Pug With Children

Water and Food: Every Pug needs access to fresh food and water on a daily basis, once your child has learned this, they can help take care of the family pet. Teaching children that a Pug needs the right nutrition to grow big and strong, is a great way to teach them the significance of the dogs food. Just like when you are explaining why its important for children to eat their vegetables. 

Having Sufficient Exercise: Another factor in keeping your Pug happy and healthy is to make sure he or she gets enough exercise. A dog needs to have regular exercise to help them healthy and maintain a healthy lifestyle. A game of fetch with a ball or Frisbee is an example, and a fine way to get those little feet moving. Explain to your children that just like a human being, man's best friend needs to stay fit too.

Outside Breaks: This is very important. Explain to children that it is crucial the dog is let outside to go to the bathroom and it will help them gain a sense of responsibility. A child will notice that some things have to be done consistently, and cannot be postponed while picking up another skill that will assist them in being more independent when they need to care of the family dog. 

Playing Nicely: You need to be exceptionally gentle with your pets because you do not know how the dog will respond, in particular a new environment. You should talk to your children about playing nicely and then show this behavior to them. Children are natural mimics and once you show them how you treat a Pug, they will learn how to be gentle from you.  If you are squeamish about having a dog lick your child, you may want to teach your dog not to do this.  Just say "No Lick"! and then give him somehting esle to do, like play with a toy, then praise like crazy.  Besides, Pugs think babies smell pretty goo too.

Chewy Dog Toys: This is a great opportunity for children to learn about choosing their toys. Pugs cannot always tell the difference between a new chew toy and a child’s toy. Most dog toys are stuffed animals with squeakers inside or birghtly colored rubber ones.  Most baby toys are too.  This create a problem!.  An honest and frank talk with the children about what can happen when they leave their toys laying around might help you keep the house a bit more tidy, if only because the children do not want the dog chewing up their favorite toys. The sooner a child learns about the responsibility that comes along with owning a dog, the better the situation will be. They must learn to feed the dog and give it water every day, take the dog for a walk, let it outside regularly, give it adequate attention and provide it with access to toys that are safe to chew on. Teaching children all about these responsibilities will allow them to learn a lot from owning a Pug.