128. The younger Scottish Terrier is attracted to the living area while older Westie can't resist the front door area

Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore

Only 2 days after purchase, the Scottish Terrier learns fast to use the pee tray as the toilet area. The tray had urine smell as the older Westie was using it.

Before the arrival of the new puppy, the Westie needed 2 pee trays as he passes large amounts of urine. He would not pass water on the soiled tray. The young couple works and nobody is around to change newspapers. Hence 2 pee trays are the solution.



Now, the new puppy needs one of the pee trays and is given the Aluminium tray which surrounds the playpen. So, thicker layers of newspapers must be used as one solution for the Westie. The Westie is paper trained.

When the couple is at home, the playpen's panel of 4 fences is taken away. The Scottish Terrier goes to the papers in the pee tray to pee for 80% of the time. This is good as he is only 2 days with the owner.

The problem is that the Westie tends to pee behind the main door occasionaly and when the owner is NOT at home. "He is lazy to go to the kitchen", the owner said.

"No," I said. "He is frightened of being caned by you for peeing behind the main door."

The young man nodded his head. He had obstructed the area behind the main door with the Aluminium pee tray before the arrival of the Scottish Terrier and the Westie did not go to the area to pee. However, he still does it when the owner is not around.

The ideal solution is to neutralise the floor's ammonia smell of dog urine with an effective floor cleaner, like vinegar:water 1:3 or a commercial product from the pet shop.

The young couple is worried about the dogs licking the floor and poisoning themselves. So the best solution is to mop the floor a lot of times with water to get rid of the urine smell. Make sure the mop is not itself full of dog urine smell due to regular mopping. Use a new mop or flush the mop with lots of water.

Will this work? A follow up will be best.