This is a site by Pug lovers for Pug lovers!
The Pug is as sturdy and big as a Toy breed gets. Weighing in at 14 to 18 pounds, the Pug is a compact, little dog with tons of personality. Most Pugs are easygoing and playful, enjoying the attention of sensible children who recognize that the Pug is no plaything. In cool weather, Pugs are animated and entertaining friends for kids, but tire easier than larger dogs.
Basic Pug Care
The Coat
A Pug’s coat should be brushed about once a week and he should also be given a bath when he needs it! Since Pugs tend to shred lots of hair, it is simply a great idea to brush away some of it before it ends up in the couch and on your clothes!
A Pug’s coat should be brushed about once a week and he should also be given a bath when he needs it! Since Pugs tend to shred lots of hair, it is simply a great idea to brush away some of it before it ends up in the couch and on your clothes!
How Well Is Your Dog Groomed?
The first step involved in dog grooming is: Brushing!
Brushing has been universally acknowledged by expert dog groomers as the single most important step in grooming.
The benefits of brushing are many. To name a few:
- Better blood circulation
- Shinier and healthier coat
- Better bonding
Even if you know how crucial brushing is for your Dog's health and well-being, we all know that there is a right way and a wrong way of doing anything. And without doubt, you would like to do everything the RIGHT way when it comes to your Dog.
Yes, there's a method to follow while brushing your Dog.
Here are FIVE steps to successfully brushing your Dog that will prove to be extremely useful:
- Brush against the growth of the hair first with a slicker brush and then with a medium or wide-toothed comb.
- The slicker brush removes all the loose hair and the comb takes care of the tangles.
- Brush your Dog along the hair growth and make sure you reach the skin as you brush his way.
- Then use a flea comb over the coat to get the fleas and remove any remaining tangles. Part the coat and start from the root and then comb through.
- If your Dog's paw pads are hairy, then clip them using electric clippers. Do not clip the hair in between the pads. Clip only the excess hair.
Brush your Dog's hairs to prevent it from matting. Matting can be a very painful experience.
Regular brushing untangles the matted hairs on your Dog's coat. Since this is a risky job to do, the best way out is to prevent them from forming in the first place. And doing this is simple: just brush and comb your Dog regularly. If and when you see any mats or tangles, use a detangle solution and a medium-toothed comb.
Don't wait until your Dog is dirty or matted to introduce him to grooming. That would make him associate the experience with unpleasantness. Moreover, many dogs learn to see their routine brushing as an alternate form of petting, i.e. another source of affection and attention.
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Is Your Dog Potty Trained Enough?
House Training a puppy or adult Dog is such an essential issue for its owner that even a single exclusive tip turns out to be extremely helpful.
The first step in making your Dog fit for polite company would be to potty train him. Some see this training as a hassle and some as a challenge.
For me, it is part of bringing up a pet.
There are a few things you need to know before you actually start potty training a puppy or adult Dog. I enumerate these below:
- You need to understand your dog's body language. Watch for signs that will indicate to you when your pet wants to eliminate.
- If you own puppies, remember that they need to go potty at fairly frequent intervals - as soon as they wake up, after short naps, after play-time, after meals, before and after being crated and finally, before retiring for the night.
- Take your Dog for walks at the time that he usually does his potty. Take him out to the yard and then to the same place there every time he needs to answer nature's call.
- Praise your Dog after he eliminates at the right place. Some Dog owners even give treats to their dogs. But remember to do this every time he does it right. He will relate the rewards to his having "done it right" and zero in on the spot where you want him to defecate regularly.
- With time, you can try signal training. This is so that you know when your doggie wants to go. You can hang a bell at his level near the door and teach him to push it with his nose or pat it with his paw on his way out.
- Until your Dog has been fully potty trained keep him under strict vigilance. Do not let him roam around the house freely.
- Use a crate. A crate-trained Dog is usually very happy to get his own den. The advantage of crating is that dogs do not soil the place where they sleep. So, he will naturally not eliminate inside the crate.
- If you have a small dog and if you live in a high-rise building or in a place that does not have a proper backyard, you can try litter pan training. What you do is create a space for your pet to eliminate in your house itself.
- Use positive reinforcements while housebreaking puppies or adult dogs. Do not scold or hit him as you will gain nothing by doing that. He will only associate punishment with your return from outside. If you catch him in the act, a stern 'NO' or 'FREEZE' will do. It will startle the Dog enough for him to stop pooping.
