I agree about pugs, and have noted the same about papllions. Not all small dogs are yappy little tyrants. Most are what their owners make of them. I actually owned an Italian Greyhound. Weird little dog (I got him as an adult) but actually quite nice to have around.
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I like Italian Greyhounds. There's one in our neighborhood, and we meet him pretty regularly on walks with his owners (a couple of Aussie transplants). Enzo is a cutie and very fast and athletic, and he and Shelley get on like a house on fire. Of course he can run circles around even a very fast Lab like mine -- there's a convenient polo ground near our house where we can let the dogs really open it up, so long as the ponies aren't using the field.
I do worry about the breed's fragility - Enzo looks and feels like he would shatter if you dropped him.