When we acquired the 2-month old Pipoy, they said that pugs are naturally hyper. But we were worried that Pipoy might lose breath and collapse for he never stops running and roaming in the house unless he gasps for breath. Our only logical recourse was to put him in a cage. At least he relaxes when he is cooped or on a leash. But it's not good for a pupppy to be caged so we would let Pipoy loose in the living room under supervision of a human - more often, it is the housemaid. The freedom usually lasts for 5 minutes only. When Pipoy is back in the cage, he would drink water, obviously fatigued and thirsty.
When Pipoy was 1 year old, we noticed that he would always bark at around 10 am. It didn't dawn on us that Pipoy must be hungry. But he is. That's why we would be giving him an extra meal, just a snack though. At that time, we still have the imported milky jerky that our dogs relished. That's the usual snack of Pipoy until my husband scared me that it is processed food and might not be good for our dogs. So I stopped buying the jerky.
With Pipoy's hunger, the mid afternoon snack is now a regular. And the usual fare is fried sweet potato that is, at least, nutritious. That means Pipoy eats 4 meals a day that doesn't count the crumbs that my husband would give our dogs in the morning.