- Be prepared to return to a soiled home if you are keeping your Dog home alone for more than 4 hours as separation anxiety is quite common among home - alone dogs.
- Accidents will happen. It is unusual for a trained adult Dog to work against its house training. But medical problems or health disorders may lead to sudden accidents.
- Many dogs mark their territory. These can be a leg of a table or a particular wall. Intact male and female dogs mark their territories by urinating. Use deodorizers to spray on the places where your Dog has marked.
- If you are patient and are ready to accept that house training a dog takes time, even months sometimes, you will end up having a good housetrained Dog.
Now we will move on to how to potty train puppies and adult dogs.
Potty Training A Puppy:
A puppy does not develop full control over his bladder until it is over 4 or 5 months old. Since they are growing and developing rapidly at this time, puppies eat more, burn more calories and need to eliminate more frequently than an adult Dog.
After each nap, meal, drink or play, take your puppy to his designated area (indoors or outdoors, wherever you have decided) and stay there until it eliminates. Then bring him to his crate.
Repeat this situation everyday until he has developed a habit out of it.
Potty Training An Adult Dog:
The best way to housetrain an adult Dog is to begin all over again.
Observe him very closely. Maybe even maintain a diary of where he goes and when. Whether he is pooping when you are home or only when you are outside; whether you can time yourself to be home when he feels the need to go outside.
You can try dog crates, but be careful to introduce him gradually to them.
Remember, commitment, consistency and intelligent use of positive reinforcement will make you the owner of a perfectly housetrained Dog. Don't expect miracles. You will only be disappointed.
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The Nails
As most other dogs, your Pug’s nails should be cut regularly. If the nails get too long they can easily get caught in blankets and other things. Also, too long nails can make it painful for your Pug to walk. If you don’t feel like cutting the nails yourself, there are plenty of vets and grooming places out there that can do it for you! Pug nails tend to grow pretty fast, so it is important that you don’t let them get too long.
As most other dogs, your Pug’s nails should be cut regularly. If the nails get too long they can easily get caught in blankets and other things. Also, too long nails can make it painful for your Pug to walk. If you don’t feel like cutting the nails yourself, there are plenty of vets and grooming places out there that can do it for you! Pug nails tend to grow pretty fast, so it is important that you don’t let them get too long.
The EarsPugs can easily get ear infections due to their narrow ear canals, so it is very important to keep your Pug’s ears nice, dry and clean. Use a soft tissue or a cotton ball (never use Q-Tips) to wipe the ears clean. If your Pug starts shaking his head a lot or scratching his ears, it is time to give the ears some extra attention. Also, if your Pug’s ears start to smell funny, you should talk to your vet since this often is a sign of some kind of fungus or infection.
Last but not least, if your Pug has a tendency to get ear infections you probably have some old ear drops at home – don’t use them (unless you cleaned the bottle really well and kept it in the refrigerator) By using old ear drops you can actually make the
infection worse.
 | Bathing your Pug In difference to most dogs, Pugs tend to like water (even though they usually are horrible swimmers). When bathing your Pug, be careful not get water in his ears, since this can cause ear infections. Also, make sure that you keep the shampoo away from his big sensitive eyes.
Also, don’t forget to make the bathing experience fun for both you and your Pug. Take your time and let him play some if he wants to. Or if he gets eager to get out of the tub, try to finish up quickly and send him on his way.
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The Teeth
It is a really good idea to clean your Pug’s teeth from time to time, since this prevents him from getting both bad breath and bad teeth and gums. You’ll find finger toothbrushes and toothpaste for dogs in basically any pet store, so try to do some brushing. (You should NEVER use toothpaste for humans when brushing your dog’s teeth, since this is toxic to dogs).
Many Pug owners usually don’t try to brush their Pug’s teeth until it is necessary. By this time, your Pug will probably not let you brush his teeth since he is not used to it. In this case, try to get him to chew on those “teeth-cleaning-chews” you’ll find in the pet store. They do help and Pugs tend to love them!Last but not least, if you have to have your Pug’s teeth cleaned by a vet, he or she might suggest that your Pug be put under. You should probably not let your vet to this, unless it is absolutely necessary. Most Pugs don’t respond well to anesthesia and putting your Pug under just to clean his or her teeth might not be worth the risk!
The Wrinkles
The reason one should groom his/her Dog is simple - your dog's physical state influences the way he feels and the way you look at your dog. Extreme cases, where lack of proper care, cleaning and grooming can directly affect the behavior of your Dog, are not rare.
