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Wednesday, August 09, 2006

23. Outline 3 - 2005

Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore

Some information about the book is as follows:


TOILET-TRAINING YOUR PUPPY IN SINGAPORE
Be Kind To Pets community education

Dr Kong Yuen Sing, BVMS (Glasgow), MRCVS
www.toapayohvets.com

To: Daniel, Jason and Judy Sing

First published in Singapore in 2005 by sinpets.com, an associate of Asia USA Realty (Singapore) asiahomes.com Pte Ltd, Blk 1002, Toa Payoh Lor 8, 01-1477, Singapore 319074. judy@asiahomes.com, www.asiahomes.com, +65 9668-6468

Copyright sinpets.com 2005

All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or utilised in an form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

ISBN X XXX XXXXX X

Printed and bound in Singapore

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. PUPPY DEVELOPMENT
3 months old, 3 hours.
Recognising the signs - sniffing, circling, whining
Negative reinforcement. Beating the puppy. Force the puppy to smell the stools and urine. Creating fear and distrust. Pain and trauma.
Positive reinforcement - praise, treats, clicker

3. TOILET TRAINING EQUIPMENT
Housebreaking aids
Newspaper with urine
Commercial pads with attractant smell, litter box, pee tray with newspaper
Playpen + pee tray
Crate(cage). Various types.
Urine neutralisers.
Carpet neutralisers.

INDOORS Papers, Pads, Litterboxes, Diapers

4. TOILET TRAINING METHODS
Newspapers, training pads, litter tray
Crate, Playpen, Confined area, Room
Leash
Combination

5. TOILET LOCATION
INDOOR
Apartment too small - Balcony, kitchen (see people), living area,
whole apartment.
Bedroom messed up.
Playpen with no gates.
Playpen elevated, wire flooring, pee tray below.
Playpen for large breeds
Ground floor apartment
Outdoor
Indoor
Indoor & Outdoor

6. ACCIDENTS
Too excited, distracted, too young, inconsistency, not so smart.
Too large an area to roam - whining and continuous barking.
New smells, new dogs, stress, baby.
New homes.

7. PROBLEMS
Shredding newspapers, training pads
Chewing bed or cloth - intestinal obstruction
Relapses - boarding, new arrivals, tiled floor, carpet.
Toilet too far away at night
Whining to go to the toilet at night and to change soiled papers.
No time to train - Take 7 days' leave. Sleep with the puppy.
With-hold water after 8 p.m
Tiled area preferred - vinegar, anti-ammonnia cleaner, repellent, commercial
products
Infected bladder or private parts
Kennel cough, vomiting, diarrhoea
Medication, milk
Blood in stools
Loose stools and farting
Vomiting blood and blood in stools
Submissive urinaton
Eating stools, drinking urine.
Consistency of family members
Feed 2 times per day.
Irregular feeding times esp. weekends


8. A SCHEDULE
Plan, Consistent words, Confine, Paper + urine aids/newspaper, Recommended food
from Seller. No milk. 2 times per day. Fixed feeding time. Water bottle or water bowl? Splashing water on body. Home alone puppy bored. Goes to work and train in the evenings. Takes 7 days' leave. Buy puppy over the week-end.

9. 10 SINGAPORE CASE STUDIES. 10 cases are selected from over 150 new puppy owners interviewed by Dr Sing. Examples are:
9.1 The aged stay-at-home mum was stressed by the Schnauzer's mess.
9.2 "How to talk to the puppy" not to step on his poop every night?
9.3 Will the labrador retriever puppy be able to hold his urine from the 19th floor to the grass every morning?
9.4 Wood shavings stuck to the eye of the Shih Tzu puppy.
9.5 "Either the puppy goes or I go," the wife gave an ultimatum.
9.6 "The crate is a prison for the puppy," the soldier said to his father.
9.7 No puppy should drink from a water bottle?
9.8 "The puppy in the HDB flat must go," the canine enforcement officer said.
9.9 The platform was best for the townhouse Golden Retriever.
9.10 Stories about the Aluminium pee tray.


10. PICTURES OF PUPPY BEHAVIOUR AND TOILET TRAINING EQUIPMENT IN SINGAPORE.

11. INDEX

12. REFERENCES

13. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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