Bringing an adult Pug dog into your home demands as much effort from you and the family as does a puppy. It's a mistake to think that just because the Pug is full-grown and may have been potty trained in one home, that he'll just immediately adjust to your home's elimination schedule, too.

These types of high expectations for your new Pug are just unrealistic. A Pug needs to be able to make adjustments to its environment and understand that you will not tolerate peeing on the carpet. This is especially true if its previous owner did not seem to mind that sort of behavior.

Assuming that your Pug will just automatically know what to do is a mistake. You will need to start completely from scratch as if the Pug were a puppy and gradually teach him the way your pet potty schedule operates.

Beginning with a crate or closing the Pug off to just using the potty in the bathroom can help a lot. After that has been established you can begin creating a schedule for potty breaks outdoors. Most adult Pugs are picky about where they use the bathroom at. Many do not want to go where they sleep, eat or play.

Help him find that place in your yard or outside when walking and return him there for subsequent potty breaks. You have to monitor the potty breaks for several weeks to learn your Pug's elimination patterns.

It is also important to set a schedule for feedings in the morning and in the evening. Your Pug may have never been on such a set schedule before so this will take some time for adjusting. You may have heard the common saying, "you can't teach an old Pug new tricks". In truth, age does not matter, it is consistency that counts.

Your Pug may have lived in an abusive home in the past so be careful about the way you treat your Pug when he behaves out of turn. Show your Pug that you care and exercise a little patience. You need to let the Pug know that he can be comfortable around you so that he is not afraid to learn the new rules.

Be prepared to clean up a lot of accidents at first. Training an adult Pug is no easier than training a puppy. Both Pugs require a lot of adjustment before they can really get a grasp on how things are supposed to work. Being consistent and training with love will boost the Pug's confidence so that good behavior becomes habit.

Finally, older male Pugs have a tendency to mark their territory by peeing on things. It is an instinctive behavior which needs to be tended to by either breaking the Pug's spirit or simply having the Pug neutered.