Caution: Thinking May Cause Drowsiness

Question.  How do you teach 1 pug a command with 2 other pugs looking hungry?  Do you seperate them and do 1 on 1 training?  We have 4 and have found this to be difficult. Even if we seperate 1 from the group, the others look in and whimper most of the time.  It can be distracting for the 1 who you are trying to train.

Lindsay -

For commands they already know, we work as a group, alternating turns.  I tell Benny to sit and then he gets a treat, Henry to sit and then he gets a treat & then Luna to sit and then she gets a treat and then we start back at Benny.

For new commands, I work with them separately.  The others whined at first, so I took whoever I was working with out of the view of the others.  They don’t whine and bark as much now because they know they will eventually get their turn.  They didn’t like it at first but they got used to it. 

Once I finish working with each one individually, I give them a few commands as a group so they all get their last treat at the same time.

Training is most definitely one of the hardest things about having multiple pugs.  The only way I have had success is to work with them one on one.

The gang really looks ready for a nice nap! Is there room for one more? I need a nap,too.Beauty loves her treat (we use milk bones marrow bones) and would turn herself inside out if asked just to get one(of course I would never ask her to that!)the look of anticipation she gets when holding a command is priceless.Have a great week-end all!pug-hugs from the COlorado 3

When our daughter gives Mr. Skittles a treat, she does the High five, then the low down, followed by give me a paw… after all this she gives him a treat!  I wonder if he thinks… Mom, do not let her give me a treat, I have to work really hard for it, you give me the treat, just cause I am cute…
Already Friday!!  Have a great weekend everyone!

I must say they look very comfy and tired on the couch working for a treat must be hard work my five puggys will not do tricks the only one I can get to sit for me is abby the rest get so excited over getting a treat they are bouncing off the wall or spinning when I first got toby he use to spin every time it came to feeding them a treat or food well now all five of them do it its one crazy group the boxers just look at them like they are crazy well annabelle just sits and waits quietly have a great weekend every one

Geez, I’d be happy to have my thinking cause drowsiness….my thinking usually causes a headache!  Have a great pug weekend everyone.

Very cute picture of the puggers!  They all look pretty comfy.  I think they have their own secret blog where they talk about the commands they teach us!  I could just see it now…I’ve taught my human to rub my belly on command…I’ve taught my human to give me treats when I make sad eyes, etc!

Luna, girl, I just love that big black nose amidst that grey little smooshie face of yours:-)  It’s ok, my girl is a slow learner too, and thinks she is above “down”:-)