21. Outline 1 - Toilet Training

PUPPY TOILET TRAINING - SINGAPORE


1. How research was done
2. Development
3. Behaviour
4. Equipment
5. Methods

6. Toilet Locations
7. FAQ
8. Success Stories
9. Vaccinations, deworming and obedience training
10. Acknowledgements
11. Feedback needed


1. How the research was done
1.1 At Surgery from 2004 - 2006. 400 puppy owners in Singapore.
1.2 Pet shops and breeders
1.3 National Library books, and pet magazines and reference librarians
1.4 E-mails
1.5 Internet
1.6 Travel to Japan, Taiwan, USA.

2. Development

2.1 First 4 months
2.2 Adolescence
2.3 Puppy temperament
2.4 Puppy breed type - visual, tracking, lap dog

3. Behaviour

3.1 First 7 days at home
3.2 Whining, howling, barking. Noise nuisance to HDB neighbours.
3.3 Free access to apartment/house. Regression.
3.4 Urine smells.
3.5 Stool smells.
3.6 Newspaper smells, carpet, floor, near doors, outside newspapers
3.7 Paper/diaper shredding.
3.8 Clean den. Separate eating/drinking area. No food or drinks after 5 p.m?
3.9 Adolescence at 6 months. Urine marking.
3.10 Feeding, watering and exercise schedule.
3.11 Puppy food up to 1 year old. 1.5 years old for big breeds.

4. Equipment

4.1 Playpen with or without door.
4.2 Playpen with pee pan.
4.3 Crate with top and side doors and pee pan
4.4 Crate with door but no pee pan.
4.5 Crate without door + open top and pee pan.
4.6 Pee Pan. Aluminium, others.
4.7 Fences and crate
4.8 Fences and carrier, water bowl, feed bowl.
4.9 Leash. chewable.
4.10 Room. Kitchen, living, bedroom.
4.11 Crate training.
4.12 Repellent, clutter, noisy plastic, electric shocks.
4.13 Newspapers.
4.14 Diapers (Puppy Training Pads).
4.10 Artificial grass.
4.11 Electric mats.
4.12 Electric collars.
4.13 Coin cans. Water Pistols.
4.14 Pieces of rugs.
4.15 Cane.

5. Methods

5.1 Positive reinforcement training. Intonation. Verbal Cues. Pat, Praise, Reward, Clicker.
5.2 Negative reinforcement training. Smell urine, spank, slapped, caned. Fear aggression (vulnerable, alert and impressionable?)
5.3 Positive and negative reinforcement
5.4 Clicker method
5.5 Performance contract? Food, drink and exercise schedule
5.6 No food and water after 5 p.m
5.7 Overnight crying to go the toilet (less than 4 months old).
5.8 Multiple dogs and puppies. Separate pee pans.

6. Toilet Locations

6.1 Indoors
6.2 Outdoors
6.3 Indoors to Outdoors


7. FAQ

7.1 Stepping onto stools, peeing onto bed. Peeing outside newspapers.
7.2 Newspaper or diaper shredding
7.3 Dislike commercial urine spray
7.4 Pee outside paper
7.5 Feeling "guilty" when I come home
7.6 Imprisoned
7.7 Sleeping on owner's bed


8. 9. Applications in real life. Some Success Stories

8.1 Paper trained within 1 week. Yorkshire + Professional Dog Trainer.
8.2 Outdoor for big breeds from 20th floor apartment
8.3 Waiting for treats. Pees a bit
8.4 Living with Illegals. Submissive Urination.
8.5 The hatchet man. Nipping at ladies or mum.
8.6 Child abuse/labour.


9. Vaccinations, deworming and obedience training

9.1 Cannot go out till 3rd vaccination
9.2 Loose stools, passing gas, worms seen
9.3 Choked coughing
9.4 Eating stools
9.5 Drinking urine
9.6 Aggression. Food, nipping, tug of war.