Armchair veterinarian

by Meg on August 3, 2006

This guy’s squished muzzlepuff forced his tongue out. Tough when that happens; not enough room inside the muzzle for his tongue.

Pug_tongue

Give him a scratch between the eyes on that soft patch for us, Brenda!

{ 71 comments }

1 Heather 08.03.06 at 7:04 pm

Gagh! What cute tonguitude!!

2 steph 08.03.06 at 7:04 pm

Little tongues are so cute!

3 December 08.03.06 at 7:04 pm

…The tongue.. o.o

4 Angela 08.03.06 at 7:04 pm

Haha! Tasting the air with his tongue. Always cute.

5 Teresa 08.03.06 at 7:05 pm

FIRST POST!!! FIRST POST!!! Love this website! Love pugs!

6 Teresa 08.03.06 at 7:06 pm

Oh well – maybe next time :-)

7 Alejandro 08.03.06 at 7:09 pm

“Heah’s what I think of ya! thhhppbttttt! So theah! Whatevs!”

8 EJ 08.03.06 at 7:17 pm

WUGGLE!!

9 A thinker 08.03.06 at 7:22 pm

EYES THAT GO IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS!

10 Skwerly 08.03.06 at 7:26 pm

Hmmm…

I’m noticing a pattern here. Black pugs seem cute. The tan ones can be quite pugly. Curiouser and curiouser!

11 karisma 08.03.06 at 7:36 pm

positively pug-a-licious!

12 Shiz 08.03.06 at 7:38 pm

It looks like this little guy’s tongue could be a little piece of soft candy. Mmmm. Delicious puppy-tongue.

13 tomi 08.03.06 at 7:39 pm

having owned pugs—-

YAY! however, while the tween the eyes area is soft, it’s the pug muzzlepuff that is the sweetest. Unique to squish faced dogs.

oh, and also the ears are Fabboo!

14 E-Snorgle 08.03.06 at 7:45 pm
15 MaggieBelle 08.03.06 at 7:46 pm

Hee! This lil bugger makes me giggle!

I love the squish-face dogs. Reminds me of my bulldog.

16 Theo 08.03.06 at 7:47 pm

[rolls eyes]
Oh, I can’t *wait*, Teresa.

E-Snorgle: I believe you do.
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2005/12/delicious.html

17 Fang 08.03.06 at 7:53 pm

Oh my. It’s a pug. With his tongue sticking out.
My day, she is complete.

18 David 08.03.06 at 8:05 pm

MEG… THIS HAS GOT TO BE ONE OF THE BEST DAYS YOU’VE EVER DONE HERE ON CO.

The quality and cuteness of images today is just too fun!

19 chacha 08.03.06 at 8:05 pm

It’s the ears, though, really. How soft do they look? And how tiny is this guy? Looks like that whole smooshy face would fit in the palm of a hand.

20 Judy B 08.03.06 at 8:27 pm

He looks so soft and that tongue!

21 kayte 08.03.06 at 8:45 pm

The cute de la cute -
My cute runneth over -
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any cuter-
this day has been truly Cute Overload!!!

22 zelda 08.03.06 at 8:51 pm

Barney Google! With the
goo
goo
googley eyes!

(I love pugs’ eyes – they’re a bit wall eyed)

23 Driver B 08.03.06 at 8:51 pm

Wah! I want to kiss him!

24 Michele 08.03.06 at 9:03 pm

zee airre. Eet ees zeh taistee! Ah weell eet et weeth ma tong of deth ohnhohohonn

25 rainbow 08.03.06 at 9:12 pm

i wonder if you push his tongue back in does his ears fly up?

26 Mad_Mike 08.03.06 at 9:18 pm

Them’s called “atchaforya eyes” – one’s looking “atcha”, the other’s looking “forya”.

27 Daisy 08.03.06 at 9:24 pm

Wow, now I know why I don’t bother reading the comments. Can you say, snarky, Theo?

28 Bourgeois Nerd 08.03.06 at 9:27 pm

I actually think your “diagnosis” is right. My black pug’s tongue used to come out like that sometimes. I really wouldn’t be surprised if it IS a side-effect of the squished-in face.

