October 2026

Did you know that three or more pugs are called a grumble? While this motley crew of misfit toys technically isn’t four pugs, 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗴 (Pug), 𝗥𝗶𝘁𝗮 (Pug), 𝗥𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗲 (Boston Terrier—but we don’t tell her she’s not a pug), and 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗲 (Pekingese, who knows she’s not a pug and don’t you dare call her a hairy pug) make up one honorary grumble. They’re all purebreds and rescues. 𝗗𝗼𝘂𝗴 was rescued in South Korea and arrived in the U.S. at 8 months old as a temporary foster. He had other plans. As soon as he walked through the door, he owned the place and was soon a foster fail. Pugs were companion animals of Chinese emperors, and Doug is convinced he is a reincarnated emperor and everyone else is his subject. After Doug lost his older bulldog sister, it was time to find him a new sibling. 𝗥𝗶𝘁𝗮, aka Spicy Margarita, came […]