120. No messy playpen for this Whippet of mine
Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
"No stepping on stools and urine for this Whippet of mine," the long-haired retired national sprinter said to me when I asked how he toilet-trained his Whippet.
Years of dog-keeping experience. Reads a lot. He knows all about toilet-training puppies because he told me in great detail the different situations and reasons for doing the training.
Don't ask him to write. He can talk for hours but do not ask him to express his words for future generations. Maybe he is worried that his command of English is no good. But few people have good command of English.
Write down in point form. Pay a ghostwriter to write for you if you can't write.
So, what's the secret of his housetraining this beautiful whippet?
1. e spends full-time with the new puppy for at least 7 days. Advises take 2 weeks' leave.
2. The puppy is kept inside the kitchen. So, no playpen as it steps on stools. This is a common complaint. A bed on the right hand side and newspapers on the left hand side. He says that puppies tend to go to the toilet in the opposite direction to the sleeping area.
3. Spray urine training aid onto the newspapers. This is bought from the pet shop.
4. Know times. The puppy goes to the toilet on waking up, after drinking or eating and when circling, sniffing and looking for someplace.
Catch the puppy peeing in the apartment. Say "Hugo, No." Bring him back to the kitchen to pee. Introduce him to what you want to do. . Scold the puppy in the ACT of peeing, say "Hugo, No" and bring to the kitchen's newspapers.
5. Watch for signs of the puppy wanting to go to the toilet. Carry him to the newspapers. Say "Toilet". If he does not do the correct way, no treats. On the first day, he uses the newspapers. By the 7th day, he is 100% paper-trained.
Now he whines if he wants to pee. So that he can get treats.
6. Feeding. 7 am & 7 pm.
2 times per day. He does NOT take away the food after 15 minutes as the whippet is very slim. Taking away food is frequently recommended in puppy training books and by the pet shop operators in Sngapore.
The whippet eats slowly in the morning, so food is left for him the whole morning. He eats fast after a long walk before dinner. Do not walk the dog under the hot afternoon sun.
7. Water. 24 hours available. Drinks a lot.
8. Stools. Morning and evening after eating.
9. Sleeps a lot.
As for the owner, he is happy to keep as many dogs as possible. The whippet gets along well with the older chihuahuas. However, he has to be careful as the whippet may bite them. The whippet is a natural stray cat catcher, he says. So, is there a stray cat problem in his place?
VARIOUS TIPS FROM HIM.
1. The mop used to wipe away puppy urine. Many owners do not realise that the mop is smelling of urine. The more they mop, the more urine spreads to the floor tiles. Urine attracts the puppy to pee there. So, the owner cannot understand why the puppy prefers the floor tiles to the newspapers.
Use a water jet to spray the mop. Or use a separate mop.
If you use the same mop, flush with lots of water. Step on it to get rid of urine smell instead of putting the mop into the pail of water (with dog urine smells).
Mopping the floor. Do not use chlorox. Mop + plain water will do. One dog almost died. Do not use bucket of water or soap as these contain ammonia or urine smell attracting the dog to pee on mopped areas.
Good idea. No ordinary dog owner will think of that.
2. Male dogs urine marking territory or walls. Every time you bring the male dog downstairs, do not let him walk near trees or lamp posts. So, he can't follow other dogs to urine mark the objects. When he goes home, he will not lift his leg to mark on the apartment walls. Train him to squat to pass urine. Give treats.
Good idea again.
3. Barking. Say "enough" when puppy starts barking indiscriminately. Training begins at young age.
4. In summary, Observe your puppy behaviour, and read a lot. Not just blindly adopt advices.
"No stepping on stools and urine for this Whippet of mine," the long-haired retired national sprinter said to me when I asked how he toilet-trained his Whippet.
Years of dog-keeping experience. Reads a lot. He knows all about toilet-training puppies because he told me in great detail the different situations and reasons for doing the training.
Don't ask him to write. He can talk for hours but do not ask him to express his words for future generations. Maybe he is worried that his command of English is no good. But few people have good command of English.
Write down in point form. Pay a ghostwriter to write for you if you can't write.
So, what's the secret of his housetraining this beautiful whippet?
1. e spends full-time with the new puppy for at least 7 days. Advises take 2 weeks' leave.
2. The puppy is kept inside the kitchen. So, no playpen as it steps on stools. This is a common complaint. A bed on the right hand side and newspapers on the left hand side. He says that puppies tend to go to the toilet in the opposite direction to the sleeping area.
3. Spray urine training aid onto the newspapers. This is bought from the pet shop.
4. Know times. The puppy goes to the toilet on waking up, after drinking or eating and when circling, sniffing and looking for someplace.
Catch the puppy peeing in the apartment. Say "Hugo, No." Bring him back to the kitchen to pee. Introduce him to what you want to do. . Scold the puppy in the ACT of peeing, say "Hugo, No" and bring to the kitchen's newspapers.
5. Watch for signs of the puppy wanting to go to the toilet. Carry him to the newspapers. Say "Toilet". If he does not do the correct way, no treats. On the first day, he uses the newspapers. By the 7th day, he is 100% paper-trained.
Now he whines if he wants to pee. So that he can get treats.
6. Feeding. 7 am & 7 pm.
2 times per day. He does NOT take away the food after 15 minutes as the whippet is very slim. Taking away food is frequently recommended in puppy training books and by the pet shop operators in Sngapore.
The whippet eats slowly in the morning, so food is left for him the whole morning. He eats fast after a long walk before dinner. Do not walk the dog under the hot afternoon sun.
7. Water. 24 hours available. Drinks a lot.
8. Stools. Morning and evening after eating.
9. Sleeps a lot.
As for the owner, he is happy to keep as many dogs as possible. The whippet gets along well with the older chihuahuas. However, he has to be careful as the whippet may bite them. The whippet is a natural stray cat catcher, he says. So, is there a stray cat problem in his place?
VARIOUS TIPS FROM HIM.
1. The mop used to wipe away puppy urine. Many owners do not realise that the mop is smelling of urine. The more they mop, the more urine spreads to the floor tiles. Urine attracts the puppy to pee there. So, the owner cannot understand why the puppy prefers the floor tiles to the newspapers.
Use a water jet to spray the mop. Or use a separate mop.
If you use the same mop, flush with lots of water. Step on it to get rid of urine smell instead of putting the mop into the pail of water (with dog urine smells).
Mopping the floor. Do not use chlorox. Mop + plain water will do. One dog almost died. Do not use bucket of water or soap as these contain ammonia or urine smell attracting the dog to pee on mopped areas.
Good idea. No ordinary dog owner will think of that.
2. Male dogs urine marking territory or walls. Every time you bring the male dog downstairs, do not let him walk near trees or lamp posts. So, he can't follow other dogs to urine mark the objects. When he goes home, he will not lift his leg to mark on the apartment walls. Train him to squat to pass urine. Give treats.
Good idea again.
3. Barking. Say "enough" when puppy starts barking indiscriminately. Training begins at young age.
4. In summary, Observe your puppy behaviour, and read a lot. Not just blindly adopt advices.
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