The Making Of A Spider Pug Costume

This is a great costume but after you are through with the shirt and the pipe stems it's hard to imagine you saved any money by doing it yourself...

Materials:

1.A pug...black or brown or brindle...or a Jack Russell if that's all you have!
2.large pipe cleaners
3.black doggie t-shirt (Don't have any subsequent plans for it after the superglue is through!)
4.flat piece of foam (to protect dog's back from pipe cleaner pokes)
5.superglue

Instructions:
1. Glue the foam into the back of the black doggie t-shirt--don't forget to kiss it goodby! . 2. Shape the pipe cleaner "legs", then poke through the back of the shirt and into the foam (don't push all the way through!). Glue around the base of the pipe cleaners, if necessary. Let dry. 3. Slip t-shirt on dog and you're done!

thanks to costumezee.com for this one!

Why bother to just use black pipe cleaners. The more color the Merrier! or the Scarier! 

What is a JAPUG?

Never heard of them...had You? I'd seen them from time to time but thought they were simply pugs without portfolio-which is apparently exactly what they are. A cross between the Japanese Chin and a Pug. Or maybe I should say a Japanese Chin without portfolio...you get my drift.
Anyway, the little beauty on the left is a Japanese Chin. The two older looking dogs below are both Japugs. In this case 50%Chin and 50% Pug.
The two older dogs are apparently from the same litter and as you can tell from their grizzled countenances about ten-years-old. I looked in vain for a Japug in costume.  The one costume that I found that had some Japanese context on Amazon isn't dressing a pug but the neck and chest sizes looked like they would do the trick.

This video stars my Grandpug, Scarlett. She is the reason I became so interested in pugs. I've owned dogs all my life, big dogs, small dogs, Boxers and Terriers. I've had some smart ones and some dumb ones. But Scarlett taught me that pugs are different...I'm not even sure she appreciates being classified as a "Canis lupis familiaris" because she is anything but... As you will see by this video, picking up a remote around her is downright dangerous.

Possible Pug Costume Problems

Killer Whale Dog Costume Size: 2 - (9.25" L)

Of course the last thing some dogs--and that includes pugs--want to do is dress up.  But then some people wouldn’t be caught dead in a costume either--who knows why.  Most often the reason will be a problem with a particular costume. Here are a few things to look for. Buy costumes that are easy to put

on...by easy, we mean costumes that can be put on and pulled off in a hurry. The most compliant pug will put up with being handled only so long; don’t turn what should be a fun time into a nasty struggle. A result of the struggle will be an already overheated pug in a garment that will make it even worse. Avoid that at all cost.

Some of the costumes shown here might fit a bit tightly or loosely depending on the length and girth of your pug. Tight is never good, of course; the straps might irritate its sensitive undercarriage, and anything that might restrict the dogs breathing  could bring on disaster. The same could happen on loose fitting costumes if  fabric gets in the way of their short pug noses. Too loose a costume poses a danger of strangulation also.  Get your pug’s measurements and compare them with the costume particulars.

Once you have the costume on, avoid leaving it on for too long; the best fitting garment will soon chafe their tender stomach and cause overheating. To further emphasize the danger of heating, keep the dog out of the sun. If you must take a few pictures with sunlight make it quick!  With pugs of course this is even more necessary. Even the most well-kept pug gets an occasional flea; imagine yourself trying to scratch your nose in a costume  you can’t get out of...

The Best Pug Costume?

Looking for the best pug costume? Well, we have among the best ever produced by Man... But if you have a pug, you already have the best costume! It’s that wonderful wrinkled face sitting there watching you right now! But that isn’t to say we can’t try...

That’s right, first of all, let’s all agree that the original pug costume is still the best pug costume. Nothing can improve on a pugs good-looks.  Which doesn’t mean you can’t at least show your pug how much he or she means to you by dressing them up and showing them off to the throng of admiring pug owners out there--and to all those that wish they were pug owners!

Second, let’s not listen to the killjoys in the audience that claim costuming a pug degrades the animal. Baloney! Pugs love to dress up. Their arrogant strut becomes all the more pronounced when they realize they are the center of attention. Children love to dress up also;  does that mean we are degrading our kids by letting them costume themselves? No of course not!

Third, pugs are not the only dogs (yes, I know, they don't consider themselves dogs!) that look great in costume. One dog that we see dressed a lot is the greyhound. At least while racing they have a loose fitting vest with their number on it. What about the Saint-Bernard with the cask of wine hanging from their necks? Or the sled dogs with slippers to protect their feet from the cold. These aren't costumes, you say? Of course they are. They darn well didn't come with the original dog!