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    • AKC Champions >
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      • CH Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN
      • CH Pickwick's Show the World How to Smile
      • CH Pickwick's Worship the Ground I Walk On
      • CH Pickwick's Casanova in Disguise
      • GCH CH Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star
      • CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, TKN, RN, RI
      • CH Wright's Triumphant Tiger Eye at Pickwick
      • CH Pickwick's Mr. High Falutin'
      • CH Pickwick's Too Generous to Trifle With
      • CH Pickwick's Oh, The Places You'll Go
    • Our Girls >
      • CH Pickwick's Oh the Places You'll Go
      • CH Pickwick's Worship The Ground I Walk On
      • Pickwick's Judge of Your Own Happiness
      • Pickwick's Where Heaven Kisses Earth
      • Pickwick's Watching the Stars Align
      • Pickwick's Never Too Wacky, Too Old, Too Wild (Lola)
    • Our Boys >
      • Umberto of Alexgoldens
      • GCH Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star
      • CH Wright's Triumphant Tiger Eye at Pickwick
    • Retired Champions & Show Prospects >
      • Retired Girls >
        • CH Pickwick's Too Generous to Trifle With
        • Zobear's American Idol
        • CH Pickwick's Show the World How to Smile
        • CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, RIN, RI, TKN
        • CH Pickwick's Child, That Hemline's Out of Sight TKN
        • Princess Buttercup's Forever is Now
        • Pickwick's Thrill on Blueberry Hill
        • Pickwick's While the Leaves Play the Music
        • Pickwick's Doris Diamond Breakfasts at Tiffany's
        • Pickwick's Follow the Star
      • Retired Boys >
        • Diabolbric’s Start Me Up (Jagger)
        • CH Pickwick's Mr. High Falutin'
        • CH Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN
    • Fosters, Rescues >
      • Sebastian, BGR, CGC, RN, RA, TKN
      • All-American Rescue Jerry (lab/chow/GS mix)
      • All-American Rescue Lexi
    • Gone but not forgotten . . . >
      • Pickwick's Cotton Candy in the Sky RN
      • Charlie Chaplin
      • Winston (Pickwick's Cosmic Constellation in the Stars)
    • Past Pickwick Pugs Litters >
      • Begin the Beguine Litter
      • Thrill Litter
      • Lemaître Litter
      • Stars Fell on Alabama
      • Diamond Litter
      • Emerald Litter
      • Christmas Star Litter
      • New Year's Eve Litter
      • Adirondack Litter
      • Flying Kilts Litter
      • Coffee House Litter
      • Poldark Litter
      • Southern Belle Litter
      • Jane Austen Litter
      • Bridgerton Litter
      • Beatrix Potter Litter
      • Dr Seuss Litter
      • Baskin Robbins Litter
  • Available
    • Currently Available >
      • Why buy from a responsible preservation Breeder?
    • Current Litter >
      • Galaxy Litter
    • Application Procedure
    • Puppy/Pug Questionnaire
    • Puppy/Pug Purchase Questionnaire >
      • Delivery
    • Puppy Blog >
      • Scenes from Puppy Nursery
    • Prospective Litters >
      • Sockhop Litter
      • French Pastry Litter
      • The Shire Litter
    • Contracts >
      • New Puppy Owners Communication Form #1
      • New Puppy/Pug Owner Communication Form #2munication Form
  • Nutrition
    • What, How, When to Feed a Pug
    • Food >
      • How often to feed?
    • Daily Vitamin
    • Supplements
    • Treats
    • Recipes
  • Shop
    • The Pug Bible E-Book
    • Pug Puppy Primer E-Book
    • Donate to our Health Test Fund
    • Puppy/Pug Payments
    • Unique Gifts
    • Napping Pug Soap (for humans)
    • Zen Buddha Pug Soap (for humans)
    • Buddha Master Pug Soap (for humans)
    • Rosemary Lavender Shampoo Bar (for dogs)
    • Custom Soap Bar
  • Blog
  • Resources
    • The Pug Bible e-Book
    • Grooming
    • First Aid
    • Outing Suggestions
    • New Owner Checklists A >
      • Puppy Sample Daily Schedule
      • Puppy's Life Day-by-Day
      • Puppy Daily Records
    • New Owner Checklists B >
      • Puppy Training & Socialization Checklist Chart
      • Socialization Checklist
    • Helpful Info for Pug Owners
    • Flying Home with Your Puppy
    • Driving Home With Your Puppy
    • Training & Socialization >
      • Showing a Pug in Conformation
      • Canine Good Citizenship Test
      • Tricks Training
      • Conditioning Exercises
      • Rally Training Boot Camp
      • Canine Freestyle
      • Conformation Puppy Boot Camp
    • Prayers
    • Links >
      • Pug Dog Club of America
    • Breed Standard
  • Calendar
    • Schedule
  • Health and Genetic Research in Pugs
    • Breeding/Whelping Notes >
      • Litter Record Notebook
  • Fundraising for Rescue and Research
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      • Pugiano Training >
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        • Annie Training Log
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        • Emma Training Log
        • Iona Training Log
        • KK Training Log
        • Lilibeth Training Log
        • Lilly - Training Log
        • Lola Training Log
        • Miss Dior - Training Log
        • Robert Training Log
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        • Stella - Training Log
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        • Umberto Training Log
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Sebastian BGR, CGC, RN, RA, TKN

