The Phrase "pug" intended "minimal cutie" in English from the 1500s. By the 1600s, it took around the which means of "monkey," "sprite," or "imp." It wasn't till the mid-1700s which the phrase "pug" intended "a dwarf sort of Puppy." Pugs are affectionate and like to clown all over. https://www.dariusreed.com