82. The dog trainer to the mother's rescue
Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
"I kept phoning the pet shop operator who sold me the puppy for advices, but his suggestions were not useful" I must have hit a raw nerve when I asked the over fifty-year-old mother how the white Miniature Schnauzer was toilet-trained in the apartment during the 3rd vaccination. "The puppy was making the whole apartment smelly." His grown up daughter was silent.
Some mothers or mothers-in-laws are left with the puppy while the grown up children work the whole day. This mother was at a loss at to what to do with this Miniature Schnauzer who soiled the whole apartment. Urine smell can be very over-powering for the first-time puppy owner although the noses get de-sensitised. Most complaints would be from visitors and that would affect the pride of a house-proud mum.
"What happened?" I asked. She seemed much happier now.
"The pet shop operator was not too patient with me. He recommended a dog trainer to me."
Why the pet shop operator not do that in the first place? It was hard for the mother to know what to do.
"What did the trainer advise?" I asked her.
"Put the puppy inside the carrier crate and take him out every 2-3 hourly to the newspapers in the playpen."
"Is it effective?"
"Yes," the mother looked a picture of calm. "It was worth the $300 fees paid to the trainer." If only there was a hot-line for such people or a Society of Toilet-Training Puppies in Singapore.
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.
"I kept phoning the pet shop operator who sold me the puppy for advices, but his suggestions were not useful" I must have hit a raw nerve when I asked the over fifty-year-old mother how the white Miniature Schnauzer was toilet-trained in the apartment during the 3rd vaccination. "The puppy was making the whole apartment smelly." His grown up daughter was silent.
Some mothers or mothers-in-laws are left with the puppy while the grown up children work the whole day. This mother was at a loss at to what to do with this Miniature Schnauzer who soiled the whole apartment. Urine smell can be very over-powering for the first-time puppy owner although the noses get de-sensitised. Most complaints would be from visitors and that would affect the pride of a house-proud mum.
"What happened?" I asked. She seemed much happier now.
"The pet shop operator was not too patient with me. He recommended a dog trainer to me."
Why the pet shop operator not do that in the first place? It was hard for the mother to know what to do.
"What did the trainer advise?" I asked her.
"Put the puppy inside the carrier crate and take him out every 2-3 hourly to the newspapers in the playpen."
"Is it effective?"
"Yes," the mother looked a picture of calm. "It was worth the $300 fees paid to the trainer." If only there was a hot-line for such people or a Society of Toilet-Training Puppies in Singapore.
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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