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Sunday, August 28, 2005

20. The Italian Greyhound had the ideal toilet-training configuration

Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore


Some books have described this method. I would recommend this set up which is ideal. But it is expensive and seldom advocated by the pet shop operators in Singapore, if any.

1. Basically, a large enclosed area. Playpen 6 feet x 6 feet.
2. Left side. Den for the puppy. In this case, the plastic crate which was used to import the Italian Greyhound from Australia. Internet purchase by Singaporean.
3. Right side. Pee tray on which half a page of the Straits Times newspaper is placed.
4. Water bowl at corner near pee tray.
5. Feed bowl removed within 15 minutes. No free feeding. Fed 2 times a day.



In this case, the puppy is older and has been paper-trained by the Australian breeder. She just goes to the papers to pee and poop on day 1. So, this was not much of a problem.

Will this set up work as it costs more to install? This is a difficult question to answer.

The Italian Greyhound had 2 vaccinations in Australia and was covered by 3 main viral diseases. The next vaccination would be July 2006.

Did she need any vaccinations in Singapore? If was properly vaccinated in Australia, she would be all right but she should get a 3rd vaccination. In this case, no vaccination was done as the puppy vomited during car travel and the owner was worried it was getting cold. It is best not to vaccinate unwell puppies even though it is only car motion sickness. In this case, the puppy would not be vaccinated for this year.

2 vaccinations are the minimum if she did not have maternal antibodies to interfere with the effect of the first vaccination. Australian-imported puppies to Singapore are advised to have 2 vaccinations in Singapore.

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