Compatibility Between Chow Chows & Pugs

When bringing new dogs into your home, the first thing you want to check is the temperament of the animal toward other dog breeds that it may meet. While some dogs don't mind sharing their home and owners with another dog, others won't feel the same. Knowing and understanding your animal's temperament now will prevent an added hardship later.

  1. Chow Chows and Pugs Together

    • When putting two dogs of different breeds together, they must be able to get along. The Chow Chow breed can tend to run on the more dominate side, while the pug is more fun loving and carefree. According to the Dog Breed Info Center, both dogs can live peacefully if they are well socialized around other dogs as puppies. If you have a pug in your home and want to add a Chow Chow, bring it home as a puppy. This way, having another dog in the home will feel like second nature to the puppy.

    Chow Chow Temperament

    • Chow Chows like to be the dominant alpha, says the Dog Breed Info Center, and they will try to dominate other dogs in the household or in the dog park. Getting this breed socialized at a young age, and keeping them socialized is very important, especially if you intend to have them around other dogs. While this breed is good with children and is well mannered, they require a dominate owner who is able to keep them in line. Chow Chows would also benefit from obedience training. When having Chow Chows in a two-dog household, it helps them stay in a submissive behavior and not revert to trying to be the dominant character.

    Temperament of a Pug

    • The well-natured temperament of a pug makes it a good breed of dog to own if you plan to have more than one dog at a time. According to the Dog Breed Info Center, the pug breed is very happy and playful, and gets along well with all other dogs, pets and children in the home or outside of the home. As with Chow Chows, if the owner of a pug doesn't have a dominant personality, the pug may sense that it can outwit its owner. While pugs are friendly dogs, it is always a good idea to have them socialized and used to being around others.

    Introducing an Adult Dog to Another

    • While it is ideal to introduce Chow Chows to other dogs before they are full grown, it isn't impossible to have a successful meeting once the dogs are full-grown. This will just take a bit more time and work from you. According to the Humane Society of the United States, allowing the adult dogs to meet on "neutral grounds," such as a dog park and not in the home where the dogs will reside, will help the dogs to become acquainted with one another without feeling the sense of needing to protect the home where they live. Once the dogs have become socialized with one another and there are no signs of aggression, you should be able to bring them into the home.