Sebastian, BGR, CGC, RN, RA, TKN is a brilliant rescue pug who has blessed us with his personality and non-biddability over the years. He is solely a pet, neutered, and not part of our breeding program, but he is a heart dog through and through. In the rally ring, he would shock the judges with receiving the blue ribbons, beating out border collies and golden retrievers, and other breeds who typically excel at this sport. He loves to learn and entertain and is a master of tricks! 
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Sebastian is one of the smartest pugs we have ever owned, if not the smartest. He is the pug who got us involved in training and rally obedience competition ..... mainly since we were just trying to stay one step ahead of him. He succeeded .... we failed ..... he is still, at age 10, still always atleast one step ahead of us! Here he is as a 1 year old showing off his amazing sit stay . . . .
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He is 10 years old now (Just turned 10 on October 29, 2021) and he is really having some hard issues health wise. He was bred by a backyard breeder (literally) and his legs simply aren't holding up. He is neutered of course, and not part of our breeding program, but he's 100% a part of our hearts.
Some books say that pugs live to around age 9, but so many these days live into their teens and I've met some who lived to age 16. Our oldest have been 13-14 but they really were so old and physically declining by that time. 

So, at age 10 now, Sebastian is sadly entering his 'borrowed time' phase. He has a malignant tumor on his leg which we will remove on 11-17-21. The vet will amputate his entire leg, however, to give him the greatest chance of removing as much cancer as possible. Yesterday, we spent some time videotaping some of his favorite tricks he has enjoyed over the past decade. His most favorite is by far "play the piano" but, honestly, this smart pug could do most anything if he tried. He is an amazing pug in smarts and personality. One of my true heart dogs . . . . 
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Blessed Sebastian lost one of his front legs to cancer but he kept trucking along for several years. It's catching up with him now and you can see how he's struggling even with the back legs now. The vet added a few more pills because there is some congestion in the lungs and the trachea is starting to collapse because of age. He still sleeps beside us on the floor next to our bed and loves taking his evening pills (now morning, too) with the delicious peanut butter. We just try to enjoy the moments we have left now -- some days are better than others. New Years Eve was a tough one for him 2025 . . .
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Sebastian sleeps with us
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With KK at Air Bnb for her first show.
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1 year old
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With Randolph
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Hiking at Moss Rock Preserve
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Tug-a-war with Charlie
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Nickname = Booger! as a puppy
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Sebastian puppy ... gotcha day
Here's Sebastian watching himself on tv! They liked his piano playing so much they even used him for the closing credits on Daytime Alabama lol!
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Asheville, NC
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Sebastian's favorite .... ALL TIME favorite .... thing to do? Play the piano!
In fact, he's such a good piano player, he was featured on the tv show Daytime Alabama!
Because Sebastian is so smart, he has attended LOTS of classes. Here is his 2nd graduation:
And here he is at his favorite class .... Rally class at Birmingham Obedience Training Club:
This was one of his earliest classes:
He totally rocked the ring winning all sorts of blue ribbons .... until he decided to do the Booger Boycott. He got ringwise and finally said "no treats, no tricks'! I'm done!
So we took a year off from competing and retrained. (He just needed one more qualifying score to get his Advanced title!) He passed in Tampa, but those were some of the slowest sits anyone has ever mastered. Bless his heart. We moved onto some fun freestyle classes at Huntsville Obedience Training Club after that and more tricks. 
And, he earned the privilege of sleeping with us at night :) .... and living the good life in the lap of luxury.
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Although his hiking days are over (he has arthritis in his front right leg now), he used to love to hike and was fearless!
Sebastian is one of our best Painting Pugcassos. Here he is painting a pillow case!
And here's another one of his very productive painting sessions! He made a lot of money for animal rescue with these masterpieces!
Sebastian LOVED rally .... until he didn't. Here is his 1st Rally Trial where he even won a cash prize with his blue ribbon!
Sebastian was a little jealous sharing his class time with Charlie at Birmingham Obedience Training Club:
Sebastian learning to prance!
Sebastian knows so many tricks. One of his favorites his putting his toys up into his toybox!
Since Sebastian tended to "crab" when he walked we had a great doctor check out his hips when he was 4 years old:
Sebastian was our first pug to learn from the great book "When Pigs Fly". His sit stay is amazing while he oversees one of our foster pups, Cambridge, learn how to "load the clicker"!
Sebastian raps his sad story about how his master didn't fade lures and treats soon enough . . . . .
It was a crazy hot day, but Sebastian and the girls got to ride on a float in the Doo Da Day Parade!
Sebastian really loves camping in NC and swinging in hammocks with his mama:
If you would like to become a part of the Pickwick Pugs family please contact us or, if you are interested in being considered as a future Pickwick pug owner, please complete the inquiry form so that we can get to know you better! We look forward to hearing from you!
Owners - Jeff and Amy McLelland

