121. RESOURCES: Home alone puppy - Extend confined area
Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
SOURCE of article below is from:
http://www.la-spca.org/education/dogs/house_training.htm
The most challenging part of the housetraining process is preventing the pup from eliminating indoors. Until the puppy is housetrained, you will need to provide constant supervision. When you are unable to supervise, confine the pup to a relatively small, safe area. Always take your puppy out to eliminate just before confinement. A wire or plastic crate provides an excellent area in which to keep the puppy when you cannot observe it.
If the puppy is home alone each day for long periods, restrict it to a larger area such as a small room or exercise pen. The area should provide enough space for the puppy to eliminate if necessary and rest several feet away from a mess. Place paper at the sites where the puppy is likely to eliminate. To associate good things with the confinement area, spend time in the area playing with the puppy or simply reading nearby as it rests there.
A PICTURE MAY HELP TO EXPLAIN ABOVE. In Singapore's situation, many young couples work and the puppy is left home alone. The apartment is too small to give the puppy his own room.
Use fences. An extended play area confining the puppy may be useful. The puppy seldom wants to eliminate in its wire crate which is its sleeping and play area. To prevent him from stepping on his stools, extend his confined area using fences.
The fences to extend the area of the wire crate shown in the picture below can be bought from the pet shop in Singapore and are relatively inexpensive. The fences can also be used to partition gardens or boundary between two neighbours. One Miniature Schnauzer owner told me that such fences (used in the garden/back porch area) avoid conflicts with her neighbour's garden dogs and permit her to view her puppy from the indoors.
SOURCE of article below is from:
http://www.la-spca.org/education/dogs/house_training.htm
The most challenging part of the housetraining process is preventing the pup from eliminating indoors. Until the puppy is housetrained, you will need to provide constant supervision. When you are unable to supervise, confine the pup to a relatively small, safe area. Always take your puppy out to eliminate just before confinement. A wire or plastic crate provides an excellent area in which to keep the puppy when you cannot observe it.
If the puppy is home alone each day for long periods, restrict it to a larger area such as a small room or exercise pen. The area should provide enough space for the puppy to eliminate if necessary and rest several feet away from a mess. Place paper at the sites where the puppy is likely to eliminate. To associate good things with the confinement area, spend time in the area playing with the puppy or simply reading nearby as it rests there.
A PICTURE MAY HELP TO EXPLAIN ABOVE. In Singapore's situation, many young couples work and the puppy is left home alone. The apartment is too small to give the puppy his own room.
Use fences. An extended play area confining the puppy may be useful. The puppy seldom wants to eliminate in its wire crate which is its sleeping and play area. To prevent him from stepping on his stools, extend his confined area using fences.
The fences to extend the area of the wire crate shown in the picture below can be bought from the pet shop in Singapore and are relatively inexpensive. The fences can also be used to partition gardens or boundary between two neighbours. One Miniature Schnauzer owner told me that such fences (used in the garden/back porch area) avoid conflicts with her neighbour's garden dogs and permit her to view her puppy from the indoors.
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