<Ul> <Li> <P> Children of the Marquis de Béthune with a pug 1761 </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A male pug 1802 </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Portrait of Sylvie de la Rue circa 1810 </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Young Lady in a Boat with a pug by James Tissot 1870 </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Engraving of the pugs "Punch and Tetty" from the 1859 book "The Dog in Health and Disease" </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Pug from 1915 </P> </Li> <Li> <P> Pug photo, ca 1900 . Note the small head and the long legs . </P> </Li> <Li> <P> A pug by Carl Reichert (1836 - 1918) </P> </Li> </Ul> <Li> <P> Children of the Marquis de Béthune with a pug 1761 </P> </Li> <P> Children of the Marquis de Béthune with a pug 1761 </P> <Li> <P> A male pug 1802 </P> </Li>

Why were pugs bred with short snouts to take down lions