113. Young girl does not know how to toilet-train the new puppy
Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
Don't know how to toilet train the mini-Maltese
This is common situation. There is no Singaporean book on what to do after the puppy is purchased. There are many puppy books written by Westerners on sale.
"My 14-year-old daughter (slim child) bought the puppy while I was in Hongkong," the mother said. "Now, I need a veterinary health check as the pet shop guarantee money back if this mini-Maltese is not healthy."
"You mean she went to the pet shop and just bought the puppy without parental consent?" I asked the mother, around 40 years old, migrated to Singapore 15 years ago. However, the Hongkong accent was still present.
"No," she confirmed. "Her dad gave permission over the phone."
The veterinary check was all right. There was pus in the right ear canal. I phoned the groomer of the pet shop and he agreed to clean up the ears. Still, I had to teach the young lady how to clean the ears. No ear powder, put 10 drops of ear ointment and so many things to do.
Mum wanted the puppy to go to the toilet in the backyard. At night, it is kept in a cage in the kitchen as it might be too cold outside. But how to train this puppy to do its business when required?
The pet shop sold them a cage but no instructions on toilet training. It is too time-consuming to do the explanations and many employees just do not really know the different situations. A packet of puppy training pad (like the pampers for human babies) was bought. This is the pet shop's recommended method.
In this case, the intention is to have the puppy's toilet area outside the house. Yet it is free to roam inside the house. It messes the house. How to make use of what is bought to build a kennel for the mini-Maltese and keep the inside of the house clean?
It is too time consuming for me to explain to every new puppy owner as each situation is so much different. Puppy behaviour must be understood. It takes a lot of time to borrow books from the library and to surf the internet to get the information for various situations.
Details of research and case studies will be written up in Singaporean: Toilet Training Your First Puppy, by Dr Kong Sing.
Don't know how to toilet train the mini-Maltese
This is common situation. There is no Singaporean book on what to do after the puppy is purchased. There are many puppy books written by Westerners on sale.
"My 14-year-old daughter (slim child) bought the puppy while I was in Hongkong," the mother said. "Now, I need a veterinary health check as the pet shop guarantee money back if this mini-Maltese is not healthy."
"You mean she went to the pet shop and just bought the puppy without parental consent?" I asked the mother, around 40 years old, migrated to Singapore 15 years ago. However, the Hongkong accent was still present.
"No," she confirmed. "Her dad gave permission over the phone."
The veterinary check was all right. There was pus in the right ear canal. I phoned the groomer of the pet shop and he agreed to clean up the ears. Still, I had to teach the young lady how to clean the ears. No ear powder, put 10 drops of ear ointment and so many things to do.
Mum wanted the puppy to go to the toilet in the backyard. At night, it is kept in a cage in the kitchen as it might be too cold outside. But how to train this puppy to do its business when required?
The pet shop sold them a cage but no instructions on toilet training. It is too time-consuming to do the explanations and many employees just do not really know the different situations. A packet of puppy training pad (like the pampers for human babies) was bought. This is the pet shop's recommended method.
In this case, the intention is to have the puppy's toilet area outside the house. Yet it is free to roam inside the house. It messes the house. How to make use of what is bought to build a kennel for the mini-Maltese and keep the inside of the house clean?
It is too time consuming for me to explain to every new puppy owner as each situation is so much different. Puppy behaviour must be understood. It takes a lot of time to borrow books from the library and to surf the internet to get the information for various situations.
Details of research and case studies will be written up in Singaporean: Toilet Training Your First Puppy, by Dr Kong Sing.
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