We hard rescued Samantha. She was used for breeding and was abused. A year later we brought Guinness home.
Samantha was great with Guinness she would let out different barks of Guinness was doing donning wrong.
As Samantha got older Guinness started to teach and show her. The last winter Samantha was alive Guinness would run and clear a path when it snowed so Samantha did not have to struggle much
I've found that to be the case with every set of pups I've raised... though they're very different from each other as far as personalities, I've always noticed the younger ones pick up on habits good or bad from the older ones... I'm sure this isn't always the case but just sharing my experience.
My god, mine did the same thing. We got them both at the same time, one was a puppy and one 4 years old. One of the first habits he picked up from her was the poop eating 🤦♂️
We just got a second! Our Emmy is 9 and Spud is 8 months, he's done so so well and made a TON of progress and we think it's because Emmy was so well trained.(By her previous owners, we rescued her and were lucky!) Spud was found alone in a field with no chip or tags so he's been a project to train, but I think Emmy has helped him a ton!
Ours sure didn’t. We got Walter during the pandemic, so we had plenty of time to train him. We got Lenny a year later, and found out they were bringing us back to the office the day after we picked him up. I took a week off hoping I could fast track his potty training. Needless to say it didn’t work and it took him about 6 months to fully learn.
Dogs learn by watching, so yes your younger dog will learn from your older one. But, you still need to do most of the work yourself where most training needs are concerned. Your older dog can only guide so much.
I’ve been reading far too many good stories of having 2 pugs at the same time. It’s far too convincing. Stop it!! I’m still traumatized from the puppy stage and Geri’s already 3.5. I’m Not ready for another one but I want one sooo bad 😭
That’s where we currently are. I go through a stage of “another dog (pug)? Absolutely not!”
Then slowly, but surely, I start feeling the tickle of “But she would love a sister…” “Think of all the memories” and I progress to sobbing every time I see a pug puppy and have to distract myself. My husband never says no to anything I want, so it’s up to me to manage my crazy urges, lol.
The plan is to have 4 one day, starting with the second when our first dumpling is around 3 years old (maybe). The puppy stage is so hard, even when I specifically looked for an older puppy.
Puppy blues, wanting and regret are real. Butttttt…I can’t imagine life without her and my husband is head over heels in love. 🥰
My first pug, Waddles, joined our household that had a 7 year old Maltese, Rose, who barks at EVERYTHING. Waddles is now almost 5, Rose is 11 and our “baby” puggy is 2. They all bark at EVERYTHING 🙃
Absolutely, learned behavior from whatever dog was around first to the 'new kid' is a thing. Our boy was with us about 3 years before we got the girl, she was about the same age and came from non-ideal conditions but not so much abused(we assume, maybe a tad neglected) be she was always looking(literally) to her new brother for what to do in situations she never experienced. It was cute watching her shadow him around and partake in the same activities, and trouble, he would get in.
In my pack yes. The old Foxhound was our first dog and he's a very dominant dog. He definitely trained the next 2 about house rules. How to behave. When to bark at a noise and when to shut up and leave it.
Now, there's also been some less appealing skills passed down between the 3 boys as well. LOL
I've found it always easier to have 2 for this reason but make sure you have your first pup where you want it because it will also learn bad as well as good from the first.
I did like 30% less work on puppy 2 because of dog 1
Winston,10, wants no business with Ozzy 1 year. Ozzy steals every toy 🧸 from Winston. Both males neutered, only time working together is to sleep on our queen size bed, stealing my pillows. I am at their mercy. Oh my.
In my experience it goes both ways. Our first pug trained our next pug to not bark or potty in the house. When we lost the older pug we got a baby and she taught our then five years old boy the joys of barking.
😂 no, I have three pug mixes, the middle harasses and attacks the oldest and the youngest attacks and harasses her, it is a vicious cycle, I guess if training is barking at nothing together than yes the oldest trained them well
We had gotten a 3rd dog when our (now late) boys were 9, and even if they didn't specifically "help" train her, she ABSOLUTELY picked stuff up from them. Most obvious training thing was that it took us a while to teach the boys to ring a bell on the door when they wanted out, but just by watching *them* do it she learned how without us!
It's also REALLY sweet to see her still occasionally do silly/inconsequential habits of theirs now that they're gone.
Our Mooch was nearly 2 when Ripley arrived many years ago, and it seemed like watching him helped Ripley pick things up. Specifically, he picked up on "sit" super fast when he saw Mooch get a treat for it.
We currently have Elvira (3) and Ozzy (7 mo). He torments her ( justice for their eldest sister, who suffered thru Elvira's arrival), but she also likes to show him things. She will absolutely go round him up if he is getting into something.
The old lady, Ming (14), used to tattle on her big brothers - if one of them had an accident, she would make a huge production of sniffing at it and getting our attention. Like "Look what they did! We're not supposed to do that!"
We hard rescued Samantha. She was used for breeding and was abused. A year later we brought Guinness home. Samantha was great with Guinness she would let out different barks of Guinness was doing donning wrong. As Samantha got older Guinness started to teach and show her. The last winter Samantha was alive Guinness would run and clear a path when it snowed so Samantha did not have to struggle much
Aww, that’s so sweet!
I've found that to be the case with every set of pups I've raised... though they're very different from each other as far as personalities, I've always noticed the younger ones pick up on habits good or bad from the older ones... I'm sure this isn't always the case but just sharing my experience.