Located outside of Birmingham, Alabama, USA


Author of The Pug Bible

Author of The Pug Puppy Primer

Petpro with PawTree (Natural foods, treats, supplements, and other pet products developed by Veterinarians and PhDs in Animal Science and Pet Nutrition)


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We feed exclusively PawTree and Nuvet Daily Vitamin
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Best of Breed, CH Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN - our first bred-by-champion.
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Pickwick's foundation bitch, KK, (CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, TKN, RN, RI)

What Our Clients Are Saying

Bumi was star student at his puppy class today and has been pretty much bomb-proof in the world so far. You definitely set him up for success!"

"You do such a good job training/preparing them. Rosalina is the best trained dog in this house...everyone at work is always blown away how incredible she is ... Socialization, confidence, obedience ... And, well, she’s really pretty." (Vet Tech, mom, loving pug owner)

"The vet was impressed that his nostrils were completely open."

"So many people at the festival were asking where did you get such a beautiful pug from and we said from an amazing breeder in Alabama, Pickwick Pugs"


"He [Louie, out of the Beatrix Potter litter] is by far the most athletic & strongest of any other pugs we’ve had. He’s 18.5 lbs of muscle! I’m sure there are genetics involved, but we also followed your advice with the diet, fish oil, supplements etc. If we had the time, I bet he’d be a champion at agility. We love everything about him!!"
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Multiple Bred by AKC Champions
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Lilibeth, (CH Pickwick's Show the World How to Smile), our 6th AKC Champion
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Amy at The Pug Dog Club of America National Specialty
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Pickwick puppies being socialized with their mama.

