She Quit Her Job To Manage Her Pug’s Career

by sierrag on in Heartwarming 122

Doug the Pug is really a special doggy. Every day he brightens someone's day with an adorable puppy doggy smile and he may also have a fun outfit on too. Doug is a dog celebrity that we couldn't love more and his mom worked hard to make him the success he is today!

I guess you could say I am a Momager.

My Doug the Pug journey started by accident. I had wanted a pug since I was 13-years-old, always printing out photos of pugs to put in my locker or paste on my Mom's bathroom mirror so that she would hopefully get the hint. The name “Doug the Pug” had also stuck with me since that age, and I'm happy to say that the 13-year-old me made a great decision by choosing it.

I got Doug as a puppy in the Summer of 2012. His breeder was from Ohio and she drove him to Nashville for me. Doug immediately peed on my front car seat and the reality of potty training set in.

It didn't take long for me to finally give in to the pressures of being a millennial on the internet, and I got an Instagram account for myself.

Soon enough I became the classic dog owner on the internet. I was always posting photos of Doug, and it was almost addicting to see how much higher the engagement was on photos of him as opposed to my life.

Cold email after cold email, my goal was for someone to believe in Doug's account in the sense that it was special, and that he was the future face of the pug breed. Nothing came through until Brian Koerber from Mashable emailed me back and loved Doug — he wanted to do a list feature.

The article did quite well, and other press outlets began to take notice. Cosmopolitan, TIME, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post and Elite Daily posted articles about Doug in the following months, and his Halloween photos were even featured on Good Morning America.

In March of 2015 Doug had 3,000 likes on Facebook. It's currently September and he now has over 2.2 million. Doug the Pug has become a household name and people recognize us on the streets of Nashville, in New York City, and in airports. I mustered up the courage to quit my job and start my own business, with Doug as my main client and a freelance graphic design business on the side.

Doug makes people happy, and that's my ultimate motivation throughout all of this.
My dream, as unconventional as it is, is becoming a reality. I'm lucky enough to do it alongside my little pug, who just so happens to be my very best friend.

We're so glad that Leslie works so hard to make people happy to her Pug Doug, and plus, who wouldn't love to have a successful Instagram and more based off their dog?!

We admire Leslie for her perseverance and if Huffington Post gives any indication as to how amazing she is, she's that much more amazing. Way to go Leslie and Doug the Pug!



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