That soft path between the eyes is heavenly to scratch (they thing so, too). On the fawn ones, the wrinkles in that area make something that, according to some books I’ve read, approximates the Chinese character for “king.” (Appropriate, I think.) They used to actually crop their ears, thinking that the pain made their wrinkles more pronounced. Thankfully, though, that barbaric practice is obsolete.

29 tomi 08.03.06 at 9:28 pm

to chacha—and any others—this is a puppy.

the good news is, ANY pug’s face will fit in the palm of your hand.

and then manual snorgelage is de rigeur. That’s right, just smoosh that flat face and feel the soft muzzlepuffage.

It is likely that the pug will reward you with a snort or sneeze afterward.

and DON”T get me started on snoring pugs….very comforting in the dark night.

30 Theo 08.03.06 at 9:29 pm

I can and do, Daisy.
http://www.squidgrid.com/cute/Glossary.htm#FP

I’m also perfectly capable of moving on to other topics, once I’ve made my point.

So I hear there’s a smooshy dog around here. Anybody seen one?

31 Brak_Silverbone 08.03.06 at 9:49 pm

I love pugs! And I especially love black pugs. They’re so squooshable!

32 pixie-stix 08.03.06 at 9:54 pm

OY, I just wanna hug him. What a smushie face – ahh!

33 Theo 08.03.06 at 10:41 pm
34 Gentlewoman 08.03.06 at 10:44 pm

Cutest pug pic EVAR!!1!!

PS The ears are the best for snorgling IME.

35 paulette 08.03.06 at 10:49 pm

Cuuuuuuuuute little puglet wit da widdle toungelet all pokin’ out. Cuuuuuuuute! My Missy pug with her “atchaforya” eyes didn’t make the cute cut. Tooo pugly..*Heavy sigh* This pup will give her something to aspire to!

36 shanchan 08.03.06 at 11:05 pm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/97801341@N00/205438304/

Also, a question: Do pugs snore badly or is that a myth?

37 shanchan 08.03.06 at 11:15 pm

Also, when I click on “comments” for the entries on the front page, it opens in a new window. Is that new or something on my end? Not really complaining, it just makes it a little harder to hide the windows at work…

38 Ashley 08.03.06 at 11:21 pm

hehe
i saw this picture on toothpastefordinner.com and wanted to send it in…

looks like somebody beat me to it!

:P

39 jaypo 08.03.06 at 11:41 pm

Thanks, t-o. I had to wipe off my screen after clicking on that.

40 harini 08.03.06 at 11:52 pm

We need a category called “Tongue out” or maybe a new rule of cuteness: “Sticking your tongue out a teeny tiny bit is ALWAYS cute” See the kitty of a few days ago
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/07/keepingcool_tac.html
or hamster tongue!
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/05/no_hamster_tong.html

41 Alejandro 08.04.06 at 1:11 am

Theo –

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Touche, madamoiselle! I think I love you.

42 Theo 08.04.06 at 1:22 am

Madamoi-what?? Now lookie here, Alejandrecita… [ahem]

43 Sarcasta 08.04.06 at 2:53 am

LOL… (chanting) Theo’s a girl! Theo’s a girl!

44 Jackie from Michigan 08.04.06 at 2:55 am

Is this the canine version version of the toungulence cat a few posts back?

45 Lisa 08.04.06 at 4:10 am

I want a pug so badly!! Or a Frenchie.. but I’ll take a pug since they’re cheaper heh.
My bf’s great aunt has the cutest fattest black chinese pug and I just wanna steal it whenever we visit her!

46 Teughcats 08.04.06 at 4:43 am

Wait, I think we established the other day that Theo is a guy. Besides, Theo? Isn’t that short for Theodore?

47 Laurie C 08.04.06 at 4:49 am

(strongly resisting Theodore of Alvin and the chipmunks comment)

And I believe those are his melifluous male tones on the Lorna and the Doones videos, yes?

