44. Indoor and outdoor toilet training a Miniature Schnauzer
Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
The young man bolted out of the consultation room in less than one second to the waiting room. His black and silver Miniature Schnauzer yelped while his significant other, Nurse Ann and myself were puzzled.
His puppy farted. Well, I did not smell any foul-stinking intestinal gas. The puppy was due for her vaccination. I enquired about the toilet-training procedures. They were outdoor and indoor toilet-training methods.
However, the puppy has unpredictable bowel movements. Passes loose stools or semi-wet stools, mostly at night. Eats overnight stools. Seldom passes stools when brought outdoors 3 times a day. The stomach was slightly bloated as if she has worms.
Possible solutions:
1. Feed Management. Stabilise the intestinal gut movements to produce solid stools. Changeover to dry puppy feed plus water over 1 week. Presently, one handful of dry feed, 3 tablespoonfuls of canned food, various brands of treats and supplements. The puppy also eats or sniffs soil when downstairs at the grass area or car park.
2. Deworming.
3. Antibiotics.
Will get their feedback in 1-2 weeks.
As for toilet-training, the fixed schedule must be maintained. Timing must be regular.
As for stool eating, try an earlier dinner with new feed management to produce the gastro-colic reflex (full stomach - pass motion within an hour in some puppies and people). The owner considers bringing the puppy one more time outdoors, downstairs at 10 p.m. This may help or may not her to eliminate the stools and prevent her eating overnight stools (2 patches on the newspapers).
If the intestines are stable and normal, solid stools will be produced. From one case, this problem of passing gas and irregular bowel movement may be resolved. I still think the indoor and outdoor methods confuse this young puppy and delay the passing of stools. Usually 3-4 x a day in other owners. This puppy passes 5-6X per day or more as the stools are not solid. Sometimes, it could be due to the feed formula but the pet shop operator had been feeding the puppy the same formula and the first 2 days after purchase led to normal stools.
Indoor and outdoor toilet training of the small breed may be confusing if there is no fixed schedule to go downstairs or if the puppy has loose stools. Consult your veterinarian early as normal puppies fed on premium puppy food have well formed stools.
SHARING YOUR INSIGHTS:
READERS e-mail to me your problems or solutions. Your queries may be included in the book to help all puppy owners all over the world. E-mail to judy@toapayohvets.com
SPONSORS NEEDED:
Advertisers and sponsors for this book and another book HOW YOUR PUPPY CAN LIVE LONGER?, please e-mail to judy@toapayohvets.com for more info or tel: +65 9668-6468.
The young man bolted out of the consultation room in less than one second to the waiting room. His black and silver Miniature Schnauzer yelped while his significant other, Nurse Ann and myself were puzzled.
His puppy farted. Well, I did not smell any foul-stinking intestinal gas. The puppy was due for her vaccination. I enquired about the toilet-training procedures. They were outdoor and indoor toilet-training methods.
However, the puppy has unpredictable bowel movements. Passes loose stools or semi-wet stools, mostly at night. Eats overnight stools. Seldom passes stools when brought outdoors 3 times a day. The stomach was slightly bloated as if she has worms.
Possible solutions:
1. Feed Management. Stabilise the intestinal gut movements to produce solid stools. Changeover to dry puppy feed plus water over 1 week. Presently, one handful of dry feed, 3 tablespoonfuls of canned food, various brands of treats and supplements. The puppy also eats or sniffs soil when downstairs at the grass area or car park.
2. Deworming.
3. Antibiotics.
Will get their feedback in 1-2 weeks.
As for toilet-training, the fixed schedule must be maintained. Timing must be regular.
As for stool eating, try an earlier dinner with new feed management to produce the gastro-colic reflex (full stomach - pass motion within an hour in some puppies and people). The owner considers bringing the puppy one more time outdoors, downstairs at 10 p.m. This may help or may not her to eliminate the stools and prevent her eating overnight stools (2 patches on the newspapers).
If the intestines are stable and normal, solid stools will be produced. From one case, this problem of passing gas and irregular bowel movement may be resolved. I still think the indoor and outdoor methods confuse this young puppy and delay the passing of stools. Usually 3-4 x a day in other owners. This puppy passes 5-6X per day or more as the stools are not solid. Sometimes, it could be due to the feed formula but the pet shop operator had been feeding the puppy the same formula and the first 2 days after purchase led to normal stools.
Indoor and outdoor toilet training of the small breed may be confusing if there is no fixed schedule to go downstairs or if the puppy has loose stools. Consult your veterinarian early as normal puppies fed on premium puppy food have well formed stools.
SHARING YOUR INSIGHTS:
READERS e-mail to me your problems or solutions. Your queries may be included in the book to help all puppy owners all over the world. E-mail to judy@toapayohvets.com
SPONSORS NEEDED:
Advertisers and sponsors for this book and another book HOW YOUR PUPPY CAN LIVE LONGER?, please e-mail to judy@toapayohvets.com for more info or tel: +65 9668-6468.
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