With careful breeding and hoping that the breed will not become a fashion breed, the pug has a healthy future. Pigmentary keratitis Read the fully documented care sheet from Pug Press on pigmentary keratitis. From time to time you can put a little vaseline on the nose of your pug in order to avoid it to get dry. Pulmonary disease Melissa M. Norton, D.V.M., wrote an interesting paper on respiratory problems and, more particularly, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease . This mite develops in 20 to 35 days from egg, over larva and nympha stadia until its adult form.
Many dogs are latent carriers, without showing symptoms.
Immunological deficiency can make individuals more susceptible. Altough demodex can infect dogs of all ages, it is mostly seen in dogs of 3 to 16 months old. Diagnosis is made by a deep skin scratch under the microscope. Eggs, larvae, nymphae or adult forms prove the problem of demodicosis . Recovery depends on tenaciously bathing until disappeareance of eggs, larvae, nymphae or adult forms.