Pickwick Pugs

Champion Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN

Welcome to the virtual home of Pickwick Pugs, dedicated to the pug breed since 1990.

Pickwick Pugs is a small (2 person husband and wife) private home kennel located in Alabama, USA where we live with a grumble of delightful pugs young and old.

Musicians/teachers by day, and champions of the pug breed by night, we have been owned by pugs for over 30 years. Using Puppy Culture protocols, we thoroughly train and socialize every puppy we breed and register + microchip with The American Kennel Club (AKC). We complete all genetic health-screening and only breed pugs who are beautiful, intelligent, temperament-tested, with sound conformation and excellent representatives of the Pug Breed Standard.

Here are some of the pugs we have bred living active and enriched lives . . .

Pickwick Pugs is home to many AKC champions and grand champions and many even hold titles in rally obedience, tricks, canine good citizenship, and more.

We believe strongly in the importance of health screening and include all recommended tests in accordance with the Pug Dog Club of America, plus additional tests not required such as cardiac, spine, and other genetic screenings.

As preservation breeders, we only include healthy, exemplary representatives of the breed standard who have successfully completed all genetic health screening (UC Davis and Blue Ridge Veterinary Imaging, cardiologists, ophthalmologists). Results are posted on each pug's individual webpage.

One of our AKC Breeder medallions.

Champion Lilibeth won Best of Breed, Winners Bitch, Best of Winners, Best of Breed Owner Handler (basically everything you can win) out of the 6-9 Month Puppy Class at a major show in Atlanta against Specials under respected AKC judge Dr. Steven Keating.

Puppies enjoying some outside play time!

All Pickwick Pug puppies are raised, trained, and extensively socialized using Puppy Culture protocols, and positive clicker training techniques we have learned over the years through our studies with such legends as Ian Dunbar, Karen Pryor, Victoria Stillwell, Jane Lindquist, and other amazing behaviorists, vets, and trainers. Pickwick Pug puppies are very often the "star students" of their Puppy Kindergarten classes! Owners can choose from 2 levels of training.

In addition to our work with show pugs and breed preservation, we are also involved in rescue & foster work with Furever Home Rescue and other organizations. Many of our pugs, the Pugianos and Painting Pugcassos, raise money for animal rescue through the sale of their paintings and their performances. Pugiano .... pugs who play the piano, drums, paint, and love to entertain!

In fact, the puppies we breed even create a paw-painted masterpiece prior to "gotcha day", which is included in their go-home bags/basket!

Every puppy we breed is registered with the American Kennel Club (paid for by Pickwick Pugs), microchipped (with AKC Reunite), and regularly examined and vaccinated by our amazing board certified veterinarians.

Luna, just after Gotcha Day

Luna, hiking in Colorado age 1.5

Pickwick pugs live all over, from Mexico, California, Colorado, to New York, Virginia, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, Michigan, South Carolina, and a handful live in Alabama. One pug even travels all over the world with his blues artist parents. Here he is in Madrid, Spain . . .

And here he is in Switzerland . . .

Many Pickwick Pugs participate in sports such as agility, scent work, obedience, fast cat, tricks, and
have lots of titles after their names!

Moose and Bear live in Manhattan . . .

Gus the Singleton lives in South Carolina . . .

Stella (Dottie from the New Years Eve Litter) lives in Florida.

We love our Pickwick human families so much and savor every update, photo, and video. Our Private Facebook Group is such a fabulous place to catch up. We love to keep in touch. In the next photo are littermates from the Stars Fell on Alabama Litter. Lilibeth (who we kept) is on the left, and Myles (who lives with an amazing family in New York) is on the right. We met up in Tennessee and stayed in a cabin together! It was so much fun to compare them at 1 year of age.

Incredible memories were made when Winston (Ross from the Poldark litter), who lives with a wonderful family, joined us in South Carolina for a dog show. He rocked the ring and even beat out his cousin, Mr. Drysdale!

We are truly blessed to have found such amazing homes for our pups. Blessings to all our extended family and we hope you will always know that you are in our thoughts and prayers. Please feel free to contact us whenever you like!

We invite you to browse our pages and share in our passion for pugs!

Jeff and Amy
Alabama, USA

Here are some of our award-winning pugs and champions, with titles before names . . . .

Grand Champion Robert, (GCH Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star) winning Best of Breed over the #2 pug in the United States.

Lilly, (Lilibeth's Aunt), won Best of Breed, Winners Bitch, Best of Winners, Best of Breed Owner Handler (basically everything you can win) out of the 6-9 Month Puppy Class at a major show with 28 pugs including specials (champion pugs) also in Atlanta under respected AKC judge Randy Garren.

Champion Miss Dior (Lilibeth's mother) finished her AKC championship out of the puppy class by 8 months and regularly won Best of Opposite Sex to "Biggie" pug (#1 pug in the Country for many years).

Champion Macintosh, winning Best of Breed and finishing championship out of puppy class with limited showing.At this show, he beat his maternal grandfather who was already an AKC champion.