405. First week - White Miniature Schnauzer is noisy at 2 am. Neighbours's Distractions, Spay and crate training.

Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore


Miniature Schnauzer, Male, White, 10 weeks.

Purchased 1 week ago.
Crate + pee pan.
Makes noises at 2 am and 6 am.
Poop 4x per day.
Fed 2 x/day.


"Distractions after eating, so the puppy does not poop soon after eating," I said. "2 ama and 6 am barking may be a means of telling you to clear the crate of stools."

Toilet training usually sabotaged by parents or children."

"Neighbours come and play with the puppy too," the mum said.

A career daughter with 2 first-time dog owner parents in their 50s.
"Spaying is very painful," she said. "I saw the pictures of the spay hook in your website."

"The hook is used so that the skin wound is much smaller than if the finger is used to hook up the uterus and ovaries, " I explained. "The dog is under general anaesthesia and feels no pain during the operation."

"Is spaying necessary?" she asked. She was the X-file generation that is more concerned about animal welfare.

Her mum wrinkled her forehead, "Spaying is good."

"Your mum is worried about the dirtying of the apartment when the female dog has her menses," I said. "Spaying is one reason to solve this problem."


As the mum seemed worried about cleanliness, I suggest that CRATE TRAINING be used. The puppy would be kept in the carrier 2-3 hours. Mum will take her out and put her on a confined area with newspapers every 2-3 hours so that the puppy will pee on newspapers. After feeding, put on the confined area too.

Alternatively, put newspapers on the crate flooring instead of the pee pan. I don't know whether she understood what I was talking about.