209. A senior breeder shares his experiences on toilet training
Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
To prove his point, the oldest breeder in Singapore (over 70 years old), opened the door and took out a 3-month-old Cocker Spaniel puppy from the crate with wire flooring and a pee pan to show me. The whole body and feet were clean.
"I always recommend the crate," the breeder said. "They cost around $80, the same price as 4 panels of fences to form the playpen. Puppies kept in the playpen get so messy as they step on their pees and become smelly."
"What do you advise the new puppy buyer?" I asked him.
"Put a piece of carpet or cloth on half the floor. The puppy will sleep on it. Water bowl and feed bowl at the corner of the other half. Change pee tray newspapers. If stools are stuck on wire flooring, use a brush to remove them. Otherwise the puppy jumps onto the stools.
"How do you paper-train?" I asked.
"Just take the puppy out twice a day and put him on the newspapers placed inside the bathroom." the breeder said. "Put puppy onto the newspapers for 5 minutes. Quickly put back to the crate. No distraction. If you spend time doing this, the puppy will be paper-trained."
"It sounds so easy." I said.
"Females are easier to paper-train than males." the senior breeder said. "100% of the females will use the newspapers. Males may be a problem. They tend to lift their legs to urinate. They should be neutered before 6 months of age to prevent this happening but all vets in Singapore will not advise such early neutering."
This was a breeder with over 40 years of dog breeding. So, his words carried weight although I would not entirely agree with his statements and the ease of paper-training the puppy. He had time for training them. But most owners seem to have no time or knowledge.
He had seen all veterinarians and was helpful to me in explaining how various vets in Singapore performed Caesarean sections. How I could improve myself or how I rank amongst the vets in competence or incompetence.
It was continuing education at the best and feedback from a client that is very valuable for self improvement. Much can be learnt from old-timers if one is bothered to ask and if old-timers have the kindness to share their experiences based on the knocks of hard life rather than a degree from the university.
Singapore has changed so much. The Esplanade on the Bay theatres enriches us with the arts and culture. Life has become much better but much expensive and stressful. Learning can never been enough.
To prove his point, the oldest breeder in Singapore (over 70 years old), opened the door and took out a 3-month-old Cocker Spaniel puppy from the crate with wire flooring and a pee pan to show me. The whole body and feet were clean.
"I always recommend the crate," the breeder said. "They cost around $80, the same price as 4 panels of fences to form the playpen. Puppies kept in the playpen get so messy as they step on their pees and become smelly."
"What do you advise the new puppy buyer?" I asked him.
"Put a piece of carpet or cloth on half the floor. The puppy will sleep on it. Water bowl and feed bowl at the corner of the other half. Change pee tray newspapers. If stools are stuck on wire flooring, use a brush to remove them. Otherwise the puppy jumps onto the stools.
"How do you paper-train?" I asked.
"Just take the puppy out twice a day and put him on the newspapers placed inside the bathroom." the breeder said. "Put puppy onto the newspapers for 5 minutes. Quickly put back to the crate. No distraction. If you spend time doing this, the puppy will be paper-trained."
"It sounds so easy." I said.
"Females are easier to paper-train than males." the senior breeder said. "100% of the females will use the newspapers. Males may be a problem. They tend to lift their legs to urinate. They should be neutered before 6 months of age to prevent this happening but all vets in Singapore will not advise such early neutering."
This was a breeder with over 40 years of dog breeding. So, his words carried weight although I would not entirely agree with his statements and the ease of paper-training the puppy. He had time for training them. But most owners seem to have no time or knowledge.
He had seen all veterinarians and was helpful to me in explaining how various vets in Singapore performed Caesarean sections. How I could improve myself or how I rank amongst the vets in competence or incompetence.
It was continuing education at the best and feedback from a client that is very valuable for self improvement. Much can be learnt from old-timers if one is bothered to ask and if old-timers have the kindness to share their experiences based on the knocks of hard life rather than a degree from the university.
Singapore has changed so much. The Esplanade on the Bay theatres enriches us with the arts and culture. Life has become much better but much expensive and stressful. Learning can never been enough.
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