inadequate pug .

You ’d think they wouldhave enough to handle with , what with the whole not being capable to breathe properly due to their short   grimace and their continual endangerment of an eye falling out because their eye sockets are too shallow .

Those , it would seem , are not all the woe that the alien - looking pooches have to put up with though , as it turns out that one in three pugscan’t walk properly , either . The depth psychology was   carry out in Sweden and published in the journalVet Record . The finding suggest that gait abnormality are prevalent among the breed and a much more serious problem than previously think .

The researchers turned to all the pug-dog owners registered with the Swedish Kennel Club that had   pugs aged 1 , 5 , or   8 years sometime . They then ask   them to fill up out a questionnaire on   whether or not their pet had any gait abnormalities such as lameness , miserable coordination , weakness , or just oecumenical problems such as not being able to jump . They also asked the owners whether their firedog had any abnormal wearing of the nail or the skin on their   pads . possessor   were also expect to film and send in videos of the pets if potential .

Of the 550 pug owners who answer , just under 80 percent thought that their dog ’s gait was normal . However ,   after the team reviewed 59   videos send in by the   owners , they agnise that possessor tend to think their andiron is walking fine when it is n’t . aline for this ego - reported bias , they notice that around 31 percent of pug likely suffer from gait abnormalcy .

On average , the pug-dog were around 2   years quondam when they first start showing sign of walking problems , with the front legs often   having job before the back legs . While the strain is normally   associated with easy becoming obese , they actually found no connection between weightiness and lameness .

Interestingly , of the 47 possessor who had to put their   pugs down , it was the   dog ’s unnatural gait that was   the most ofttimes cited reason , suggesting the issuance is   far more serious than most mass and vets assume .

“ Although this study did not aim to differentiate orthopaedic from neurological causa for gait abnormalities,”write the author , “ the high prevalence of fag of nail reported in the questionnaire , and the fact that lameness was not a common determination in the submit videos , indicate that the legal age of gait abnormalities in the pugs were indeed related to neurological rather than orthopaedic disorders . ”

The authors admit that the sample distribution size of it was modest and could be skewed . However , they desire to raise people ’s cognisance of   an often look across health job facing the breed .