Don't let the idea of some dog house Pug training work overwhelm you. It's not difficult to successfully house train your Pug dog but it will take some effort on your part. With the right tools, tips and techniques, you will be well on your way to enjoying the company of a well behaved, reliably house trained Pug in no time.

The fact that you're thinking about this important behavior sets you apart from many dog owners.

It's unfortunate that many owners simply don't, won't or can't take the time to train their dogs to be allowed to be indoors. Our Pug was housetrained within 2 months and enjoys being with us and follow everyone in the family around as we move indoors and outside.

Housetraining Dogs is really very basic and there are few pointers that are specific to any one type of animal. Still, if you understand these basic house training tips, you will be well on your way to a reliably potty trained Pug doggie!


******* AN IMPORTANT TRAINING DEFINITION *******

House training is NOT letting your dog run free in your home and expecting them NOT to go to the bathroom. Housetraining IS having control of your pet to limit accidents indoors while encouraging the right behavior which is relieving themselves only outside.

Crate training is the means to communicate your desires to your dog about desired bathroom habits.



Contrary to some pet owners, proper crate training methods are not cruel or unkind to your pet. Being kept outside for years because you didn't teach them that using your living room as a bathroom was not ok is truly cruel to a social animal like a dog.

Now for a few

Dog house Pug training tips that work.

IMPORTANT TIP #1
When a dog has an average vocabulary of about 30 words or so they understand, you don't want to waste 10% or more of her understood words just so you can use different commands.

This tip is: Use Single Word Commands and use them consistently. We're not talking about commands all being a single word in the literal sense here. Going outside is a good command, going potty, go potty, bathroom break, etc. are all perfectly acceptable commands if used consistently.

Don't use go potty one time, then bathroom break the next and Go out and go pee, the next and expect your dog to quickly understand what you want them to do.



IMPORTANT TIP #2
It's consistency that counts. Your consistency will go a long way toward associating going outside to urinate and your happiness. Your dog wants to please you so the more you can do to help her associate pleasing you with certain behaviors, the easier those behaviors are to learn and remember.

Another idea is to be aware of your puppy's schedule. I say puppies but all dogs as most humans live on a schedule. The same is true for adult Pugs as well.

If they like to wake up and play, try to be available to play with them at that time. Working an active pup up in this way can stimulate their appetite and thirst. After they visit the water or food dish, take them outside to allow them to use the bathroom. Stay with them. This will give you the chance to give them loads of praise when they do go.


IMPORTANT TIP #3
Never Scold or punish your dog. Dogs have few cognitive reasoning skills, if any. This means that hitting or yelling at your dog will most likely result in confusion for your pet and not correction. So even if you are frustrated, don't ever hit, smack, or abuse your pet either physically or verbally.

Crate training is based on YOUR ABILITY and WILLINGNESS to watch and control your dog while they're in the home. House training efforts rest with YOU and not really the dog. So it's up to us, the owners to communicate our potty training preferences to the dog in a way that they can understand.

Pugs are sensitive and you don't want to destroy a close and loving relationship just because of frustration.


IMPORTANT TIP #4
Watch your dog or have them crated whenever they're not outside. Crate Training is based on you getting and keeping control of your pets actions while indoors. This means that unless they're being supervised, they need to be confined to the safety of their crate.

Of course, lugging a heavy wire cage or bulky hard plastic travel crate into your room each night is not going to be fun. While the work of Dog house Pug training is being done, it's necessary to keep accidents to a minimum even during the night. That's why we designed the lightweight unit for portable crate training needs.

Instead of carrying up and down the stairs the heavy wire cage or bulky plastic crate, we have a portable, collapsible one in the bedroom. All it takes is to take the Pug upstairs and it's good night time in his own sleeping crate.

From night time use to keeping your new best friend close to you during the day when going about your indoor life, you need to check out the lightweight, easy to use, easy to carry, easy to set up doggie crates only available from the link below.

This will make Dog house Pug training much easier to achieve. Having your pup close is great especially if you no longer need to carry around a heavy metal cage or bulky plastic crate. House training just got a whole lot simpler.