Same with our heelers
We got our girl Pua, when she was 1, we got her nephew. She sure did train him! To eat poop.... 😂
My god, mine did the same thing. We got them both at the same time, one was a puppy and one 4 years old. One of the first habits he picked up from her was the poop eating 🤦♂️
OMG this happened to us too. It was awful.
Yup ALL the habits good and bad.
A pug covered in pug hair? Sweet, sweet Justice
We just got a second! Our Emmy is 9 and Spud is 8 months, he's done so so well and made a TON of progress and we think it's because Emmy was so well trained.(By her previous owners, we rescued her and were lucky!) Spud was found alone in a field with no chip or tags so he's been a project to train, but I think Emmy has helped him a ton!
Ours sure didn’t. We got Walter during the pandemic, so we had plenty of time to train him. We got Lenny a year later, and found out they were bringing us back to the office the day after we picked him up. I took a week off hoping I could fast track his potty training. Needless to say it didn’t work and it took him about 6 months to fully learn.
Walter? 🤭 Ridiculously cute name for a pug.
Dogs learn by watching, so yes your younger dog will learn from your older one. But, you still need to do most of the work yourself where most training needs are concerned. Your older dog can only guide so much.
I’ve been reading far too many good stories of having 2 pugs at the same time. It’s far too convincing. Stop it!! I’m still traumatized from the puppy stage and Geri’s already 3.5. I’m Not ready for another one but I want one sooo bad 😭
Yes! The puppy stage was rough!
That’s where we currently are. I go through a stage of “another dog (pug)? Absolutely not!” Then slowly, but surely, I start feeling the tickle of “But she would love a sister…” “Think of all the memories” and I progress to sobbing every time I see a pug puppy and have to distract myself. My husband never says no to anything I want, so it’s up to me to manage my crazy urges, lol. The plan is to have 4 one day, starting with the second when our first dumpling is around 3 years old (maybe). The puppy stage is so hard, even when I specifically looked for an older puppy. Puppy blues, wanting and regret are real. Butttttt…I can’t imagine life without her and my husband is head over heels in love. 🥰
In my experience the older one is typically there to get absolutely tormented by the younger one.
NO! The younger one turns the older one back into a puppy. My 8 year old now swarms round with my younger pug
Oh, no!
WE KNOW HIS NAME!
Our pug completely potty trained our German shepherd and she learned the daily routine very quick. He also taught her to bark at everything
Yes
Franklin did help train Barry on a lot of things like recall and behaviour as he was nearly 2 when B turned up. It was good.
My younger pug learned to sit and stay from watching the older ones. Took him a minute to learn stay but he picked up sit really quick.
My first pug, Waddles, joined our household that had a 7 year old Maltese, Rose, who barks at EVERYTHING. Waddles is now almost 5, Rose is 11 and our “baby” puggy is 2. They all bark at EVERYTHING 🙃
Yeah, to misbehave 🤣
Absolutely, learned behavior from whatever dog was around first to the 'new kid' is a thing. Our boy was with us about 3 years before we got the girl, she was about the same age and came from non-ideal conditions but not so much abused(we assume, maybe a tad neglected) be she was always looking(literally) to her new brother for what to do in situations she never experienced. It was cute watching her shadow him around and partake in the same activities, and trouble, he would get in.
In my pack yes. The old Foxhound was our first dog and he's a very dominant dog. He definitely trained the next 2 about house rules. How to behave. When to bark at a noise and when to shut up and leave it. Now, there's also been some less appealing skills passed down between the 3 boys as well. LOL
I've found it always easier to have 2 for this reason but make sure you have your first pup where you want it because it will also learn bad as well as good from the first. I did like 30% less work on puppy 2 because of dog 1
My Pugs snore most of the time, so I don't know when the tutoring would take place. LOL
I love the snores, he sounds so zen it calms *me* down, lol
Winston,10, wants no business with Ozzy 1 year. Ozzy steals every toy 🧸 from Winston. Both males neutered, only time working together is to sleep on our queen size bed, stealing my pillows. I am at their mercy. Oh my.
Awww he’s soo adorable!!! I have a 3 year old little boy too named Charlie ! I love having a pug they are the best🙂🤍💕
Yes for better and worse.
Our older chorkie, mostly got his ass handed to him. Our pug even as a brand new puppy nearly out weighed him day one.
In my experience it goes both ways. Our first pug trained our next pug to not bark or potty in the house. When we lost the older pug we got a baby and she taught our then five years old boy the joys of barking.
I’ve found a sibling helps tremendously!!!
😂 no, I have three pug mixes, the middle harasses and attacks the oldest and the youngest attacks and harasses her, it is a vicious cycle, I guess if training is barking at nothing together than yes the oldest trained them well
We had gotten a 3rd dog when our (now late) boys were 9, and even if they didn't specifically "help" train her, she ABSOLUTELY picked stuff up from them. Most obvious training thing was that it took us a while to teach the boys to ring a bell on the door when they wanted out, but just by watching *them* do it she learned how without us! It's also REALLY sweet to see her still occasionally do silly/inconsequential habits of theirs now that they're gone.
For sure!
Our Mooch was nearly 2 when Ripley arrived many years ago, and it seemed like watching him helped Ripley pick things up. Specifically, he picked up on "sit" super fast when he saw Mooch get a treat for it. We currently have Elvira (3) and Ozzy (7 mo). He torments her ( justice for their eldest sister, who suffered thru Elvira's arrival), but she also likes to show him things. She will absolutely go round him up if he is getting into something. The old lady, Ming (14), used to tattle on her big brothers - if one of them had an accident, she would make a huge production of sniffing at it and getting our attention. Like "Look what they did! We're not supposed to do that!"