Dorothy The Hairless Pug Is Just As Adorable As She Is Peculiar

This is a truly fascinating little doggo.

Elana

• Published in Animal Stories
• September 9, 2021

According to Our Best Friends The Pug: "In ancient times, pugs were bred to be companions for ruling families in China. The pet pugs were highly valued by Chinese Emperors, and the royal dogs were kept in luxury and guarded by soldiers." If you've spent any time around any pug, ever, you're liable to believe pugs maintained a sense of awareness their historical importance.

At the very least, this ancient dog breed that dates back to 400BC packs a lot of personality into a fairly small package. That, combined with their adorable and unique features, makes them a very popular dog breed still to this day.

Although it's true controversy has followed the love of pugs in modern times, pugs are not going anywhere any time soon.

This is Dorothy, she's a pug, but she's unlike probably any other pug you've seen before. She's not the only pug like her in exitence, but she's definitely extremely unique.

Dorothy is hairless, and it wasn't because of disease, illness, or injury, she was born this way.

Micah Williams, Dorothy's human mom has made it clear that they wouldn't have their pug any other way. They love her exactly as she is, in all her naked glory.

In fact, Micah rather obviously delights in her precious pug pup, which is par for the course with pug crazed folks (speaking from experience.)

In an interview with The Dodo, Micah said:

“My favorite thing in the world is people seeing her and reacting. It’s either pure horror or instant adoration.”

Dorothy has a growing social media presence, with almost 10k followers on Instagram and 120k followers on TikTok (with 4.7 million likes!)

So what's the deal with the peculiar pug? Micah isn't sure.

“We got a dog DNA test and we got 87.5 percent pug [and] 13 percent terrier or other, so no answer there,” Williams said regarding the origins of Dorothy's likeness.

Dorothy is a happy, well loved dog and being hairless has not interfered with her lifestyle. Although sometimes when it's cold she has to wear some clothes, which is similar to the experience of a Sphynx cat (hairless cats.)

Micah told The Dodo:

“When I got her, we lived in Phoenix, so we didn’t have to worry too much about clothing. However, we moved to Chicago about eight years ago, so [she] requires copious amounts of sweaters, dog onesies and puffy coats in the winter.” 

“Despite the looks on her face, she is the sweetest dog ever,” Williams said. “She loves to snort, snuggle, eat and sleep — apparently she got the full pug personality!”

Keep up with Dorothy on Instagram and TikTok!

Elana