Why was my Houndour disobeying me?

Once I had a Houndour in Crystal but it struggled at Bugsy’s gym. What was that?

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If you can still participate in battles at Bugsy’s Gym, that means you must not have beaten it yet, so not only can you obviously not get to Kanto which is where Houndour’s exclusive habitat is, you can’t even get through Ilex Forest to reach route 34 and the day care to get eggs. The fact that you have a Houndour that early in the game, then,clearlymeans you had to trade it into that Crystal file from some other game, and the OT is thus registered as that other game.

Prior to getting your second badge, the obedience cap for outsiders is only level 10, not even enough to be on even footing with Bugsy if you insist on trying to battle the Gym with Houndour. Once you do get through it, the cap increases to 30, and isn’t likely to be an issue for the rest of the game.

So, the only ways a Pokemon can struggle is if it’s traded and is higher than the level your newest badge allows, so, if it’s higher than 20, I believe the first badge allows, then it won’t obey. The only other way Struggle happens is if none of their moves have PP and you try to fight.SourceKnowlege