117. Success in day 1. Puppy training pad-trained from day 1 for mini-Maltese
Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
SUCCESS ON DAY 1.
"I have owned various breeds before," the 50-something-old lady owner accompanied by her adult daughter said when I enquired about toilet training. "But this mini-Maltese is most intelligent. He pees and poops on the puppy training pad on the first day."
I knew the puppy was housed in a wire crate in the pet shop. No puppy training pads were used as these added up to the expenses of operating a pet shop. The puppy training pad is excellent for a white puppy as it keeps their feet clean compared to newspapers which grey the paws.
The owner bought the wire crate with door and pee tray. The puppy training pad was cut into quarters. On the top left corner, the pad was placed. On the right half, the towel was used as a bed by the puppy. On day 1, the mini-Maltese just pees and poops on the pad.
The reasons for success:
1. The pad has an attractant urine odour. The puppy was attracted to use it. If you buy pads for human incontinence use, from the discount stores, you may not be successful. However, later on, you may buy such pads.
2. Being absorbent, the pad is dry. A puppy likes dry toilet area.
3. Feeding is outside the cage.
4. Water bottle is hung on right side of the cage. So, there is more crate space for the puppy.
"Did the puppy shred or shift the pad?" I asked the happy owner.
"No, he does shift the pad up and down the left half of the wire crate."
I advised taping the pad to the floor as the puppy may shred later on. The owner has the puppy for only 7 days and had come for vaccination.
The puppy similarly used the pad outside the crate too. However, he pees on the fabric cushion bed meant for him to sleep. It will take time for him to realise that the cushion is his bed.
Once in a while, I hear success stories of toilet training the puppy lst day after purchase. But these are uncommon. Restriction of the puppy to a small area and neutralising the urine odour on floor tiles or the cushion bed are important in toilet training. Puppy training pads are convenient, keeping the paws of the dogs clean.
Discount stores do sell human incontinent pads. These cost much less than the puppy training pads if you know where to find them. Obviously, the human ones do not have an attractant of urine smell compared to the puppy types. So, you may not be successful in training the puppies after purchase if you do not have knowledge of why the puppy is attracted to pee and poop, based on smell.
SUCCESS ON DAY 1.
"I have owned various breeds before," the 50-something-old lady owner accompanied by her adult daughter said when I enquired about toilet training. "But this mini-Maltese is most intelligent. He pees and poops on the puppy training pad on the first day."
I knew the puppy was housed in a wire crate in the pet shop. No puppy training pads were used as these added up to the expenses of operating a pet shop. The puppy training pad is excellent for a white puppy as it keeps their feet clean compared to newspapers which grey the paws.
The owner bought the wire crate with door and pee tray. The puppy training pad was cut into quarters. On the top left corner, the pad was placed. On the right half, the towel was used as a bed by the puppy. On day 1, the mini-Maltese just pees and poops on the pad.
The reasons for success:
1. The pad has an attractant urine odour. The puppy was attracted to use it. If you buy pads for human incontinence use, from the discount stores, you may not be successful. However, later on, you may buy such pads.
2. Being absorbent, the pad is dry. A puppy likes dry toilet area.
3. Feeding is outside the cage.
4. Water bottle is hung on right side of the cage. So, there is more crate space for the puppy.
"Did the puppy shred or shift the pad?" I asked the happy owner.
"No, he does shift the pad up and down the left half of the wire crate."
I advised taping the pad to the floor as the puppy may shred later on. The owner has the puppy for only 7 days and had come for vaccination.
The puppy similarly used the pad outside the crate too. However, he pees on the fabric cushion bed meant for him to sleep. It will take time for him to realise that the cushion is his bed.
Once in a while, I hear success stories of toilet training the puppy lst day after purchase. But these are uncommon. Restriction of the puppy to a small area and neutralising the urine odour on floor tiles or the cushion bed are important in toilet training. Puppy training pads are convenient, keeping the paws of the dogs clean.
Discount stores do sell human incontinent pads. These cost much less than the puppy training pads if you know where to find them. Obviously, the human ones do not have an attractant of urine smell compared to the puppy types. So, you may not be successful in training the puppies after purchase if you do not have knowledge of why the puppy is attracted to pee and poop, based on smell.
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