There are some variants of this dance suggested by the devisor:
- The Puggy 1a: uses circles 8-hands round and back on bars 1-8 and 17-24.
- The Puggy 1b: if danced with 3 couples, the circles are 6-hands round and back on bars 1-8 and 17-24.
- The Puggy 2: uses circles 4-hands round and back on bars 1-8 and 17-24 for the top two and bottom two couples, respectively.

(rf. <<http://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/puggy.html|The Puggy 1>> and <<http://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/puggy-2.html|The Puggy 2>> at the Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary)

The Puggy was the nickname of the steam­driven, 0-4-0 locomotives used for shunting and short­haul work in many industrial locations (notably distilleries and shipyards) in Scotland.
Bars 1-8 represent the driving wheels starting and reversing;
in bars 9-16, the puggy is moving around the goods yard;
bars 17-24 represent the driving wheels starting and reversing again;
in bars 25-32, the puggy takes three trucks around the goods yard and shunts them back into the siding.

(Source: <<http://www.scottish-country-dancing-dictionary.com/dance-crib/puggy.html|Scottish Country Dancing Dictionary>>)