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Wednesday, November 01, 2006

427. A diaper-trained Poodle wants its crate to be a clean den.

Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore

2 young ladies share their interesting observations about their diaper-trained Poodle.

They bought the puppy from a pet shop. Their friend gave them the crate with pee pan and recommended the use of the puppy training pads, known as "diapers".

TOY POODLE, MALE, 12 WEEKS OLD now.

Toilet location: One big diaper in the kitchen.

Sleeping and eating area: Crate with pee pan in the living area on week 2 after purchase. Slept without whining or barking. Feed bowl removed within 10 minutes of completion of food.

In week 1, put in the bedroom. Messy. Pooped after midnight. Barked on day 3 at 11 p.m. Put puppy onto the diapers. Everytime he barked, put onto the diapers.

How puppy communicates?
A different kind of barking. Barked very loudly, jumped up and down exciting wanting to get out of the locked crate to go to the kitchen's diaper.
If the puppy wants to come out of the locked crate, his barking sound is softer.


How to use the diaper?
Every week, change to new diaper. Very absorbent and keeps the puppy feet clean compared to newspapers.
Spray commercial urine spray onto the centre or edge of the diaper.
The puppy would smell and never pee or poops outside the diaper.
Stools are promptly removed.

Accidents?
Diaper-trained after 3-4 weeks.
Accidents only when the puppy is in a room or the owner is not around.
Pees as it is too late to go to the diaper.
After midnight, puppy pees inside the locked crate. Wire flooring. Urine goes onto the pee pan.

WHAT I PROPOSE?

1. Place another diaper in the living area near the crate.
2. Do not lock the crate.
3. Most likely the puppy will pee and poop on the diaper in the living area if he can't make it to the kitchen diaper.
4. Vinegar:water to neutralise the crate floor and any "accident" area to remove the smell of urine.

OR
1. Place the unlocked crate inside the kitchen. Barricade the entrance with a baby gate so that the puppy can still see human activity.
2. Place another diaper in the living area.
3. After 7 days, open the baby gate so that the puppy now has the living and kitchen area to roam about.
4. Neutralise the urine smell in the floor and crate flooring.

REASONS
Increase the free area from kitchen to the living room.
Neutralise all puppy urine smell areas.
No need to lock up the crate during the daytime when the owners are not at home.
With 2 diapers available, the puppy should be 100% diaper-trained in the next 14 days.

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