If you have a pug

[Porcelain Interior]

Just for curiousity's sake please answer these questions:

Does your pug ask to be let out to go potty?

Is your pug fully potty trained and totally reliable in this area?

Does your pug try to tip the garbage/eat the garbage/ransack the garbage no matter what you do?

Does your pug climb up on desks and tables to look for food?

I just wonder because I cannot train my pug (she's 3) for nothing. I admit I'm a cat person not a dog person and training is not my forte.

From all the pug owners I've met I've found 60% of the pugs are not reliably trained/struggling with obedience, and 40% are good well trained dogs.

I want to say it's the owner at fault (I totally take the blame, yet I've got a large dog that was a snap to train and is beautifully obedient), but I know several pug owners that have more than one pug, and some have well behaved pugs and naughty pugs in the same household.

So how does your pug act? Mine is famished and does whatever she wants. She only does two things reliably- come when I call "It's Doggy Dinner!" and when I say "Go in your nigh-night box!" at bedtime.

It's so exhausting living with her. She's like a tornado.

[neetling]

My pug (she's almost 2) asks to go out and rarely potties in the house. f she does it's because I missed her cue. She loves her crate.

She is however a food hound and will take whatever she can reach. She will climb on to the coffee table or desk. She does not snatch it from my toddlers hands though unless he's offering.

She will get in the garbage if it is available and has food in it.

She will also eat diapers if they are left out. (YUCK)

She's typically a good girl. She does eat small toys, hairbrushes, combs, wooden furniture and the couch. She has chewies, but still does this. This drives me bonkers, it's her most irritating habit.

[listipton]

Our pug is 9 years old and in the 'unreliable' group. He will go months at a time with 'decent' (for him) manners, and then all of a sudden he becomes a terror again. This past year has been particularly awful (dh was threatening to kick him outside...long story), but as soon as we moved, he's been on good behavior again. We love him, and therefore put up with him, but during his bad spells I have doubts about ever getting another pug. Our Sheltie is much better behaved (and reliable).

[Porcelain Interior]

I feel better every time I hear about another naughty pug.

I've tried so hard to regulate and get this dog to behave, but it's just not happening.

Sigh. At least I know she's normal.

And I'm never getting a pug again. I love her, but it's way too much work.

[Hey Mama!]

Our pug is nearing 10 and she doesn't ask to be left out, we let the dogs out on a schedule. Our other dog (mutt of a similar size) will ask to go out and when he does we make Daisy go out as well. She will potty in the house if left inside too long. She also used to do what we call "revenge pee" if we made her mad.

She's too old and fat to be able to jump onto things but every once in a while she'll get up on the couch. When she was younger I couldn't break her of that habit, she'd be on the bed, couch, chair, whatever.

She does not try to tip the garbage but she used to knock down the kids if they had food in their hands to steal it. She's a horrible beggar, always has been.

She was quite a handful when she was younger but now she mostly sleeps all day long. I would definitely get another after she passes away.

[ian'smommaya]

yep, our pug is to put it kindly unreliable in these area's. but he is a rescue and sence we got him gotten better. he now knows to sneek food instead of staring at you while climbing on the table.