[AnAmericanMother]

Well, if you don't have conformation, how are you going to tell a Pekinese from some other little yappy dog with hair?

< . . . ducking . . . > . . . but I really have no use for little yappy dogs that don't DO anything. Thank goodness the fashion for carrying them around in those elaborate shoulder bags seems to have passed.

[AnAmericanMother]

. . . although I must say that I've met a number of Pugs at agility competitions, and they seem to be not only pretty good at agility, but also very smart and personable dogs.

[HairOfTheDog]

They're just pets, like a cat is. Surely you can relate to that.