Puglet
The real Puglet lives in San Francisco with his human and Dalmatian brother, Dutch. In his free time, Puglet is a part-time model and co-author of a popular blog, The Daily Puglet. He enjoys snacking, napping, and sumo-wrestling with other pugs. Puglet was neutered as a pup, but is currently pursuing a long-distance internet relationship with Jenny (The Stroller Pug) of Portland, Oregon.
Both Puglet and Dutch were recycled and are absolutely perfect.
Flat Puglet
Flat Puglet was designed to be lightweight, water/stain/pee resistant and ridiculously cute. He is self-standing and easier to photograph than most dogs (though his supershiny coat is prone to glare). The image used to create Flat Puglet was originally entered in The Cutest Dog Contest as an attempt to win $1million for rescues. This was Puglet’s first attempt to help homeless dogs (Puglet later withdrew from the contest when the competition got ugly).
The photo of Puglet was inspired by a human-manipulation technique described by the canine character Jimmy in the book Nose Down, Eyes Up by Merrill Markoe. According to Jimmy, the ‘nose down, eyes up’ pose can convince humans to do anything.
Flat Puglet can travel first class via USPS for $1.22 (international rate varies). He is slightly larger than life-sized.
