Potty Training Adult Pugs
Bringing an adult Pug dog into your home demands as much effort from you and the family as does a puppy. It’s a mistake to think that just because the Pug is full-grown and may have been potty trained in one home, that he’ll just immediately adjust to your home’s elimination schedule, too.
That’s not realistic. The Pug has many adjustments to his new environment and doesn’t instinctively know that you don’t allow peeing on the floor – especially his prior owner didn’t mind or didn’t seem to care.
You can not just automatically assume that your Pug will instinctively know what to do. You have to treat him as if he were a puppy and get him acquainted with your own pet potty schedule.
A good place to start is by crate training or restricting the Pug to going in the bathroom only. Then you can make up a schedule for potty time. Once a Pug is grown it is very picky about where it uses the potty. Typically, they prefer not to use it where they eat, sleep or play.
Take your Pug outside in your yard and choose a spot for your Pug to go potty. The key is to bring the Pug back to that same exact spot on each visit outdoors so that he knows that is where he needs to go. Monitoring your Pug’s elimination patterns can help you devise the right schedule for potty breaks as well.
You also have to set morning and evening feeding times. He may not have had such an organized life schedule, so this could take time for adjustment. Don’t believe that old saying, ‘you can’t teach an old Pug new tricks.” It’s not the age of the Pug that matters – it’s the consistency of the owner.
Your Pug may have lived in an abusive home in the past so be careful about the way you treat your Pug when he behaves out of turn. Show your Pug that you care and exercise a little patience. You need to let the Pug know that he can be comfortable around you so that he is not afraid to learn the new rules.
Many accidents will occur in the house so be prepared to clean up after your Pug and move on. You can’t just assume that training a grown Pug will be a piece of cake compared to training a puppy. Both young and older Pugs will need time to adjust to new surroundings. You have to be firm while you are training but show a little affection so that your Pug knows the benefits of good behavior.
Finally, older male Pugs have a tendency to mark their territory by peeing on things. It is an instinctive behavior which needs to be tended to by either breaking the Pug’s spirit or simply having the Pug neutered.
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