Training Your Pug

By Ryan And Sabrina Konecky
It's been unseasonably warm here recently. It's been warm enough to sleep with the windows open and enjoy some fresh air while we sleep... that is until we hear it... "YIP! YIP! YIP!"

Our neighbors brought home a new dog recently. Unfortunately for us, they don't know how to train it and, as a result, they keep it outside at nights. It's very difficult to sleep when you have a "yippy" dog living next to you. Their bark just seems to pierce through the walls and into your head! But, I'll spare you the sleep-deprived rant.

What our neighbors don't understand is that, with a little training -- good training, the right training -- they could be able to keep their dog in the house at all times and enjoy him/her more. A well-trained dog makes dog-ownership so much more enjoyable for both the owner and the dog.

In the process of training Sierra, we learned a lot of lessons that, had we learned them before we brought her home, would have made her training a lot smoother!

Pugs, like kids, have a very short attention span. It's important to work with them in short but frequent sessions. If you use a favorite toy or, even better, TREATS in with the training, you'll keep their interest a bit longer.

A pug is all about fun. If you're working on training your pug to go outside to potty and simply command them to "GO OUT!", you probably won't like the results (or the look) that you get. If you get excited about what you're telling them to do, they'll.

One of the mistakes that we made was only using the "COME" command when Sierra was in trouble. We wondered why she would never come when we wanted her to. Then we found out that to Sierra "COME" meant, "get over here so we can scold you" -- we really only used it when she was doing something she wasn't supposed to.

Training your pug -- or any dog for that matter -- involves us changing what we do more than it involves changing what our pug does. If we can learn the right way to train our pug, we can enjoy the stronger bond that develops.

Ryan and Sabrina are the very proud and passionate owners of a pug named Sierra. More pug training tips and resources can be found on their site at http://www.SierraThePug.com.

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