A have a 3-4 year old black Pug named Zombie. He was a stray and we adopted him a year ago so we don't know exact age. I love my dog, he's so smart and usually very very good. The only problem I've had/am still having his he's HORRIBLE with food and very jealous. My husband is deployed and I've been staying back in my hometown with family. They also have two Pugs of their own in the house I've been staying in, and Zombie gets very jealous if I even pet one of the others. He'll ram them with his chest or bite at their access skin. I have no clue how to get him to calm his butt down!
My major issue though is the food. I know Pugs in general love their food! I have had him on a strict timed feeding schedule sense I adopted him which worked great. He did love his treats still but after a few times of ignoring him when he begged he stopped doing it. Problem is my mom and other family members don't share these same views. They feed their Pugs 24/7 whenever they want it. If there's a plate on the ground of course Zombie goes for it and eats all of it before the other pugs can get in a bite, when I let him out in the morning the first thing he does is books it into the Kitchen to see if someone left something on the floor. They feed him straight from their plates when I'm not around so he's become very aggressive when it comes to begging. Running circles around you when you're in the kitchen and barking if you don't give him any. He freaks out if he hears something that sounds like a treat bag opening and darts to the kitchen if he hears the pantry door open. This is starting to get VERY annoying. Like I said, I love my dog very much but I've tried to correct this habit (as well as jealousy issues) and nothing is working! Is this just a Pug thing and I have to deal or does anyone have any tips I can use to get him to realize food isn't the sun the world revolves around? We've only been here 3 months and I can already tell he's gaining weight. If he had it his way the rest of us would all starve and he'd eat and eat and eat until he gets really sick or worse. I'm frustrated, usually it doesn't take me this long to get a dog to show some "manners" so I'm starting to think there's nothing that I can do.
Any tips??? I mean other than sending my family to obedience training.
My major issue though is the food. I know Pugs in general love their food! I have had him on a strict timed feeding schedule sense I adopted him which worked great. He did love his treats still but after a few times of ignoring him when he begged he stopped doing it. Problem is my mom and other family members don't share these same views. They feed their Pugs 24/7 whenever they want it. If there's a plate on the ground of course Zombie goes for it and eats all of it before the other pugs can get in a bite, when I let him out in the morning the first thing he does is books it into the Kitchen to see if someone left something on the floor. They feed him straight from their plates when I'm not around so he's become very aggressive when it comes to begging. Running circles around you when you're in the kitchen and barking if you don't give him any. He freaks out if he hears something that sounds like a treat bag opening and darts to the kitchen if he hears the pantry door open. This is starting to get VERY annoying. Like I said, I love my dog very much but I've tried to correct this habit (as well as jealousy issues) and nothing is working! Is this just a Pug thing and I have to deal or does anyone have any tips I can use to get him to realize food isn't the sun the world revolves around? We've only been here 3 months and I can already tell he's gaining weight. If he had it his way the rest of us would all starve and he'd eat and eat and eat until he gets really sick or worse. I'm frustrated, usually it doesn't take me this long to get a dog to show some "manners" so I'm starting to think there's nothing that I can do.
Any tips??? I mean other than sending my family to obedience training.