Proper grooming not only infuses a healthy glow to your dog's appearance, but also helps develop his self-esteem; while it makes you a very proud parent, when you show off your Dog to others.
Pugs and Food
Basics of Dog Training
It's essential for Dog parents like you to know certain basic factors that determine your relationship with your Dog and can go a long way in training him effectively.
Before you begin training your Dog, it is absolutely essential that you build a loving bond with him. This is important as it helps you to understand his needs and instincts and also allows your Dog to have complete trust in you.
Let us see how.......
How To Bond With Your Dog
Building a bond with your Dog is the first and the most crucial step involved in training him successfully. As soon as you bring your Dog home, you must first try to develop a caring and loving relationship with him in order to win his trust and confidence.
When Dogs are secure in the knowledge that they belong to the family, they are more likely to respond better to their owners' training commands. Just like with any relationship, there must be mutual trust and respect between you and your Dog.
Trust takes time to develop and respect comes from defining boundaries and treating any breach of those boundaries with firmness and fairness.
Without enforceable limitations, respect can’t be developed. And when there is no respect, building a bond with your Dog is almost impossible.
4 Golden Rules To Building A Relationship With Your Dog :
Love Your Dog and He Will Love You back
Once you're succesful in building a bond with your Dog, you can rest assured that training him and teaching him new and clever tricks will be a cakewalk.
How Your Dog Learns...
Your Dog's learning period can be divided into five phases:
The Teaching Phase - This is the phase where you must physically demonstrate to your Dog exactly what you want him to do.
The Practicing Phase - Practice makes Perfect. Once a lesson is learnt, practice with your Dog what you have just taught him.
The Generalizing Phase - Here you must continue practicing with your Dog in different locations and in an environment with a few distractions. You can take your Dog out for a walk, or to a nearby park and command him to practice whatever you've taught him.
Practicing the learned lessons in multiple locations and in the presence of small distractions will help him learn and retain lessons better .
The Testing Phase - Once you're sure that your Dog has achieved almost 90% success....he responds correctly almost every time you give a command, you must start testing his accuracy in newer locations with a lot of distractions.
Example: Take him to the local shopping mall and ask him to obey your command. He may not come up with the correct response the very first time you do this, but you must not lose hope.
The idea is to test your Dog to see how he responds in an environment which is new to him. Set-up a situation where you are in control of the environment and your Dog.
There are only 2 possibilities:
Keep on testing until he succeeds. Follow the rule of the 3 Ps – patience, persistence, praise.
Internalizing Phase - Finally, comes the extremely rewarding phase where your Dog does everything he is taught to do even without your commands.
Remember:
Training Your Dog to Listen to You
Why Won't My Dog Listen To Me?
This is a common question that most first-time Dog owners ask me. Before I answer your question, let me ask you a few instead:
If your answers are mostly in the negative, its time you seriously reconsider your role as a sincere Dog trainer and an ideal pet parent.
Get Your Dog To Listen To You
Before you begin any training, you must first establish yourself as the "ALPHA dog" of your family. Your Dog must know that you’re the leader of the pack and it is YOU who is in charge.
Here is a list of simple DO's and DONT's that you must follow if you want to be the Alpha:
Once you successfully established yourself as the Alpha, training your Dog and making him listen will be a lot easier than you can imagine. Remember, if your Dog does not learn to "listen", all your training efforts will be in vain!
Does your Dog know his name? Does your Dog look at you whenever you call him by his name? This is the first and the most critical step involved in Dog Training. If your Dog doesn't respond to his name, you cannot have his attention for teaching him any other commands.
You must understand that Dogs respond far better to positive reinforcement than they do to coercion or force.
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They are very intelligent The fact that they can figure out how to get your attention is an indication of their intelligence. And the good news is that, because of this, they are fairly easy to train. Charming, intelligent and dignified are the words most commonly used to describe this breed. They do have a dignified air about them. We may be partial but a healthy Pug is one of the cutest and most attractive dogs in the world. They are definitely attention getters! Their personality is among the best of any breed Take your little guy for a walk and people will stop you and ask about your little companion. And they’re smart little dogs too. They can develop a very long list of words that they recognize and have even been known to understand when someone is spelling the word rather than saying it. Naturally, they can’t spell and they don’t really know what the words mean but they have a sharp mind and can associate the sound with an action. They can do it with a word or a string of words (which is what spelling out a word sounds like to them.) |
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