I would say go ahead and look online to see what you can find, just a couple of things that you should look for (or avoid): Avoid websites such as puppy finder or similar "puppy ebay" type of sites. Check out actual breeder websites (or kennel). On these sites look for AKC registration Championed Breeding stock Health Tested breeding stock Once you find a Breeder that seems like they might be good people, call or email them. A good breeder will ask you questions, they will want to make sure you are going to be a good "parent" for a puppy If you are not planning on showing the dog, a good breeder will encourage (or might even insist) you get the dog spayed or neutered, most breeders will sell a "pet quality" puppy at a lower rate than a show quality Chances are realatively high that you will have to wait for a pup, it is rare to happen to find a good breeder with pups right away, because most good breeders only breed occaisonally, when they need a pup or when they have enough homes for all the pups. If you tell me the state that you are in I would be willing to do a quick search and see what I can find who looks decent. Another thing you should do is research a little on the breed and find out a few things. You deffinately would want to browse over the AKC breed standard (you won't understand all of it.. few people do, but you should be able to get an idea of things like the coat, overall look of the body, eyes, ears, colors, etc), you will also want to find out what health issues are common with the breed and make sure the breeder has tested for these things. Hope this helps

GO here: (AKC website) http://www.akc.org/breeds/pug/index.cfm Then, on the left hand side, you'll see links for breeder referrals, classified, and rescue. Check those out.

*** meant to be a comment under my original answer but for some reason my comments are not showing up***** Well I looked at quite a few of the breeders from the AKC's pug parent club, Pug Dog Club of America (in Nevada, California, Oregon, and Arizona)... and most of them seem good. I was questioning the breeders with multiple breeds because I don't see how anyone could have enough dogs to work with multiple breeds and still treat the dogs like family. The Pug Dog Club of America webiste - http://www.pugs.org/indexbreeder.htm If I were you I would find out the health issues for the breed because I wasn't seeing anything about health testing on any of the breeder's sites, so find out and then ask them if they test their breeding stock. Also, a breeder that requires a contract is a good sign, the other thing that I saw that is a good sign is the breeders who are saying that they are going to be there for the life of the pup as support, that means they actually care about their babbies.

In all honesty, although I can appreciate that some breeds of dog do appeal for whatever reason to some people, I would always recommend rescuing a dog from an animal shelter or similar organisation. There are between six and 12 million dogs put to sleep (or killed, let's be honest here) every year in the USA, so encouraging people to breed yet more dogs and add to that problem seems foolhardy. Also, many of the breeds of dogs that exist today have genetic defects caused almost exclusively by the breeding process. We clearly can't undo that now, but we can elect not to encourage it yet further.

Buy from a breeder that has only one breed, keeps them in the house and has older dogs as well. Visit the breeder before deciding to buy a puppy to check out the living conditions an temperament of the dogs. Don't buy on your first visit. Ask about socialisation, healthissues.