maybe we did get a really dumb one or maybe the dog isnt totally stupid, maybe there is some stuborness there. but in talking to other pug owners ours is no different when it comes to behavior, training and commands. she can steal socks and shoes in a second. but honestly when i look at her and try and get her to listen to simple commands it does not appear that there is anything going on in that little head. i think its time for a blond wig for the dog.

 

I couldn't imagine having 8 pugs.

There is a woman who lives in a trailer by our campgounds and she has 4. She lets them out together on leashes in the morning. It takes about 2 minutes for them to become so tangled they can barely move.

 

When it comes to training, it is usually the trainer's deficiency, not the dog's. We have had no problem training our Pug. If you wanted some trick dog, maybe a Jack Russell would have been a better choice.

As far as what they are good for, Pugs are mainly for companionship. Any amount of research prior to getting your dog would have told you that.

 

I will agree with you 100%. My wife and I spent $500 on a pug about 3 years ago to keep our Corgi company. We tried our best to get that dog trained and after a years time I realized there was no hope and we sold the thing. I would never recommend a pug to anyone. Most worthless dog we have ever owned! So we bought another Corgi which we should have to begin with.

 

there may be some truth to the trainers part in it. like i said i have had other dogs and trained them with absolutely no problems. this little one is the wife and kids dog. sure they could put more effort into training it but in my opinion there is not a whole lot there to work with. and i will agree with you about all they are good for is companionship. she will spend an hour barking at herself in the mirror on the door. and one of the tricks i would like the dog to do is not crap in different spots in the house. and its not just this one that does it. other owners that we have talked to have the same problem.

 

I don't agree with it being the trainers fault. I have successfully trained several pets over the years and everyone who knows me and my pets know how good I am at training them. I had no luck with the Pug at all and neither did my wife's friend who had one for 3 years before she gave up and sold it. She actually took her pug to a canine training facility and it didn't help much of anything.

It boils down to somebody will defend their pet breed by saying it's the persons fault instead of the dogs. If you do any research on dogs at all you will find that some breeds are highly trainable while others are not worth the food they're fed.

Everyone has a right to their own opinion and this one is mine.

 

Actually from what I've read Pugs were bred to be lap dogs.

http://www.pugpros.org/pugfacts.html

 

We put down those potty training pads and he was using them that first day. I can't even recall one time that he has not used them.

Maybe you should call the Dog Whisperer from Animal Planet. Tell him you have a challenge.

 

there seems to be a lot of variety amongst pugs in intelligence. My oldest pug had a sister who was smart as heck. knew all the basic commands and didn't require a leash when she went out walking. can't believe some people can't get their pugs potty trained. pugs are "toys," not sport or work dogs. just like chihuahuas, you buy them for companionship or because they looks silly and make weird noises.

 

I could not agree with you more!!! To start off, I am an absolute dog lover I have owned dogs my entire life and I treat them like children. However, my grandpa owns a pug and I absolutely hate that dog. It is several years old and still pees in the house. It barks at absolutely nothing and barks at the same people she sees everyday and not to mention it's the most annoying ear screeching bark I've ever heard. These dogs are dumber than a box of rocks!!! They shed all over the damn place like you wouldn't believe. They're fat ugly and lazy. There's not one good thing I have to say about these dogs. I wouldn't even call them dogs, they're worthless!! I've owned German shepherds and boxers and even my llahso apso was way way way more intelligent than pugs could ever be

 

My ex-wife had a Pug. The thing ate a ball of string and it stopped up its intestines and killed himself.

Speaking of Dachshunds, two of my neighbors in the past have had them. Both had mental problems. I kept one of them while they were on vacation and the thing climbed a chain link fence and got out. So, I had to put a chain on him as well. So, I suppose at least he wasn't stupid.

 

 

Here's my purposely instigating thoughts. I hope someone is genuinely offended by this, because it's the truth and the truth should hurt.

Pugs are specifically bred and selected to encourage FLAWED TRAITS. Same as the English bulldog. People have bred them to reduce their snouts to nothing, basically encouraging deformities. These deformities have side effects. For example, these breeds have horrible senses of smell, and plenty of sinus infection problems.

Dogs don't have very large brains in the first place. So when you breed them to be smaller and smaller, you're leaving less and less room for a brain to develop inside there. You're purposely defeating their ability to become intelligent.

These uber-miniscule breeds are incapable of survival. These dogs could not survive in the wild. Even if you tried to train them how to catch wild game, and tried to teach them how to correctly eat them, they won't be able to do these correctly or successfully. They're so small, their limbs cannot generate enough speed to catch fast moving prey. Their mouths are so small, they can't grasp them even if they caught prey. And they're too stupid to learn and know how to eat prey without choking on bones cuz they merely scarf them down.

Everyone who owns a tiny breed dog (note how I say tiny, not small, because there are small breed dogs that are perfectly healthy, skillful, intelligent and capable) because they want a cute pocket animal, claims they love how cute they are. They want the cutest dog possible. They want a grown-up version of a teddy bear.

Then they meet my dog.

And they realize how wrong they were.











If you claim you don't want a large dog, you don't know what a good large dog can be.

Small dogs are useless dogs. I will never allow one, nor will I ever tolerate one.

Stop breeding genetically inferior mistakes.

 

bryan316,, beautiful dog, looks like it has a great life!

baskin-robbins has 31 flavors for a reason, we all want and like something different.

 

Even Baskin Robbins had failed flavors. They called it PUG. Bwaaahahah!!!