Contact Us - Inquiry Application Form

Puppy/Pug Questionnaire Application
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Best of Breed out of the puppy class over special - Cindy (Pickwick's Oh, The Places You'll Go, currently in the ring).
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Lilly, a Pickwick Best in Show winner
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A Pickwick puppy graduating from Star Puppy Academy just before "gotcha day".
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  • Home
    • Meet the Humans >
      • Breeder of Merit
      • Testimonials >
        • Health Screening >
          • Health Guarantee
    • What makes Pickwick Pug Puppies special? >
      • Puppy Training >
        • Puppy Graduation Videos
        • Puppy Culture Protocol - What Has Your Puppy Been Up To These Past 12 Weeks?
        • Puppy Parties
        • Temperament Evaluation Form
        • Conformation Evaluation Form
    • Photo Album >
      • Pickwick History and Future
  • Our Grumble
    • AKC Champions >
      • CH Pickwick's Child, That Hemline's Out of Sight, TKN
      • CH Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN
      • CH Pickwick's Show the World How to Smile
      • CH Pickwick's Worship the Ground I Walk On
      • CH Pickwick's Casanova in Disguise
      • GCH CH Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star
      • CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, TKN, RN, RI
      • CH Wright's Triumphant Tiger Eye at Pickwick
      • CH Pickwick's Mr. High Falutin'
      • CH Pickwick's Too Generous to Trifle With
      • CH Pickwick's Oh, The Places You'll Go
    • Our Girls >
      • CH Pickwick's Oh the Places You'll Go
      • CH Pickwick's Worship The Ground I Walk On
      • Pickwick's Judge of Your Own Happiness
      • Pickwick's Where Heaven Kisses Earth
      • Pickwick's Watching the Stars Align
      • Pickwick's Never Too Wacky, Too Old, Too Wild (Lola)
    • Our Boys >
      • Umberto of Alexgoldens
      • GCH Hill Country's I'll Bee Your Shining Star
      • CH Wright's Triumphant Tiger Eye at Pickwick
    • Retired Champions & Show Prospects >
      • Retired Girls >
        • CH Pickwick's Too Generous to Trifle With
        • Zobear's American Idol
        • CH Pickwick's Show the World How to Smile
        • CH Peachtree's Kirkcudbright Kayleigh, CGC, RIN, RI, TKN
        • CH Pickwick's Child, That Hemline's Out of Sight TKN
        • Princess Buttercup's Forever is Now
        • Pickwick's Thrill on Blueberry Hill
        • Pickwick's While the Leaves Play the Music
        • Pickwick's Doris Diamond Breakfasts at Tiffany's
        • Pickwick's Follow the Star
      • Retired Boys >
        • Diabolbric’s Start Me Up (Jagger)
        • CH Pickwick's Mr. High Falutin'
        • CH Pickwick's Peachtree Hill Country Mighty Macintosh, TKN
    • Fosters, Rescues >
      • Sebastian, BGR, CGC, RN, RA, TKN
      • All-American Rescue Jerry (lab/chow/GS mix)
      • All-American Rescue Lexi
    • Gone but not forgotten . . . >
      • Pickwick's Cotton Candy in the Sky RN
      • Charlie Chaplin
      • Winston (Pickwick's Cosmic Constellation in the Stars)
    • Past Pickwick Pugs Litters >
      • Begin the Beguine Litter
      • Thrill Litter
      • Lemaître Litter
      • Stars Fell on Alabama
      • Diamond Litter
      • Emerald Litter
      • Christmas Star Litter
      • New Year's Eve Litter
      • Adirondack Litter
      • Flying Kilts Litter
      • Coffee House Litter
      • Poldark Litter
      • Southern Belle Litter
      • Jane Austen Litter
      • Bridgerton Litter
      • Beatrix Potter Litter
      • Dr Seuss Litter
      • Baskin Robbins Litter
  • Available
    • Currently Available >
      • Why buy from a responsible preservation Breeder?
    • Current Litter >
      • Galaxy Litter
    • Application Procedure
    • Puppy/Pug Questionnaire
    • Puppy/Pug Purchase Questionnaire >
      • Delivery
    • Puppy Blog >
      • Scenes from Puppy Nursery
    • Prospective Litters >
      • Sockhop Litter
      • French Pastry Litter
      • The Shire Litter
    • Contracts >
      • New Puppy Owners Communication Form #1
      • New Puppy/Pug Owner Communication Form #2munication Form
  • Nutrition
    • What, How, When to Feed a Pug
    • Food >
      • How often to feed?
    • Daily Vitamin
    • Supplements
    • Treats
    • Recipes
  • Shop
    • The Pug Bible E-Book
    • Pug Puppy Primer E-Book
    • Donate to our Health Test Fund
    • Puppy/Pug Payments
    • Unique Gifts
    • Napping Pug Soap (for humans)
    • Zen Buddha Pug Soap (for humans)
    • Buddha Master Pug Soap (for humans)
    • Rosemary Lavender Shampoo Bar (for dogs)
    • Custom Soap Bar
  • Blog
  • Resources
    • The Pug Bible e-Book
    • Grooming
    • First Aid
    • Outing Suggestions
    • New Owner Checklists A >
      • Puppy Sample Daily Schedule
      • Puppy's Life Day-by-Day
      • Puppy Daily Records
    • New Owner Checklists B >
      • Puppy Training & Socialization Checklist Chart
      • Socialization Checklist
    • Helpful Info for Pug Owners
    • Flying Home with Your Puppy
    • Driving Home With Your Puppy
    • Training & Socialization >
      • Showing a Pug in Conformation
      • Canine Good Citizenship Test
      • Tricks Training
      • Conditioning Exercises
      • Rally Training Boot Camp
      • Canine Freestyle
      • Conformation Puppy Boot Camp
    • Prayers
    • Links >
      • Pug Dog Club of America
    • Breed Standard
  • Calendar
    • Schedule
  • Health and Genetic Research in Pugs
    • Breeding/Whelping Notes >
      • Litter Record Notebook
  • Fundraising for Rescue and Research
    • Pugiano >
      • Pugiano Training >
        • Canine Freestyle Training Steps
        • Annie Training Log
        • Buttercup Training Log
        • Cindy Training Log
        • Emma Training Log
        • Iona Training Log
        • KK Training Log
        • Lilibeth Training Log
        • Lilly - Training Log
        • Lola Training Log
        • Miss Dior - Training Log
        • Robert Training Log
        • Parker Training Log
        • Stella - Training Log
        • Tory - Training Log
        • Umberto Training Log
      • 2024 >
        • Pugiano Christmas >
          • Pugiano History Act Training >
            • History 101 Pugiano Style