162. Would the banker boyfriend toilet train her puppy?

Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore

A career lady 20+ brought in the 8-week-old imported Miniature for Veterinary Health Examination. 24 hours money back guarantee from the pet shop at a Shopping Centre.

"Thin," I said.
"Poor thing," she said. "Must be caged in all day."
"Can you feed three times a day?" Most pet shop recommends 2 times a day.
"I work," she said. Her boyfriend was a top banker. Well, he could take time off to feed him during lunch time.

The puppy screamed when I massaged the ear canal. The pet shop operator had cleaned his ears with some insecticide ear drops. He screamed when I pressed his hip joints. He was walking normally and not lame. His hearing was not so good on the left ear. "How can such a young puppy be hard of hearing?" she laughed. Probably associated hearing impairment with old men. It was a serious matter though as partial deafness could be a reason to return the puppy to the seller.

"What's the best way to toilet train?" She had a crate with a push-out pee tray sold by the pet shop. Since she was working the whole day, she would have to confine the puppy. The crate had a wire flooring. Urine would pass through and the puppy would not be smelly with urine.

"However, don't expect the puppy to be paper-trained," I said. "He is not urinating on the newspaper which is below the wire flooring on the pee tray. However, some owners told me that their puppies use the newspaper as its toilet area later."

"What to do? What is the best way to toilet train the puppy?"
"Crate training by confinement in a crate just enough for the puppy to sleep and stand. Bring the puppy to the newspapers (with urine smell) every hour on the hour. 3 days of leave. Sleep with the puppy and take him to the newspapers when he sniffs and turns or whines."

"But the puppy is mute," the career lady said.

"He is timid," I said. "Both of you appear to be giants to him and he is in a new environment."

This was a weekend. "I don't think you will want to be confined at home for at least 3 days," I judged from her bubbling personality that she was extroverted.

"Can someone else paper train my puppy?" she asked.

"Yes." I said.

She looked at her boyfriend "$50 for you"

"A private banker's time is worth more than $50 per hour," I said. "Not per day." The boyfriend was agreeable to train the puppy. He did not mind spending time at home with the puppy. Time must be spent in doing something successfully. This applies to building relationships with your boyfriend or girlfriend and in business ventures.