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Pug training: the first few months of pug training are the most critical

Bringing your first Pug puppy home can be an exciting experience. They are so cute and fun that you almost forget you have to train them. Pug training in the early days is as much about what they can do and what they can’t do. In reality, training them in what they can’t do is even more important than teaching them cute little tricks.

As a child learns most of his knowledge in the early years of his life, a Pug puppy does the same. When you look at the relationship to its aging process, a dog’s first 6 months are equivalent to the first 3 or so years of your child’s life. Think about the knowledge they acquire in those short years and you can understand why it is so important to develop good training habits for your Pug or you risk his behavior that you will only blame yourself.

When that cute little Pug pops up on the couch, you’ll have to chase him unless you want him on your furniture forever. When he’s tripled in size as an adult, will you still giggle when he falls into your lap while you watch TV? Well, if you let him do it like a puppy, you can discipline him all he wants and it’s not going to change a thing. As far as he’s concerned, this time you must be upset that you let him do it for months when he was a baby, so he has to be fine. Sometimes pug training involves training yourself and your pet pug!

To use the analogy with a child again, we are all guilty of allowing toddlers to get away with being babies and only a few years old, but then we wonder why they act like a spoiled little brat when they are 7 and plus. Eight years. It’s our fault, during the years when they were most impressionable you allowed this behavior to happen.

When you are deciding what to allow them to do and what to teach them not to do, all you need to think about is how I am going to feel about this in 5 years. Am I still going to find it cute when my Pug is begging for food or barking uncontrollably with every little noise? If they answer no to that question, start teaching them that it’s not okay to act that way.

From the moment your new Pug puppy walks through the door, you will have to start training him. You must bear in mind that while they are puppies you must discipline them to act the way you want them to act as adults. Don’t be fooled by the cute little face and those big sad eyes, stand your ground and be sure to raise a Pug puppy that will be a disciplined adult dog.

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