48 hrh.squeak 08.04.06 at 6:19 am

Theo – love the tthppppbbbttt (sp?), must send it to someone, is that ok?

49 Silvertail 08.04.06 at 6:55 am

Ka.. Kawaii

50 dwine 08.04.06 at 8:37 am

hihihihi dog’s got Down syndrome?

51 Two Sheds Jackson 08.04.06 at 10:03 am

The ttthppppbbbttt makes you all dizzy if you leave it running.
rainbow – I think a scentific study should be set up right now … who do you think might fund it?

52 Grace 08.04.06 at 10:13 am

Meg, I think we need a PTHTBTBTBTTTTT!!! section.

53 pugmamatimestwo 08.04.06 at 1:29 pm

PUG! Yay! Those snorgly muzzles are the best. My babies, if you tickle their muzzles with your fingers, they’ll open up their mouths really wide and kind of laugh. They LOVE it! So cute! Pugs!

54 Denita TwoDragons 08.04.06 at 2:04 pm

“BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Touche, madamoiselle! I think I love you.”

To quote a popular movie, “He’s a MAN, baby!”

(Unless there’s something he ain’t tellin’ us…*runs away really fast*)

–TwoDragons

55 Denita TwoDragons 08.04.06 at 2:07 pm

BTW–The tongue of pug, she is much cuteness in the happy place. I am heart full with sweet laughing at the little dog. Let’s coffee and play with little dog!

(http://www.engrish.com/)

–TwoDragons

56 Theo 08.04.06 at 2:09 pm

HRH Squeak — sure thing. I just prefer that you do the standard internet-etiquette thing and credit me & Cute Overload along with it. Copy & paste away!

57 Lizzy 08.04.06 at 3:15 pm

Smuuuuuuuuuuuuuushy face!!!

The girls in my treatment center all went for a walk last night, and we walked by a house with TWO puggles… they were behind a fence, but I still got kisses. No day is complete without puppy kisses.

58 Subhangi 08.04.06 at 3:33 pm

AWWWWWWWWWWW. Look at the glossy black fur – that is one GORGEOUS pupper.

And the tongue!!!! ^_^

59 Donna 08.04.06 at 4:07 pm

Oh, that is just the cutest little baby tongue!

It’s too cute!

60 Zefram 08.04.06 at 5:03 pm

Unhealthy shape. Not cute. (He can’t breathe properly, nor keep those skin folds clean.) Selective breeding to an unhealthy form is cruel.

61 Sarcasta 08.04.06 at 5:33 pm

Hate the game.. not the playa, Zefram!

It’s not the pup’s fault he has a wrinkly face, so give him luffs. Lots of luffs. And keeeeses. And treats. And peench his leetle tongue-ster (gently).

62 zosterops 08.04.06 at 5:34 pm

thanks, zefram, finally someone states the obvious.

63 pugmamatimestwo 08.04.06 at 8:06 pm

*shrug* My pugs are in great shape; happy, bouncy little critters. We’re just careful with them in the heat. Otherwise, they’re fine.

64 Lauri 08.04.06 at 8:39 pm

Oh eeek, here we goes agen.

Peace, love, dove, y’all.

65 uncorkedlunch 08.05.06 at 10:06 pm

OMG!!!! I can’t take all this cuteness!

We heart black pugs!

66 Johanna 08.07.06 at 6:42 pm

Oh no! That is too prosh…will implode now.

67 Pugster.org 08.08.06 at 11:57 pm

He’s my namesake:)

68 DogLover 08.26.06 at 7:19 pm

HE IS EVIL!!! He knows that he’s beyond cute and he’s using it against us! Look, he’s sticking out his tounge at us!!!
*dies*

69 holly 08.27.06 at 8:55 pm

IIIIIIITSSSSSSS SSSSSSOOOOOOO CUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!!!!!!! :D

70 The Adirondack Queen 08.30.06 at 8:03 pm

Who doesn’t just want to touch that tongue and see how soft and warm? What a face, what a face!!! You should be in pictures mister!!!!

71 puggles 09.16.06 at 3:28 pm

What a wuggy pug !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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