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Tuesday, August 01, 2006

22. Outline 2 - Toilet Training Puppies

PUPPY TOILET TRAINING - SINGAPORE


1. Introduction.
2. Development.
3. Behaviour.
4. Equipment.
5. Methods.

6. Toilet Locations.
7. FAQ
8. Success Stories
9. Others. Vaccinations, deworming, coprophagia, nipping, barking
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. Individual differences. Nature v Nuture.
2.2 Adolescence.
2.3 Puppy temperament
2.4 Puppy breed type - visual, tracking, lap dog

3. Behaviour

3.0 Alpha, Pack behaviour. Clean den.
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

4.0 Many types in Singapore.
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


5.0 Authoritative, Authoritarian, Permissive Owner Training.
5.1 Positive reinforcement training. Intonation. Verbal Cues. Pat, Praise, Reward, Clicker.
5.2 Negative reinforcement training. Smell urine, spank backside, slapped, caned. Fear aggression (vulnerable, alert and impressionable?)
5.3 Positive and negative reinforcement
5.4 Crate Training. Every 3 hours to the toilet. N-1 formula.

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 Limit food and water 3-4 times per day for 15 minutes.
5.7 Overnight crying to go the toilet (less than 4 months old).
5.8 Fixed schedule, feeding, water and exercise. Brings to toilet every 3 hours for 4-month-old. N-1 formula.
5.9 Multiple dogs and puppies. Separate pee pans. Bigger newspapers areas. Change frequently.

6. Toilet Locations

6.1 Indoors
6.2 Outdoors
6.3 Indoors to Outdoors
6.4 Indoors and Outdoors


7. FAQ

7.0 When to start training?
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.
7.8 Urine marking. Hypersexed.


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 My father was committing child abuse.
8.7 The boy with the ear stud.
8.8 The boy who fails examinations regularly.
8.9 The army boy who thinks that crating is imprisonment.
8.10 The performance contract without penalties.
8.11 Time Out, Grounding.
8.12 Stars and sweets for Primary 1 and 2.
8.13 Speak Good English Movement. "Pee already" "Poop lah!" "Want to pee or not?" = "Please notify us of your peeing?"

8.14 Living with Illegals. Submissive urination. Excitation urination.
8.15 Who poops and pees most. 2 puppies.
8.16 Nip the problem in the bud.
8.17


9. Others.

9.0 Vaccinations, deworming, socialisation, basic obedience training, professional advices

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.

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