his head on my arm and stare at me so I could sing it to him. When the song was over he would go back to his seat and curl up again until the next time. Dana was a pet only and never bred as he was a mono-orchid )only one testicle descended.

I got my first breeding Pug in 1990 - Can.Ch. Keanda's Mei Country Bumpkin ( Sassy) - who took Dana's place in my heart as I never thought could happen. You love all your dogs but sometimes one comes along who are just special and Sassy was one of them.

I got Sassy at 12 weeks of age and the tug-of war was on. She was the epitome of "STUBBORN PUG" and never gave up trying to be the BOSS. She was extremely clever also and would PLOT to get her way. Like the time the wieners were on the counter and out of reach of Pugs BUT not out of reach of the 5 month old collie puppy with the long legs and long nose. I was in the living room and watched the whole thing out of the corner of my eye to see how far it would go. I watched her standing up at the counter and sniffing madly and loudly then look at the collie. The collie didn't get it. So she did it again. Collie still didn't get it. She did it again and then stared HARD at the collie. Collie got it, jumped up and grabbed the bag and jerked it down onto the floor. Pugs appeared from nowhere and grabbed wieners and disappeared while collie stood there wondering what was going on. I was laughing so hard that I couldn't even give anyone heck.

Sassy produced 4 litters with 4 Group Placing Champions who themselves went on to produce Group Placing and BISS winning progeny. She lived to be 12 and 3/4 and died just 3 weeks before her 13th birthday from Cancer. She left behind her legacy with not just myself but with 4 other breeders and I still have her 7 times great grandchildren at my feet as I type this.

They, like her, live on my couch, on my feet, some days on my nerves and always in my heart. They chew my slippers and shoes and everything else they shouldn't (including the cat's ears). They eat and sleep in their crates and have a 10 X 12 chain link run outside as the property is not fenced in. Otherwise they have the run of the house and make full use of it. Sometimes I think that they would do very well without me, then I get up and try to sneak some place on my own and am followed by 6 little Puggy noses.

I do not keep a lot of Pugs as I feel that they deserve the individual attention that they were born to have and Pugs do NOT do well in a kennel situation. Pugs were originally bred to BE a companion and have that attention ALL the time and they do demand this.