205. Malteses learn from 2-syllabus commands
Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
"The Maltese learns fast if you give 2-syllabus commands," the lady with the big eyes said to me. "Commands like 'No, No' or 'Girl Girl'.
This was the first time I heard of this requirement. Why Maltese only? She said she read this somewhere in the internet and had applied this method very successfully.
She gave an example of how she toilet-trained the Maltese.
SPOT A. The Maltese pees on a prohibited area. Use a piece of dry cloth to soak up the urine. (see picture of Maltese sitting on cloth).
SPOT B. The desired toilet location. Dry floor of her toilet smeared with the pungent puppy housebreaking aid. Around this smeared area area, smear the puppy's urine from the piece of dry cloth.
If the puppy goes to SPOT A (as she is attracted to the urine smell), ask her "You want to pee pee". Bring her to SPOT B. Press her head down to smell the urine. Say "pee pee".
If the puppy performs, praise her "Good Girl" and give her a food treat.
"Why do you need a house-breaking aid when you can use the puppy's urine?" I asked.
"The puppy's urine dries up and will not be as smelly as the housebreaking aid." she replied.
I would not argue with her although I thought the puppy training aid was redundant. She would use bleach to wash the piece of cloth to get rid of all the urine smell so as to re-use the cloth again. She uses less than 1/3 of the puppy training aid.
She had used this method with success in an older dog and had reproduced the same success with this Maltese. In the first week, the puppy messed up the whole maisonette apartment. She was on leave for those 7 days and closely monitored the puppy for signs of wanting to pee or poop.
On the first night, the Maltese peed in the bedroom but subsequently did not.
A lot of hard work she said, following the puppying around, watching for signs of turning, squatting and sniffing, bringing her to the toilet to say "pee pee" on the toilet floor.
If she pees elsewehere, she will be locked up in the storeroom for 30 minutes. A time out method.
It took 2 weeks to toilet train her. Now she goes to the toilet herself and even at her mother's apartment toilet too.
"The Maltese learns fast if you give 2-syllabus commands," the lady with the big eyes said to me. "Commands like 'No, No' or 'Girl Girl'.
This was the first time I heard of this requirement. Why Maltese only? She said she read this somewhere in the internet and had applied this method very successfully.
She gave an example of how she toilet-trained the Maltese.
SPOT A. The Maltese pees on a prohibited area. Use a piece of dry cloth to soak up the urine. (see picture of Maltese sitting on cloth).
SPOT B. The desired toilet location. Dry floor of her toilet smeared with the pungent puppy housebreaking aid. Around this smeared area area, smear the puppy's urine from the piece of dry cloth.
If the puppy goes to SPOT A (as she is attracted to the urine smell), ask her "You want to pee pee". Bring her to SPOT B. Press her head down to smell the urine. Say "pee pee".
If the puppy performs, praise her "Good Girl" and give her a food treat.
"Why do you need a house-breaking aid when you can use the puppy's urine?" I asked.
"The puppy's urine dries up and will not be as smelly as the housebreaking aid." she replied.
I would not argue with her although I thought the puppy training aid was redundant. She would use bleach to wash the piece of cloth to get rid of all the urine smell so as to re-use the cloth again. She uses less than 1/3 of the puppy training aid.
She had used this method with success in an older dog and had reproduced the same success with this Maltese. In the first week, the puppy messed up the whole maisonette apartment. She was on leave for those 7 days and closely monitored the puppy for signs of wanting to pee or poop.
On the first night, the Maltese peed in the bedroom but subsequently did not.
A lot of hard work she said, following the puppying around, watching for signs of turning, squatting and sniffing, bringing her to the toilet to say "pee pee" on the toilet floor.
If she pees elsewehere, she will be locked up in the storeroom for 30 minutes. A time out method.
It took 2 weeks to toilet train her. Now she goes to the toilet herself and even at her mother's apartment toilet too.
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