2. Puppy Training Pads - Shredding

Shredding the puppy training pads.

Hi Doctor

need some advice.
My puppy is abt be six months old, and he is still not totally paper trained.
I tried using the puppy training pads, but he often chew on them till it tears... and before i know it, it can't be used anymore.
we had no choice but to use newspapers which we din like as it wl dirty the floor. how do i "prevent" him from chewing the training pads?

plse advise.

thanks


REPLY

No solution to chewing or shredding newspapers or training pads because the puppy has been caged a long time and is bored. It is also teething. Shredding of pads or papers is a very common complaint.

COMMENT

From the owner's point of view, the newspapers definitely blackens the puppy and the puppy training pads are ideal. The pads cost around $1.00 per pad and therefore seldom purchased or recommended by many puppy sellers at the pet shops.


There are solutions.

1. One commercial solution to prevent shredding of the puppy pad. There is a frame which is sold at some pet shops. This frame clips all four sides of the pad, so the puppy cannot move it.

2. Glue or tape the pads on the floor tiles. There are some pads sold with tapes to tape the pads down. These are commercially available.

3. There are frames which partially hold down the puppy training pads as in the picture shown here.




July 31, 2005 e-mail:


NOT TOILET TRAINED BY 6 MONTHS OF AGE
The best time to train the puppy when it is 3 - 4 months of age. At 6 months of age, the puppy is an adolescent and is harder to train.

It is difficult to know how the puppy is housed in this case.

In most of such cases, the puppy needs to be confined to a small area and time must be spent to paper train it. The feeding schedule must be regular e.g. 8 a.m and 6 p.m. The puppy usually needs to go to the toilet after eating. Use vingear 1 part to 3 parts water to neutralise all the urine smell on the floor tiles while strictly supervise the puppy (circling, sniffing) and bring it to the toilet area.

CRATE TRAINING. Refer to www.toapayohvets.com or books. This may be the best method for this 6-month-old puppy. The owner needs to take many days of leave to focus on training with praises or rewards.

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