*398. Dr Sing's Puppy Book - Toilet Training (Draft)

Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore


PART I
Introduction. Dr Sing's Be Kind To Pets Community Education.
Children, first-time puppy owners and younger vets.

Chapter 1
What is Toilet-Training?

Chapter 2
The Toilet-Training Equipment. Positioning of the Equipment

PART II
Chapter 3
Training with knowledge. Take 1 week leave.

Chapter 4
Training strategies for first-time puppy owners
Blank slate v. rebellious adolescent
Positive and negative reinforcement training
Restricted zone
Urine and stool smell

Chapter 5
Communicate clearly. Speak Good English Movement?
Body language of the owner.
Are you the leader of the pack? Nipping, growling, food protection.
Body language of the puppy.
What's in it for me?
Pleaasure - Praises and treats,
Pain - cane, spanking, scruff of the neck
Training sabotaged by children, grandparents, neighbours, domestic workers

What is Crate Training? N-1 formula.
Feeding two times per day
No water after 8 p.m
Not more than 6 hours confinement
Water bottle, special water bowl for Cocker spaniels
Neutralise smell of urine
Mask smell of urine
Clutter space
Noisy plastic sheet
Electric mat?

PART III

2 BASIC METHODS - Paper training, crate training or outdoors?

The Playpen
The Playpen + aluminium Pee Pan
The Crate
The Crate + Pee Pan
The bathroom
The shower room
The kitchen
The living room
The bedroom
The outside corridor for big breeds
The balcony

The leash
The Pee Pan
The Pee Pan + Puppy Training Pads.
The The Pee Pan + Grille top.
The Puppy Training Pads (diapers)
The Foot Mat
Newspapers
Combined methods

Plastic sheet to protect the marble floor
The Puppy Potty Training Spray

PART IV
Outdoor
Outdoor and indoor

PART V
Investing in the Equipment.
After buying the Equipment.
Shredding newspapers, diapers.
The puppy potty training spray is ineffective?
The mop
Vinegar: water
Baking powder
Clutter
Repellant
Male dogs showing regression?
Submissive or excitation urination
Eating poop

PART VI
Alternatives strategies
Accidents
Crate training.
Seeking professional help.

PART VII
No water after 6 p.m
No distraction 1 hour after eating
Cleanliness freak?
Two puppies.
A puppy and an older dog.
Diarrhoea within 2 days of purchase
Coughing within 2 days of purchase
Older dog

PART VIII
Success stories
High rise and large breeds
Pee pan training success
Newspaper training success
Crate training success

The single girl took 1 week's leave
Sleeping next to the confined puppy for 7-14 days

Failure stories.
Rug still attractive to the puppy.
Two cases involving the professional puppy trainer
The HDB and the AVA

The proactive role of the pet shop puppy seller/breeder
48-hour guarantee
The Chihuahua, mini-Maltese and Yorkshire Terrier

Teaching young children ( years 8-14) and youths (years 15-35) responsible pet ownership.
Parents - what can you do? Role model
Teachers & Principals - what can you do?
The Foreign Domestic Worker - educated - what can you do?


PART IX
Glossary
Acknowlegements & References
Resources for the Singapore puppy owner.
Index
About Sinpets
About The Author


Foreign Domestic Workers - www.mom.gov.sg/Legislation
www.twc2.org.sg Transient Workers Count Too
H.O.M.E Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics
www.youth.sg

www.ava.gov.sg
"Under the Animals and Birds (Dog Licensing and Control) Rules, all dogs above 3 months of age must be licensed for rabies control." - Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore