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Toilet Training Your First Puppy in Singapore
Views from a young adult and intern, Daphne

Puppy Toilet Training Summary

1. Confinement - Confine your pup to a small area (with a puppy training pad and just enough space for it to eat and sleep – only allowed to come out to play for 10mins 3 times a day) for at least two weeks to ensure that it knows it has to poo and pee on the pad. Note down the timing that your pup usually poos and pees

To save cost:
• For the first week, use the disposable puppy training
• For the second and third week, place a piece of newspaper on top of the disposable pad
• Subsequently, you can just use newspaper once your pup knows that the newspaper is the place for it to poo and pee

2. Observation – By confining a pup to a small area, it may develop its favorite spot for pooing and peeing. Place newspaper at that spot for it to familiarize that newspaper is the place for it too poo and pee.

3. Routine – Once your pup is allowed to roam around the house, bring it to the designated area around the timing that it usually poos and pees or as and when sniffing or squatting is observed. Strict routine must be observed so as not to confuse the pup. Another alternative is to bring your pup out every evening for a walk so that it can poo and pee outside the house.

Point to note: Puppies usually poo within an hour after eating. Ensure that your pup eats within 15 minutes by removing the bowl after 15 minutes of feeding – even if your pup hasn’t eaten. This may sound cruel but it will teach it to eat within 15 minutes or she will not have any food to eat as well as give you an indication of when she might poo which makes toilet training easier.

4. Discipline - Firmly tell your pup 'NO' when it poos or pees at the wrong place. Bring it to the correct place (placed with a puppy training pad/newspaper) so that your pup will know where to go next time.

5. Disinfect – Disinfect the place immediately if your pup poos or pees at the wrong place. Use Vinegar:Water in 1:3 ratio to neutralize the smell.

6. Patience - Toilet training does not happen over night, it requires a lot of time and effort especially with the stress it has trying to adapt to the new environment.

7. Appraisal - Give it a treat when it does its business at the correct place

8. Interaction - Spend time playing with your pup so that it will slowly understand what you are trying to say. The more time you spend with your pup, the faster it will be toilet trained.

9. Have fun!


Case Studies
1. http://toilettrainingpuppy2.blogspot.com/2007/07/1-success-story-how-to-paper-train-4.html
2. http://puppytoilettraining.blogspot.com/2005_09_18_archive.html
case 81
3. http://puppytoilettraining.blogspot.com/2005_08_28_archive.html
case 31
4. http://www.bekindtopets.com/dogs/20081234Golden_Retriever_Toilet_Training_ToaPayohVets.htm
5. http://toilettrainingpuppy2.blogspot.com/2008/05/toilet-training-adopt-basic-principles.html
6. http://puppytoilettraining.blogspot.com/2005_09_18_archive.html
case 83
7. http://puppytoilettraining.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html
case 234
8. http://puppytoilettraining.blogspot.com/2006_08_06_archive.html
case 364
9. http://maids-puppies.blogspot.com/2007/03/59-golden-retriever-puppy-pees-inside.html
10. http://puppytoilettraining.blogspot.com/2005/09/39-single-lady-and-her-shih-tzu.html


Interesting Case Studies
1. http://puppytoilettraining.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_archive.html
case 228
2. http://puppytoilettraining.blogspot.com/2006_03_26_archive.html
case 281
3. http://puppytoilettraining.blogspot.com/2007_06_24_archive.html
case 454