Quote: Selene lindhout

for the chinese emperor yea

Supposedly more human-looking with the flat (no snout) face.

sigh

From G. Danes to puggles... oh my, you're an extremist, aren't you? LOL

The constant licking may just be a result of her head structure... a perfectly healthy dog w/a perfectly healthy mind, just serious post nasal drip or something because of the brachycephalia. So... there's people prozac (just kidding).

I think that dancing in & out of the feet is why so many folks end up carrying their micro-dogs. I was looking at a page full of various 'baby' carriers for them just yesterday and marveling.

But more practically (unless, of course, you want your dogs in a backpack) I also saw a picture of a rigid leash for OB training small dogs. Basically a pole w/ a 4" section of leash on the end... but I'll bet Connie knows how to teach her to get out from under your feet. And the male off her butt.

The running in front of you is taught to stop the same way as with any breed -- by teaching that you own the floor. No special Pug method. (Yes, GSDs will do the same thing until they learn not to. )

I would want a checkup for the dog, with whoever the new vet is.

I know that over-vaccinating appears to be connected with air-licking, but that's probably done, so no way around it.

I'd want a full checkup, and then I'd probably start interrupting it with marker sessions.

The rescue I have who does this has been dialed back with exercise (appropriate for a senior Pug, I mean) and the distraction of marker work. He rarely does it now, but if he does I make a point of interrupting it.

I want to say again that this breed even more than some should not be isolated. They are bred to be Velcro dogs. (I don't isolate any dog.)

JMO!

 Quote: Jane Jasper

... I think that dancing in & out of the feet is why so many folks end up carrying their micro-dogs.

Yep! But it's no more appropriate for a small dog to be lifted and lugged around rather than walking on her own four feet than it is for any dog.


I'm one of the ones who believes strongly that the holy terror aspect of small and tiny breeds is owner-caused. They are dogs. They need and deserve to be dogs.

Of course many owners want to cuddle, etc., which is no more a problem for the small dog who enjoys that than it is for a Lab who enjoys it. But not to be taught house manners, not to be allowed to walk under his own steam, not to learn and be secure with solid pack structure ..... these things are awful for small dogs, IMO.

JMO!

You should try treating those little things in a vet clinic! With the very owner that taught it to be that way standing there. Oh, joy unbounded

I was in San Fran a month ago & saw a poor little shih tzu completely wrapped up, w/booties, on a beautiful day. I think it was a shih tzu... very little of the dog showed, for all it's clothing (I recall pink & black stripes & matching booties) .

But at least it was walking under it's own steam.

And I didn't say isolate, I said separate the male from the female if he's being a pest & that was her source of stress. I don't isolate either.

Edited by Jane Jasper (05/24/2011 03:08 PM)
Edit reason: for clarification

Well i welped and trained shepards for the police in california before we moved here and eneded up being a rescue for g.danes and dals after 101 came out about a year ago i became disabled with my back so i can no longer controll an 80-100 kilo dog and personaly ive allways wanted pugs now i jsut have an excuse so hubby will let me have the " little gay dogs" as he calles them.

I have a check up scheduled for the nest on 1st june, nail, anals, and final clearance for the pupies with a new vet in another city. He normaly is a breeder vet for large livestock and maine coon cats (we have a huge cluhb for them here) and hes agreed that since my vet killed our puppie he will take us just to keep us away from him.

My dogs havent been vacinated since the kennel 6 weeks .. again.. i dont believe in putting more chemicals in their boddies then they were born with. After reading the q an a's here im glad im pushy about it.. my vet has cursed me out about it but i wouldnt budge.

Question: The pugs have terrible short airways, stout necks but their windpipes are SO close to their throat. I have allways done my traning with pike collors but am unsure if this would be safe on these dogs so i have jsut been using the normal collors, tho extra wide ones... would they be safe to use, or is ther a varriation that would be?

I use a regular flat collar with them.

What's a pike collar? If it's a prong collar, then yes, a couple of people in their club use them on walks with their pullers.

I lean more toward teaching loose leash ... but I know of no reason for Pugs not using a prong.


A halter, of course, just says "pull" to a dog.

Are you marker training, I hope? :-)

"And I didn't say isolate, I said separate the male from the female if he's being a pest & that was her source of stress. I don't isolate either."


Not you.

QUOTE: "if shes awake shes licking and it forces me to keep her isolated from me cause it irriates me so much that i set the other animals off."

umm im in he netherlands so im not sure that i know it by that name ? marker training

 Quote: Jane Jasper

You should try treating those little things in a vet clinic! With the very owner that taught it to be that way standing there. Oh, joy unbounded

I'd probably kill myself.

And not go alone.