247. American Cocker not paper trained, house smells.
Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
The female American Cocker peed not once but twice on the consultation table. Large amounts. A stronger than normal smell of urine hit my nose.
"If this Cocker is not toilet-trained," I advised, "Your whole house will be smelly but you will not be aware of the smells. Your friends will not want to visit you. The bigger the breed, the more amount of volume she produces. More smelly the house."
"No smell," the young lady said.
"I can smell urine when I come back," the Caucasian friend laughed.
This puppy had been with the couple for the past 7 weeks. The house had an open concept, so there were no doors according to them.
"Best to confine the puppy and start paper-training," I said. Many owners have not thought of removing the playpen fences so that the puppy could access the newspapers in the pee pan. The puppy housing in this configuration consists of 4 fences planted on and enclosed by an aluminium tray. As there is no gate, the puppy could not get to the newspapers when let out. The owners had not thought of putting another piece of paper with puppy urine smell outside the playpen.
"The house is like a big football field," I said. "So, the puppy just pee everywhere." She was fed outside and put back into the playpen to poop. But she pees so much that it was not possible to put her back in time.
So, what's the solution?
As the puppy grows bigger, the house will be more smelly.
She seems to have either "submissive urination" or "excitation urination". She peed large amounts twice on the consultation table.
"Use vinegar:water 1:2 to neutralise all floor tiles in your house," I said. "Be careful if your floor is marble. Test a patch or use 1:4 first."
But the floor was on laminate or wood.
"Is there an alternative?" the expatriate asked. I do not know.
However, the puppy would be confined in the kitchen to be paper-trained. I hope she would be as the urine can be very smelly. This depends on the type of dog food (an exotic brand).
It would be interesting to follow up on this case. The principles of restricted area if required if you want to successfully toilet training puppies. Otherwise, the puppy cannot locate the toilet as the house is too big for him.
The female American Cocker peed not once but twice on the consultation table. Large amounts. A stronger than normal smell of urine hit my nose.
"If this Cocker is not toilet-trained," I advised, "Your whole house will be smelly but you will not be aware of the smells. Your friends will not want to visit you. The bigger the breed, the more amount of volume she produces. More smelly the house."
"No smell," the young lady said.
"I can smell urine when I come back," the Caucasian friend laughed.
This puppy had been with the couple for the past 7 weeks. The house had an open concept, so there were no doors according to them.
"Best to confine the puppy and start paper-training," I said. Many owners have not thought of removing the playpen fences so that the puppy could access the newspapers in the pee pan. The puppy housing in this configuration consists of 4 fences planted on and enclosed by an aluminium tray. As there is no gate, the puppy could not get to the newspapers when let out. The owners had not thought of putting another piece of paper with puppy urine smell outside the playpen.
"The house is like a big football field," I said. "So, the puppy just pee everywhere." She was fed outside and put back into the playpen to poop. But she pees so much that it was not possible to put her back in time.
So, what's the solution?
As the puppy grows bigger, the house will be more smelly.
She seems to have either "submissive urination" or "excitation urination". She peed large amounts twice on the consultation table.
"Use vinegar:water 1:2 to neutralise all floor tiles in your house," I said. "Be careful if your floor is marble. Test a patch or use 1:4 first."
But the floor was on laminate or wood.
"Is there an alternative?" the expatriate asked. I do not know.
However, the puppy would be confined in the kitchen to be paper-trained. I hope she would be as the urine can be very smelly. This depends on the type of dog food (an exotic brand).
It would be interesting to follow up on this case. The principles of restricted area if required if you want to successfully toilet training puppies. Otherwise, the puppy cannot locate the toilet as the house is too big for him.
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